Comments on: Bar Car

By: Peter Halle

Peter Halle — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:50:52 +0000

Terry, I think you may be demanding evidence that isn’t available. Common sense tells us that if you have an open bottle of booze in the car, the chances are greater than nil that some of it will be consumed. Enough to get you drunk or to distract you somehow? Again, the chances have to be greater than nil, right? That said, if I take an opened bottle of wine to a friend’s for dinner (how gauche!), I would not want to be slapped with a misdemeanor.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:43:12 +0000

Another good reason not have open alcohol containers in your car is that if they spill, they’ll smell really really bad, especially after the car is parked in the sun for a few hours with the windows up. With that in mind, maybe open milk containers should also be kept from cars as well.

By: Marshall Miles

Marshall Miles — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:18:31 +0000

Its bad enough to have people eating and drinking in cars that are moving. Allowing open containers of alcoholic beverages in cars, leads to their consumption in cars..possibly over consumption..leading to drunken behavior by the occupants of the car…possibly leading to distractions for the driver.

If you can get fined for using a cell phone as a distraction while driving, then you should not have to have a distraction from a drunk passenger.

it just takes a split second, thats all, for an accident to happen.

Prudish as I might be..its the way I feel.

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:04:16 +0000

Carolyn,

I look forward to your letter.

Marshall,

Just saying something’s wrong isn’t very compelling. Surely, you have better reasons for supporting the ban on open containers in cars. I am willing to be convinced if you can show me some evidence that a ban will reduce drunk driving.

By: Carolyn McDonough

Carolyn McDonough — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:09:01 +0000

I’m sending a letter to the Journal today. I don’t mean to make light of this situation, but I think I have the perfect solution. You’ll have to read the Journal to see what it is!

By: Marshall Miles

Marshall Miles — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:23:03 +0000

Its plain and simple..

Open alcohol containers do not belong in a car…period.

It should be against the law.

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:48:58 +0000

Geoff,

I’m glad you noticed that. When the feds withhold highway funds (or the like) to make us comply with questionable policies, then I throw my arms up in despair.

I’ve got an idea. Since you and I don’t like the Iraq war, we should withhold payment to the IRS of that portion of our taxes that would go to the war. I wonder how they’d like that …

By: Geoff Brown

Geoff Brown — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:59:49 +0000

Terry, your logic is impeccable, but I got the impression from reading the Times this morning that CT is regularly forfeiting several $MM in Federal funds due to our protection of the guys who throw the dead soldiers out the window while cruising along Between the Lakes Road.