Kyubey, Sanae, and Kogasa are going to enjoy a short food tour? I'd almost pity Yuyuko if I didn't think she'd often gone on such pilgrimages herself.

Here in the USA, it's most certainly not okay to drink beer in the car. It's illegal to even open one.

BadRoad said:

Here in the USA, it's most certainly not okay to drink beer in the car. It's illegal to even open one.

I don't think it's legal anywhere.

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OMGkillitwithfire said:

I don't think it's legal anywhere.

Not everywhere, there are a few states where it's legal for passengers, and in MS it's legal for the driver, apparently.

We have many odd driving laws, but in Britain one can drink, including alcohol, and eat, and smoke, inside a car.

If one does this whilst driving they may charge one with driving carelessly, but providing you are under the limit you can't be charged with drunken driving.

Plus, since our lawmakers are old ninnies, but not old biddies ( as with Mrs. Clinton and Mrs. Dole ), one can drink at the age of 16.

Quick look at Wikipedia shows that Japan's drinking law is 0.03% or more and you're over. Additionally, police on site get the final say and can detain you if they think you are drunk/drinking regardless of the readout.

That means one strong beer is enough to declare you affected in the Japanese court. Yikes.

Also, I'm fairly certain Japan has a "no open containers" rule too, but I don't know if it applies to passengers.

Last I heard, for our state, any alcohol in your car better be in your trunk. Even a closed container in the backseat or back-floor could be considered as being in-reach of the driver. Any scent of alcohol with closed containers nearby is an almost immediate cause for license-revoking...you can drive under the limit, but if you buy alcohol after you've been out drinking(or maybe you brought some to a party, and you're taking the rest home), you better hope it's in the trunk or you're out.

Makes it all the more funny(and nerve-wrecking) to see it done so casually here. And from this same guy(maybe?) who was buying dubious things in Hong Kong no less. XD

Here in Australia (and New Zealand) a passenger having an open container of alcohol can be fined if they are in an alcohol free zone (though you would probably have to be acting very obnoxious, be a known troublemaker to local police, or encounter an officer having a bad day), but a passenger having an open container isn't in itself illegal.

Claverhouse said:

We have many odd driving laws, but in Britain one can drink, including alcohol, and eat, and smoke, inside a car.

If one does this whilst driving they may charge one with driving carelessly, but providing you are under the limit you can't be charged with drunken driving.

It should be pointed out smoking in *work* vehicles is banned though, as is in private cars if there is any passengers under 18 in the car (At least fairly recently it was). Also in Scotland they have decided to drop the alcohol limit compared to the rest of the UK. Presumably because we Scots have a bit of a drink problem. :P

Thailand has a law regarding this, too. It used to be commonplace (and legal) for the passengers to drink as much as they like as long as the driver is sober, but the lawmakers (finally) realized that it's the drunk passengers that would've been pouring booze down the poor driver's throat. Now, it's illegal to have an open container in the car, unless it's in the trunk and out of reach.

Enforcing it is another story, though. And I'll just leave it at that.

Blindga said:

Quick look at Wikipedia shows that Japan's drinking law is 0.03% or more and you're over. Additionally, police on site get the final say and can detain you if they think you are drunk/drinking regardless of the readout.

That means one strong beer is enough to declare you affected in the Japanese court. Yikes.

Also, I'm fairly certain Japan has a "no open containers" rule too, but I don't know if it applies to passengers.

I know there's an exception to "no open containers in cars" for taxis and similar passenger viehicles which would typically imply no open containers applies to passengers in private cars.

Didn't know that personal car count as public place in USA. Plus legal age higher than age of majority. etc etc.
Hang in There, guys!