Driving in North Carolina

In regards to #15 and #19:

I thought all states had open container laws. I live in North Carolina and if the police catch you driving around with an open bottle of anything alcoholic they can give you a ticket for it even if you are not drunk.

Edit According to Wikipedia:

In Mississippi you can drink and drive.

In 8 states(Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia) passengers can drink and drive, but there are still limits to open containers.

The rest have some sort of open container law.

My boyfriend got pulled over for speeding in North Carolina on his way to the airport. He got a ticket for not wearing his seatbelt, that was it.

He's most certainly Southern, though, so don't know if that helped.

I drive across NC all the time these days, I set the cruise control and go. It seems to work.

And I had no idea I could drink and drive in Virginia!

#20, why bring up a thread from a year ago? Their trip is over and done with.

#21, you can't drink and drive in Virginia.

And passengers can't drink and drive in any state. If they drove, they'd be drivers. not passengers (and be charged according to state statutes).

#22, I have no intention to start! Geesh.

#23, I never said you did. You said you didn't know you could drink and drive in VA. I answered that you can't (well, you can, but the police won't be happy if they catch you).

Lighten Up #22 I was replying to a thread that I found interesting and obviously others did too because someone else posted after me.

Edited by: bnauglen54