Walk It Through: The Road Trip
Rear seat adults belted too, no open container for any occupant, and $500.00 on a first offense.
A teenage nephew and an adult friend climb into the back seat and leave their belts off.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One trip with a car full of friends. Charter buses and limousines, cannabis rules beyond smoking items, and revoked registrations are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Open containerA container with a broken original seal, or one that is not the original, such as a cup, glass, box or bag. No occupant of a motor vehicle on a public highway may possess one holding alcohol, or an unsealed cannabis item meant for smoking, vaping or aerosolizing.
- Driving while intoxicatedOperating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor or a narcotic, hallucinogenic or habit producing drug, or with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or more.