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Post by sw3dishfish on May 23, 2010 8:17:41 GMT -5
Ok here is my problelm
There are four of us going to bonnaroo in one giant van. Three of us are underage (18 and 19) and one of us is 25. The 25 year old wants to bring a few cases of beer along. Will this be allowed considering that most of us are underage? I personally will not be drinking the beer and do not approve of her bringing it because 1. i'm not sure if it is 'legal' or not and 2. it is my van (she will not be driving)
please help... first of all is this legal and 2nd what can i do to persuade her to not bring it or how can we hide it if it is legal
There are four of us going to bonnaroo in one giant van. Three of us are underage (18 and 19) and one of us is 25. The 25 year old wants to bring a few cases of beer along. Will this be allowed considering that most of us are underage? I personally will not be drinking the beer and do not approve of her bringing it because 1. i'm not sure if it is 'legal' or not and 2. it is my van (she will not be driving)
please help... first of all is this legal and 2nd what can i do to persuade her to not bring it or how can we hide it if it is legal
thank you
If there is a 25 year old you should be fine legally.
As long as no one is drinking it and your older friend claims it I doubt there would be a problem. You won't run into any difficulty at all unless you are pulled over and your car is searched (which is fairly unlikely).
I would be more worried about a cop pulling you over on the way and trying to explain the 25 year old didn't buy you the beer. If you weren't in a van you would be better off you could just put it in the trunk. It will be harder to convince a cop when he see's it in the open where you could potentially have an open container or be drinking and driving.
I tend to be a little paranoid but it's seemed to always keep me out of trouble.
Post by sw3dishfish on May 23, 2010 11:20:29 GMT -5
I think what I will do is make sure that we pack the beer first so everything is on top of it... cops would need reason to search a car and beer in plain view would probably give them reason to search it. i'm not that worried about the security at bonnaroo... its the 12 hour drive down thats worrying me.
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the thought of walmart selling beer just blows my mind. you can only get beer at distributors and bars where i live.
I know the feeling. I lived my teen years in Lancaster, PA and then moved to Georgia for college and was shocked that in some places we could even buy liquor in grocery stores.
Post by sw3dishfish on May 24, 2010 17:41:24 GMT -5
Yeah Walmart would probably be the smart way to go. I am in WI so it is a long ride! Also I don't know what states we will pass on the way down and what their laws are.
Post by osmosisjones14 on May 25, 2010 9:52:25 GMT -5
"When is the best time to enter as to avoid being thoroughly searched by security so that I don't get caught with my beverages?"
It's all the same. You get searched when you enter no matter what. It all depends on who is searching your car specifically. It's usually a team of 2 or 3, and they do a quick check, nothing major. There are police officers walking around the check-in too. I would say to be smart, don't bring in excess, and act mature and you'll be fine. Or, you could do what I do and bring in bags of Franzia. The keep better(beer gets warm fast), get you drunk quicker, and it's easier to hide.
the thought of walmart selling beer just blows my mind. you can only get beer at distributors and bars where i live.
I know the feeling. I lived my teen years in Lancaster, PA and then moved to Georgia for college and was shocked that in some places we could even buy liquor in grocery stores.
In Indiana, you can buy beer and liquor at WalMart and grocery stores. You cannot buy beer or liquor on Sundays, but you can get as drunk as you want at a bar on the sabbath. So long as the bar has food, which can be a $15 can of soup. They just have to be able to sell food if someone wants it. You cannot buy beer in gas stations like some states. I think they just voted to change the Sunday law but I've yet to see it in effect. Every state has such weird laws.
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nice, a good friend of mine goes there. him and i have been going to 'roo for the past 4 years but i'm not sure he's going to be able to make it this year. his name is jonathan casmarsic, do you know him?
I'm pretty sure that there is no law in any state against a 25-year-old adult have unopened beer in a car driven by a minor. You have nothing to worry about.
Just don't drink before you get in and don't bring 8 cases for one person of age, 2-3 and you should be fine. You can leave and go to the gas station or centeroo if you need more.
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