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30 Mar 2012, 1:51 am

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It does kind of worry me because if they do bother me I don't have any id except one that has been expired for many years and I don't always carry it with me.


If you are in the US, and you are not driving (or doing anything else that requires a license or a permit), then the police are allowed to ask to see your ID, but you aren't even required to acknowledge to them, much less show them anything. You are not required to have an ID.

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In Dumb and Dumber, Harry and Lloyd had empty beer bottles and Lloyd used them to piss in and they get pulled over and the cop thought they were drinking. So I bet having empty beer bottles in your car can be a crime if a cop sees them.


In Minnesota, having empty beer bottles and other containers that once contained alcoholic beverages in your car is illegal (the Open Container law). The police can always say they had probable cause to pull a person over if they see them drinking from a brown long-neck bottle while driving, and in the US most judged would probably agree. We have to make our decisions based on what outcome is most likely, not what "should" happen. If it's your goal to get harassed by the police when you've done nothing illegal, that's hardly a challenge.


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30 Mar 2012, 3:17 am

If I remember correctly, I think the cop told them in the movie it's illegal to have open beer bottles in that state.



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30 Mar 2012, 9:41 am

It's illegal to have an opened bottle of booze thats been closed back up in the car here. I once had a bottle of vodka that had just a little bit gone from it and was taking it somewhere, and when I went through a road block the cops saw it in the back seat and because the seal was broken, they poured it out. Even though I was on my way to a party and told them that. It had been at home, opened for a few weeks with just a couple of drinks made from it.

You can have empties in the car here though, I think. I've never had a problem with them and my husbands van is full of them because he always drinks a beer on the way home from work. I guess he will toss it in the back with the other empties if he gets pulled over and let it spill or something, then say it was like that. Yuck.


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30 Mar 2012, 12:51 pm

We all know that booze is limited in public use, but just the icon of a brown bottle just sets cops off!



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30 Mar 2012, 12:55 pm

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richardbenson wrote:
when I lived in flagstaff, they'd harrass me all the time,
I used to live there too, and was very lucky only got one ticket for expired plates.
I dont miss those flagstaff :pig: S one bit
worst cops in america for shure


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30 Mar 2012, 1:16 pm

OliveOilMom wrote:
It's illegal to have an opened bottle of booze thats been closed back up in the car here. I once had a bottle of vodka that had just a little bit gone from it and was taking it somewhere, and when I went through a road block the cops saw it in the back seat and because the seal was broken, they poured it out. Even though I was on my way to a party and told them that. It had been at home, opened for a few weeks with just a couple of drinks made from it.

You can have empties in the car here though, I think. I've never had a problem with them and my husbands van is full of them because he always drinks a beer on the way home from work. I guess he will toss it in the back with the other empties if he gets pulled over and let it spill or something, then say it was like that. Yuck.



What if you were taking them to the recycling?



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30 Mar 2012, 1:56 pm

League_Girl wrote:
OliveOilMom wrote:
It's illegal to have an opened bottle of booze thats been closed back up in the car here. I once had a bottle of vodka that had just a little bit gone from it and was taking it somewhere, and when I went through a road block the cops saw it in the back seat and because the seal was broken, they poured it out. Even though I was on my way to a party and told them that. It had been at home, opened for a few weeks with just a couple of drinks made from it.

You can have empties in the car here though, I think. I've never had a problem with them and my husbands van is full of them because he always drinks a beer on the way home from work. I guess he will toss it in the back with the other empties if he gets pulled over and let it spill or something, then say it was like that. Yuck.



What if you were taking them to the recycling?


The cop would probably say you are supposed to rinse them first, and then he might be dissatisfied with the bottles in such disarray...



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30 Mar 2012, 6:36 pm

shrox wrote:
League_Girl wrote:
OliveOilMom wrote:
It's illegal to have an opened bottle of booze thats been closed back up in the car here. I once had a bottle of vodka that had just a little bit gone from it and was taking it somewhere, and when I went through a road block the cops saw it in the back seat and because the seal was broken, they poured it out. Even though I was on my way to a party and told them that. It had been at home, opened for a few weeks with just a couple of drinks made from it.

You can have empties in the car here though, I think. I've never had a problem with them and my husbands van is full of them because he always drinks a beer on the way home from work. I guess he will toss it in the back with the other empties if he gets pulled over and let it spill or something, then say it was like that. Yuck.



What if you were taking them to the recycling?


The cop would probably say you are supposed to rinse them first, and then he might be dissatisfied with the bottles in such disarray...


Here in Minnesota the law says that any open containers (empty, full, or partially full, rinsed or not) must be kept in a place that's inaccessible to the driver. That usually means the trunk, or somewhere similar, but I think there's room for interpretation in a van or wagon, and it might depend on whether there is anyone else in the van or wagon who can access the container and give it to the driver.


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30 Mar 2012, 9:42 pm

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He had been drinking tequila all weekend and eating Mexican food and early Monday morning he was in his bathroom on his toilet. He heard a knock at the door and somebody yelling and before he could yell back that he was in the bathroom, his front door was kicked in. Because he started yelling and trying to get up from the toilet, the cops ran into the bathroom. He was pulling up his pants and reaching for the handle to flush. One cop thought he had him and yelled "DONT FLUSH THAT!" and immediately stuck his hand down in the water. He thought Billy was trying to flush evidence. Billy had been drinking tequila and eating Mexican food all weekend. You know what that toilet bowl was like.

Now, that's some payback for sure. They didn't even find anything at all in his place that they could charge him with. Not even weed.


Ewwwwwwww... (but giggling madly)

Thanks for the laugh!

If schadenfreude is up anyone's alley, that cop probably got later razzed for sticking his hand into The Worst Toilet In Wherever and umm... coming up empty.



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30 Mar 2012, 9:45 pm

:lol: ive got to do that some time :P



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30 Mar 2012, 11:40 pm

League_Girl wrote:
OliveOilMom wrote:
It's illegal to have an opened bottle of booze thats been closed back up in the car here. I once had a bottle of vodka that had just a little bit gone from it and was taking it somewhere, and when I went through a road block the cops saw it in the back seat and because the seal was broken, they poured it out. Even though I was on my way to a party and told them that. It had been at home, opened for a few weeks with just a couple of drinks made from it.

You can have empties in the car here though, I think. I've never had a problem with them and my husbands van is full of them because he always drinks a beer on the way home from work. I guess he will toss it in the back with the other empties if he gets pulled over and let it spill or something, then say it was like that. Yuck.



What if you were taking them to the recycling?


They would probably be in bags, and plus there is no recycling place within about 90 miles of here, so he wouldn't be doing that. It would be more hassle in this town than in the city. In the city they have actual things to do copewise and don't have to worry about little things like that. Here, they have to get income any way they can and you'll get a ticket or fine for anything.


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