So, in some places it's illegal to have an open alcohol container in the car, even if you're completely sober. I've been pondering it for a while and even Googling, but I can't come to or find why. If it's to prevent me from drinking it, I do hope that the lawmakers know that bottle caps and cans aren't really that hard to open. I doubt anyone ever said: I so want to drink this beer right now, while I'm driving... But I just don't have the skills to open the can. If only it were already opened.

And why do people drinking in the street put the bottle in a brown paper bag? Is there some law prohibiting drinking in a public place, and putting the bottle in a bag makes it ok because you can't see that it's alcohol? So you blend with all the other people drinking Coke and Pepsi out of brown paper bags?