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This Chicago DUI attorney has seen it time and time again.  She’s amazed that folks are still getting charged for driving with an open container of alcohol.  She does recall that when she was in high school the legal drinking age was eighteen and open container was not against the law.  Then again she grew up in South Carolina where you couldn’t, legally, buy any alcohol on Sunday due to the state’s Blue Laws.

May 3, Bellwood, FL

 An Ocala man who was just minutes away from taking a roadside sobriety test decided he needed another drink before he got started.

Marion sheriff’s deputies say they pulled over Dana Allen Seaman, 61, of 2417 S.E. 17th St., along the 3000 block of County Road 484.

Deputy Eric Larson spotted Seaman swerve his car three times.

After stopping the vehicle, the deputy asked Seaman if he had been drinking. Seaman said yes and agreed to undergo a field sobriety test.

Before the test, the deputy watched Seaman take a drink from a cup and toss it under the passenger seat.

The deputy said he “retrieved the cup and could smell a strong odor of alcohol coming from the cup,” according to the report.

Free Legal Advice:  An Open Container of Alcohol in the car, in most jurisdictions in the country, is against the law.

2^nd Piece of Free Legal Advice:  Driving with an open container of alcohol (even if it belongs to a passenger) is the quickest way to get charged with a DUI.