Anybody up for moving to Wyoming?

I've never really entertained the idea of living anywhere other than my fair city of Savannah, but after reading this, Wyoming is starting to sound a little better.

Senate bill would close loophole in state open-container law

It's not the idea of the Senate taking action that makes this place look attractive, rather the fact that a law like this still exists in this country. A loophole big enough to drive a beer truck through.

"A car gets pulled over. The driver has been drinking. A passenger is holding an open bottle of beer.

Did the driver break the law by driving with an open container? Law enforcement officers say they just can't tell."

This is great!

"There's potentially a way for people to get around the (current) law by switching drivers or passing (the drink) to a passenger," Ross said Tuesday.

I can understand the potential for the one dude to hand over the bottle of Jack to his buddy riding shotgun, but how would one go about switching drivers? If the vehicle is being pulled over for a moving violation, wouldn't it be safe to assume that the officer would be with eye shot of the occupants? I would think running a stop sign and running the old 'Chinese Fire Drill' would be a little obvious.

"Opponents say such restrictions are an invasion of the driver's rights."

In all seriousness, can anybody make a real argument as to how this violates the driver's rights? I love to drink as much as the next guy, and I enjoy getting out on the open road and winding up the GTI, but is it really a good idea to be throwing back shots of Jaeger at the same time? Six or seven years ago, I was on tour. We were playing a show in Raleigh-Durham and were scheduled to play Asheville the following night. A very good friend came from Statesville to see us and invited us back to her place for food, shower, laundry...all the essentials when on tour. We load up in her Accord and start heading out of town. Liz stops to get some gas and comes out with a 12 pack in each hand. She proceeds to explain how anybody in the car, except the driver can drink whatever they want. No problem. Sounded like a good idea for about 20 minutes. Until I had to use the bathroom. Then somebody else had to go 10 minutes later. And so on and so on. And here's the rub: You spend so much time pulling over for nature that you never get to where you want to go.

Subsequent visits have yielded no confirmation that any such law exists or ever did. Urban legend, I suspect. But maybe Wyoming is not alone.