Alcohol & Drugs: MIP, MIC, Intoxication beer in trunk

[bkbroiler]

what is the law in North Carolina about having open beers in your car/trunk? or being intoxicated as a passenger underage?

 

[Michael Wechsler]

Originally posted by bkbroiler:
what is the law in North Carolina about having open beers in your car/trunk? or being intoxicated as a passenger underage?

Not sure what you are asking -- liability as a driver for underage drinkers in your car or liability for being an underage drinker?

It would seem that Chapter 20 Article 1 of the N. Carolina General Assembly would prohibit drinking or having an open bottle/beverage of alcohol in the passenger area. I have seen references to this section as the N. Carolina Safe Roads Act.

 

[brian]

Originally posted by bkbroiler:
what is the law in North Carolina about having open beers in your car/trunk? or being intoxicated as a passenger underage?

Never have an open bottle of beer in your car. Doesn't matter whether you are driving or not. I think it would give the police reasonable cause to suspect a possible violation of law.