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[acsguitar]

Reason #920394109929484291 why i don't ever wanna step foot in texas

[ironman]

Better them burn it off in the drunk tank than behind the wheel of a car or getting into a bar fight.

Yes, but how are we to assume that they are going to get behind the wheel of a car?

Maybe this isn't the case anymore but isn't it legal in Texas to have an open container in the car?

[Madison]

What seems the worst part of this to me is that they were arresting people in a hotel bar. I guess I can understand wanting people not to drink/drive (though I think there are better methods), but aren't the people in the hotel bar generally patrons of the hotel? What are they going to do, drink and stumble?

There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they're intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car," Beck said. "People walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."

Oh, I see. We're trying to stop the pervasive trend of getting drunk and jumping off balconies into a pool but missing.

Aren't there better ways to utilize our police?

People without rooms in the hotel, drink in hotel bars all the time down here. Typically they are looking for someone travelling alone and trying to get lucky. I've seen both men and women hunt for a "friend" for an evening in hotel bars. Not unusual at all.

Maybe this isn't the case anymore but isn't it legal in Texas to have an open container in the car?

Open container in a car (alcohol related container of course)? One way ticket to jail. Been that way for at least the last 15 years.

[ironman]

Maybe this isn't the case anymore but isn't it legal in Texas to have an open container in the car?

Open container in a car (alcohol related container of course)? One way ticket to jail. Been that way for at least the last 15 years.

Thanks for clarifying. I was finding it hard to believe that would still be legal.

[Simulacrum]

Reason #920394109929484291 why i don't ever wanna step foot in texas

My girl wants us to relocate to Houston... I'm going to have to mention this bar thing to her.

Other than what I've read in this thread, I've always liked Texas.

[Omaha Red Sox]

Aren't there better ways to utilize our police?

Exactly. People go to a bar to drink and sometimes...... people drink too much.

...let's get the government involved in everything...

[3 run homer]

Yeah this went on here in Northern VA around last year. i think the cops took to much public heat and scrutiny for dragging people out of bars pretty much unjustly.