• itslola@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      Wait, are you saying BAC while driving must be 0.00 in some parts of the States, or am I misunderstanding? It’s 0.05 in most (all?) parts of Australia (except if you’re in a restricted licence category). It’s not encouraged, but it’s legal.

      Figured you guys would have more permissive laws than we do.

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        4 hours ago

        No I’m saying you’re not allowed to be drinking alcohol while you drive. Which you are in Mississippi.

        USA freedom warriors ™ on Reddit say ‘that’s fine because they still have to be under the legal limit’. Unable to fathom that the idea of normalizing drinking alcohol while you drive encourages irresponsible behaviour amongst other negatives, beyond just staying under the BAC limit.

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          Ahhh, yeah, that’s a bit cooked. The freedom warriors bit isn’t surprising, though. You’d expect them to be in favour of “the freedom to be as irresponsible as you like”.

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      I don’t know much about Mississippi, but I know that in neighboring Louisiana, there are drive-through daiquiri places.

      the fine print of the law says that the open container law is not applicable to containers with frozen alcoholic beverage where the lid is intact and no straw is protruding through the lid.

      In most cases, daiquiris adhere to the “tape rule.” Most daiquiri shops will put a piece of tape over the straw hold on the lid. If this tape is removed or broken then the drink is considered an open container.

      So a piece of tape counts as a “seal.” They’re not even trying.