"No person shall drink any alcoholic beverage while in a motor vehicle on a
highway."

I know for a fact that is not correct since it is perfectly legal to drink
alcohol in the back of a limo.

Next time I see one of the local constabularies, I'll ask him.  That's the
only way we're going to know for sure.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Bill N
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 6:46 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Alcohol + the vanagon

The operative phrase in your post may be "quite a few years ago."  DUI laws,
like other laws,
change.  In the case of DUI, there has been a sucessful nationwide movement
to toughen them up.
What was true "quite a few years ago" may not be true now.  In fact, a quick
Internet search
found the CA penal code relating to DUI.  It was greatly revised and the
revised version became
law on July 1, 1999.  I read it over quickly.  Some sections do allow the
storage of open
containers in the "living quarters of a housecar."  However, the section on
consumption simply
says "No person shall drink any alcololic beverage while in a motor vehicle
on a highway."
There is no exception for "housecars" in this section.  The link is:

http://www.dui-law.com/pdf/vc070199.pdf

Bill in the Southwest

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@TSSGI.COM>
>
> As it was explained to me by a California Highway Patrol quite a few years
> ago...  it is legal to consume alcohol in the back of a motorhome in
> California and it doesn't matter whether it's parked or driving down the
> road.  Yes, a VW Campmobile is considered a motorhome in California, and
> originally labelled as such.