Montana Keeps Drinking, Driving Legal
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:06 am
Montana Keeps Drinking, Driving Legal
POSTED: 5:15 p.m. EDT April 22, 2003
HELENA, Mont. -- Montana was one of the last states to raise the legal drinking age to 21.
Now, the state is one of the few that hasn't banned drinking while driving.
State lawmakers are about to go home without voting on a ban on open alcohol containers in vehicles.
One state representative says advocates of an open-container ban shouldn't try to change Montanans' attitudes about drinking and driving.
He said that if they don't like Montana's culture, they should go somewhere else.
The Montana Legislature did strengthen other laws dealing with drinking and driving this session. It lowered the blood-alcohol limit and made alcohol tests mandatory for drivers after serious accidents.
POSTED: 5:15 p.m. EDT April 22, 2003
HELENA, Mont. -- Montana was one of the last states to raise the legal drinking age to 21.
Now, the state is one of the few that hasn't banned drinking while driving.
State lawmakers are about to go home without voting on a ban on open alcohol containers in vehicles.
One state representative says advocates of an open-container ban shouldn't try to change Montanans' attitudes about drinking and driving.
He said that if they don't like Montana's culture, they should go somewhere else.
The Montana Legislature did strengthen other laws dealing with drinking and driving this session. It lowered the blood-alcohol limit and made alcohol tests mandatory for drivers after serious accidents.