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Originally Posted by nanci2539
My neighbor told me that she and her husband were in Spanish Springs listening to the music in the square in their golf cart The couple next to them were drinking wine and beer (in their golf cart). A police officer came over and handed them a ticket for public drinking. He explained that sitting in a vehicle even a non moving vehicle with an open alchololic beverage is a violation. The couple was so shocked they couldn't speak.
Now if they were standing next to their golf cart or on a sidewalk in the square drinking, that's not against the law!
Is this something that's been going on for awhile or is it a new policy. I know if you have open alcohol in a car and you're stopped for any reason, you can be ticketed for that but we always thought the squares were exempt from this.
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Once again we get into - "my neighbor said" - but I did not see. Where did this thread get to a
violation for drinking in a golf cart -- The first statement was we heard from a neighbor
"A police officer came over and handed them a ticket for public drinking." A violation for public drinking or open container -- has to be
written to the person who violated the law -- not like a parking ticket a policeman does not
walk over and hand a ticket to some one sitting in a golf cart. Who does he make it out to??? -- the blue golf cart in SS north side IFO ice cream store. tickets made out to a person (even parking tickets) has a place where you put the violation code number that has been violated. what section of the law was violated weather it is traffic - failure to comply -- or whatever . Just look at the ticket and i am sure it will tell you what it was written for -- if there was such a ticket i am still up in the air about that - just produce the ticket and them argue about the law that was violated