Walk It Through: The Open Can in the Lot
A tailgate before the game, a beer in the cab, a passenger under 21, and a cooler in the trunk.
Before a football game, friends sit in a pickup in the stadium parking lot with open cans of beer.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Open containers in a parked truck at a game. Driving after drinking, a party bus, and an event with its own alcohol rules 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.