Ct Hb06062 An Act Prohibiting Open Containers Of Alcoholic Beverages In Motor Vehicl

[Vassillios]

I\'m def an alcoholic.

[Yoda]

I seriously can\'t believe that someone on here doesn\'t drink at least once a week. Wow. Maybe I\'m an alcoholic.

No one is an angel... I\'ve done shit in the past and I choose not to do it now... Certain things get to me now because I\'ve got a kid and I don\'t want anything to happen to her... If that means your passenger can\'t have a beer while you drive, so be it... That being said, this discussion is mute because I haven\'t driven in CT in almost 2 years now...

[jking]

this discussion is mute

no, its really not.

now, moot, yes. this discussion is quite moot. but its not now, nor has it ever been, nor shall it ever be mute.

[Yoda]

this discussion is mute

no, its really not.

now, moot, yes. this discussion is quite moot. but its not now, nor has it ever been, nor shall it ever be mute.

Fine smart ass... Now, since you\'ve singled out my gramatical error here, go back and knock every "they\'re" / "their"... I guarrantee those have been left alone...

[derickw]

^^ Leith, i know its wrong to drink and drive, even when you don\'t get caught.   i just don\'t cast stones.  i\'ve done it myself.  sometimes we make bad decisions and its unavoidable.     it\'s wrong period.   But we\'ve all or majority have done it.   And just because i am engaged to him, doesn\'t mean i don\'t have a functioning will power to make my own choices.  I have done, will do, and still do things he doesn\'t approve of.     I guess he likes me for who I am, not what i do.

I seriously can\'t believe that someone on here doesn\'t drink at least once a week. Wow. Maybe I\'m an alcoholic.

i\'d say in general pretty nobody has common sense

I know i seriously don\'t.  I am the queen of bad choices.

I\'m def an alcoholic.

i have at least a beer everyday. am i an alcoholic... some would say yes, but i can go with out drinking if i want to but i don\'t want to and don\'t have to. i don\'t drink to get drunk i drink to drink. do i drive after yes. do i have common sense enough to limit my drinking when i drive? yes. do i always? no.

[jking]

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you were surprisingly good with they\'re, there and their in this thread. also, your your and you\'re usages were in good shape too.


i\'m an editor for a living and a writing/reading comp tutor on the side. i have completed all of my work for this week. do not tempt me to go all over your shit with a red pen, i\'m bored as hell right now!!   :lol:

[antbach]

i like beer. i drink it. sometimes i drive home. sometimes i do not. i like the fact that the people in my vehicle could consume their choice of beverage while i drive. i have also been known to have an open container of said beer in my right hand while driving. is it wrong and unlawful? yes.

does this make me an alcoholic? probably. do i care? nope. relatives of mine have a combined 4 or 6 dui\'s. have i learned from their mistake(s)? somewhat, but i still do it, i\'m just more responsible about now (i understand that statement is an oxymoron, because you are being irresponsible regardless).

my point being, if this law passes, i will still allow my passengers to consume their choice of beverage in my vehicle. i will also drive my half empty bottle of whiskey home from a friend\'s house. and how does the cop know if it\'s an open container of beer or maybe i\'m just going to recycle my empties?

[Yoda]

do not tempt me to go all over your shit with a red pen, i\'m bored as hell right now!!   :lol:

If you\'re that bored, go for it...

[tyzack]

From a political theory standpoint; I am against this law.

The driver of the car really should be the only concern on the law. There are laws in most states about young drivers not being able to drive with non-family members. I understand that because teenagers are easily desctracted and do not enough experince driving to understan that they cannot let themselves be distracted.

If a passenger wants to drink, i see no reason why they can\'t. Correct me if i am wrong, but no matter what my passenger drinks, my BAC will not be affected. Second Hand Drinking?

I disagree with the Supreme Court on alot of things; the legality of a drunk driving checkpoint is one of them. If for no other reason for the examples pointed out earlier of people getting busted for any other crime besides drunk driving at one of those stops.

I have learned to not hate or dispise cops. They do not make the laws, they merely enforce them.

If anything my logic would point me to dislike cops who do let people slid on things because they are not the societial arbitures of justice; that duty falls the judges and jurries.

Actually, I think that this "uber enforcement" idea would be helpful in that it would get alot of people really mad at the excess of laws the excess punishments and hopefully elect legislators to change them.

Example:
If everyone who urinated behind a bush was arrested and tagged (in mass at least) as a sex offender, do you really think that law would stay around?

[peaches626]

I seriously can\'t believe that someone on here doesn\'t drink at least once a week. Wow. Maybe I\'m an alcoholic.

I can say legitimately that, on average, I *get drunk* less than once a week.  Maybe, maybe I average one night a week that i have a drink or two.  But truthfully prob not.

I obviously have other bad habits, alcohol is just not my vice.

From a political theory standpoint; I am against this law.

I absolutely agree with you.  I think this law is unnecessary.  

I believe people should be responsible enough to allow other people to imbibe in their car respectfully and responsibly.  

 I also believe that persons such as Yoda, who, in bringing a child into this world, have become Uber-Conservatives should not be wishing to take away the freedoms of their fellow citizens, in the hopes that such restrictions will eliminate anything bad from ever happening to their children.

[SlimPickens]

there\'s no such thing as unspoken laws.

if i\'m being a law abiding, sober driver, staying off my cell phone, driving the speed limit and following all other "written" laws of the road... and my passangers want to get absolutely smashed, they should be able to do it.   Their behavior has no effect on any other drivers or pedestrians.

 

 I also believe that persons such as Yoda, who, in bringing a child into this world, have become Uber-Conservatives should not be wishing to take away the freedoms of their fellow citizens, in the hopes that such restrictions will eliminate anything bad from ever happening to their children.

I would think uber conservatives would see this as BIG GUBERMENT intruding on their lives.  

Yoda\'s just Yoda, I\'m not at all surprised by his opinion on this matter.

[tyzack]

I would think uber conservatives would see this as BIG GUBERMENT intruding on their lives.  

I have always found that a bit interesting from the converstative movement; they rant and wail about "Big Government" and the government intruding on their rights (gun control, free enterprise, non-socialized health care), but then they fully support and champion "big government" dictating what rights people who do not agree with them do not have.

[peaches626]

there\'s no such thing as unspoken laws.

if i\'m being a law abiding, sober driver, staying off my cell phone, driving the speed limit and following all other "written" laws of the road... and my passangers want to get absolutely smashed, they should be able to do it.   Their behavior has no effect on any other drivers or pedestrians.

 

 I also believe that persons such as Yoda, who, in bringing a child into this world, have become Uber-Conservatives should not be wishing to take away the freedoms of their fellow citizens, in the hopes that such restrictions will eliminate anything bad from ever happening to their children.

I would think uber conservatives would see this as BIG GUBERMENT intruding on their lives.  

Yoda\'s just Yoda, I\'m not at all surprised by his opinion on this matter.

speaking of the cell phone thing- I also believe this law is totally unecessary...

There are an endless number of things happening while one is driving an automobile.  I think my human brain/conscience is intelligent enough to know when I have the time and ability to engage in conversation on my cellular phone, just as I know when I have the time and ability to eat some french fries, change a cd, or pick my nose while i\'m operating my motor vehicle.

[leith]

there\'s no such thing as unspoken laws.

if i\'m being a law abiding, sober driver, staying off my cell phone, driving the speed limit and following all other "written" laws of the road... and my passangers want to get absolutely smashed, they should be able to do it.   Their behavior has no effect on any other drivers or pedestrians.

 

 I also believe that persons such as Yoda, who, in bringing a child into this world, have become Uber-Conservatives should not be wishing to take away the freedoms of their fellow citizens, in the hopes that such restrictions will eliminate anything bad from ever happening to their children.

I would think uber conservatives would see this as BIG GUBERMENT intruding on their lives.  

Yoda\'s just Yoda, I\'m not at all surprised by his opinion on this matter.

speaking of the cell phone thing- I also believe this law is totally unecessary...

There are an endless number of things happening while one is driving an automobile. I think my human brain/conscience is intelligent enough to know when I have the time and ability to engage in conversation on my cellular phone, just as I know when I have the time and ability to eat some french fries, change a cd, or pick my nose while i\'m operating my motor vehicle.

Sorry but you\'re wrong. It has been proven in many different tests that talking on a cell phone even w/ a hands free device is a distraction and a detriment to one\'s driving.

When engaged in conversation w/ someone you can not see your mind compensates, you know forget it, if you don\'t get this by now you won\'t.

[inthewhitelodge]

I seriously can\'t believe that someone on here doesn\'t drink at least once a week. Wow. Maybe I\'m an alcoholic.

I can say legitimately that, on average, I *get drunk* less than once a week.  Maybe, maybe I average one night a week that i have a drink or two.  But truthfully prob not.

I obviously have other bad habits, alcohol is just not my vice.

From a political theory standpoint; I am against this law.

I absolutely agree with you.  I think this law is unnecessary.  

I believe people should be responsible enough to allow other people to imbibe in their car respectfully and responsibly.  

 I also believe that persons such as Yoda, who, in bringing a child into this world, have become Uber-Conservatives should not be wishing to take away the freedoms of their fellow citizens, in the hopes that such restrictions will eliminate anything bad from ever happening to their children.

Heh, it\'s funny that you mention conservatives with Yoda, but I have to say, actual conservatives want our liberties and freedoms preserved, and liberals typically want more unnecessary fines/taxes put on obscure so-called "crimes". Just think of the ACLU.