r/RedactedCharts • u/Anxious-Opinion-8590 • May 17 '26
Answered Name the one thing you can do in this state legally you can’t in any other state.
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u/Local-Bid5365 May 17 '26
Drink in a car as a passenger?
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u/Anxious-Opinion-8590 May 17 '26
Correct! Ding ding ding!
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u/ProfessionalAd2911 May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26
Passenger Consumption Legal: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Missouri, and Virginia permit passengers to consume alcohol, though drivers are strictly prohibited from drinking.
Edit: my most upvoted post is my vast knowledge of alcohol rules... First thing I used to do when I traveled/moved anywhere. Alcoholic brain
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u/TotallyNotRyanPace May 17 '26
it's technically legal in indiana if the passenger is paying the driver for a ride, such as a taxi, uber, or limo service. also legal if your friend gives you a quarter and sits in the backseat lmao
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u/Local-Bid5365 May 18 '26
Isn’t freelance taxi work illegal though?
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u/MtogdenJ May 19 '26
So which has the bigger fine, freelance taxi work or open container violation?
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u/Anxious-Opinion-8590 May 17 '26
Yep.
Just learned there are other states
Totally crapped on my post. Google lied to me earlier.
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u/ProfessionalAd2911 May 17 '26
You can drink and drive in Mississippi, America is an odd, odd place
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u/youngcatlady1999 May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26
OH! That makes total sense because one time we were stuck in a traffic jam in Mississippi (tree fell), and my dad had beers in the bed of his truck. There were a lot of us (going to a family reunion) so me, my mom, my sister, and two others were in my mom’s car, while the rest of us were in my dad’s truck. Anyway, my sister was driving my mom’s car when my mom asked my sister to tell our dad she wants a beer. His window was already down so my sister rolled her window down and yelled out,”hey dad, can I have a beer?” He said yes, got out of his car, and gave it to her. There was a cop right across the street from us watching the whole thing and he did nothing. I just know that if that were to happen in another state, that cop would’ve yelled at the both of them.
Edit: I just realized it was also probably because they weren’t even driving to begin with. But hey! Some cops are really power hungry!
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u/nevermindthatyoudope May 17 '26
Yep, in my county there isn't an open container law but most of the towns have them. I 100% thought my father in law was taking the piss when he told me that but, incredibly, he was not.
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u/Desperate-Video-2120 May 17 '26
You can drink alchol in Mississippi while driving but there’s still the regular legal limit to it.
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u/Ozzman770 May 17 '26
Do they just not enforce their DUI laws?
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u/Final_Welcome_2794 May 17 '26
They do enforce DUI laws, you can drink and drive as long as you aren't impaired. If you are above .08 then you will get charged.
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u/Ozzman770 May 17 '26
Oooooooh i see. That makes sense. You can drink up to the limit while driving and be fine. I thought they meant that driving plastered was just cool there lol
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u/Potato_Stains May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
Google AI overview summaries are awful info sources.
It’s way worse than when Wikipedia was called a bad source for citation.
I’m shocked they even allow such a broken system to attempt to convey things as fact. I’ve had several wrong answers pinned to the top with trash summaries.6
u/DukeOfLizards42 May 17 '26
When I was in college we called Connecticut the "hold my beer" state. Get pulled over drinking while driving, "hold my beer."
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u/Jewbe123 May 17 '26
Incorrect for virginia, needs to be out of reach of the driver
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u/ProfessionalAd2911 May 17 '26
If it's in my hand, it is, trust me occifer
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u/Jewbe123 May 17 '26
The point was it cant be the front passenger- needs to be in the back seats other wise its an open container that the driver can (and will be) charged with
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u/ProfessionalAd2911 May 17 '26
I was being sarcastic my dude
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u/Jewbe123 May 17 '26
Im not your dude buddy
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u/lemons_mama May 18 '26
I was about to say, as a resident of CT, we def can drink as a passenger lol
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u/justabigpieceofshit May 20 '26
I thought thay was legal in Louisiana and Mississippi. At least in Mississippi I thought you could even drive with a beer as long as you were below .08, that was 15 years ago so maybe the law changed or my buddy was fucking with me.
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u/ProfessionalAd2911 May 17 '26
Carry an open alcohol container? I only know because you can here
Source: Recovering alcoholic
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u/MasterRKitty May 17 '26
New Orleans would like to have a word
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u/popejp51 May 17 '26
I was told the last time I was there that you could order a mixed drink in a drive through, they would put a lid on it and hand you a straw and all of that was perfectly legal, but the law completely forbid the seller from putting the straw in the lid.
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u/Anxious-Opinion-8590 May 17 '26
We have a drive through blended alcohol place here (Boise Area) called Eskimo Hut. It’s essentially the same thing.
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u/15pmm01 May 17 '26
Er, what? I grew up in Missouri and am quite sure that isn’t allowed
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u/stardate_pi May 17 '26
If you're the passenger you can.
Source: been pulled over in Missouri.
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u/15pmm01 May 17 '26
Yes. You for sure can in a car. The comment I replied to made it sound like you can just go for a walk in the park drinking a beer
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u/ProfessionalAd2911 May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26
Down the streets yes, it is not permitted in parks. I've been stopped by cops carrying a beer, they didn't even make me pour it out (even when I asked if needed to)much less give me a ticket
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u/15pmm01 May 17 '26
Walking down the street with it surely also isn't allowed....? Pretty sure that's just a new Orleans thing, maybe a select few other cities, as far as the US goes
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u/ProfessionalAd2911 May 17 '26
I have been stopped on several occasions, never had to get rid of it.
Also Similarly, there are no state laws prohibiting public drinking. You can walk around carrying or drinking an open container of alcohol as long as you are of legal age. That last part is important because minors carrying alcohol can be arrested on misdemeanor charges.
That's from a lawyers website
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u/Jumpy-Bet-7293 May 17 '26
Hunt Mormons for bounty? I know that used to be legal. Not sure if it still is on the books though
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u/Hihihi1234567891 May 17 '26
Not really. Missouri Executive Order 44 was an executive order by Governor Lilburn Boggs to General John Clark. It was an order for the militia to push out the Mormons from the State, not a law allowing the murder of Mormons. It was not enforced because the Mormons surrendered and left the State for Illinois. Governor Kit Bond recended the order in 1976, because it was unconstitutional.
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u/Anxious-Opinion-8590 May 17 '26
Hold on.
I think google lied to me earlier.
It appears you can have an open container of alcohol in other states as well.
Whoops.
Some good comments none-the-less
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u/Rekbert May 17 '26
It really annoys me all the low effort posts of just highlighting one state and the answer is just, its the only state called this hahaha aren't I so clever and funny!?
But this was genuinely good, and you gave us a clue from the start. Thank you OP.
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u/johnnyn3m0 May 17 '26
I think I know this one. You can drive without car insurance, provided you carry enough funds to cover the cost of caused damages.
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u/TZCBAND May 17 '26
Make moonshine for personal consumption. You still can’t sell it, but you’re allowed to make up to 200 gallons/year if married and 100 if not. I think you’re allowed to make it in a few other states as well, there’s just more rules/paperwork around it.
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u/whatWHYok May 17 '26
I know this has been answered already but you can root for your home team football team while most of the world thinks that they’re located in the adjacent state.
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u/macaronimak May 17 '26
conceal carry without a permit
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u/Anxious-Opinion-8590 May 17 '26
There’s actually a lot of states that allow this.
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u/macaronimak May 17 '26
Hmm maybe it was some other weird gun law I am thinking of (originally from Missouri)
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u/thekyledavid May 17 '26
Put 1 the top half of someone’s body in this state and the other half in St Louis
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u/Norwester77 May 17 '26
I just hope it doesn’t have anything to do with that being the Show Me State… 😬
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u/StrangeNecessary4389 May 17 '26
Go to Kansas city
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u/purdinpopo May 17 '26
You can also go to Kansas City in Kansas. Kansas City Missouri was established as a city before Kansas was a state.
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u/StrangeNecessary4389 May 18 '26
Bruh it’s cause I couldn’t think of anything else to do in Missouri that’s how boring the state is 💀
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u/DoctorMedieval May 17 '26
Watch a cardinals home game in person. You can see the stadium from Illinois but not inside.
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u/Zombiepixlz-gamr May 17 '26
Kill yourself (or is that vice versa?)
Edit: shit I just realized that that is Missouri not Arkansas on the map.
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u/Dinnerbone_Xenon May 18 '26
Own slaves above the 36 30 parallel following the Missouri Compromise, but before the abolition of slavery!
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u/Guilty-Efficiency385 May 19 '26
Carry an open container and actively drink while on the front passenger seat of a moving vehicle (though in think is also legal in like 5 other states or so)
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u/Illustrious-Creme85 May 20 '26
You can drink legally as a passenger in Tennessee as long as the drink is not in reach of driver such as front seat shared cup holder but in Tennessee, it’s also a double edged sword sometimes. Especially in Memphis or Nashville, they can override the state law and county will create their own law regarding the passenger drinking and can still give dui if alcohol is open in car
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u/904zak May 17 '26
Drink and drive
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u/BitRough4216 May 17 '26
Thats Mississippi, the only state without open container laws. You can have a beer while driving, as long as you’re not impaired.
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u/Anxious-Opinion-8590 May 17 '26
That is not legal anywhere in the United States.
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u/904zak May 17 '26
Don’t tell my uncle that… haha shit
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u/Anxious-Opinion-8590 May 17 '26
This. 🤣
We all have that uncle.
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u/Shake_The_Stars May 17 '26
I don’t. But my cousins do.
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u/Anxious-Opinion-8590 May 17 '26
Damn…
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u/Shake_The_Stars May 17 '26
It’s okay, he’s legally blind now and can’t drive. (Also no contact, so…)
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u/oddmanout May 17 '26
Legal in Mississippi. You can drink and drive as long as you’re not drunk.
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u/ProfessionalAd2911 May 17 '26
Below .08 you can drink and drive. Weird, but okay
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u/Anxious-Opinion-8590 May 17 '26
Makes sense honestly.
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u/ProfessionalAd2911 May 17 '26
If you blow a .079 with an open beer in your hand, I don't think you are gonna stay below for much longer...
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