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From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: Alcohol-related accidents (what does that mean?)
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Date: Sun, 19-Jan-86 18:28:33 EST
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> > Yes, indeed.  In fact, if a drunk is walking down the sidewalk and a car
> > runs up onto the sidewalk and kills him, it is officially listed as an
> > "alcohol-related death".
> 
> If it happened in California, the drunk was probably guilty of being
> drunk "in or about an automobile".  Yup, it isn't legal to take a taxi
> home or even to go near a parked car if you're drunk in California.
> 
> -- 
> Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {hardy,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug

False.  Not only is there no law prohibiting intoxication in or about an
automobile in California, but the laws against carrying an open container or
drinking in a moving vehicle specifically except passengers in taxis.
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
"Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..."

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