Please explain "Dry County"

[Minnesota Spring]

Originally Posted by robert_j

yes.

I went to college in southeast arkansas in a dry county. I grew up in the count over which was wet so i ended up having to buy booze for the other 3 guys in my house. It was difficult being underage as well as dangerous transporting that much into a dry county. For parties, i would seatbelt a keg in the front seat of my honda crx and put a football jersey and a hat on it.

lol! Good idea. Did you ever end up passing a cop with the keg all dressed up?

[Robert_J]

Originally Posted by Minnesota Spring

lol! Good idea. Did you ever end up passing a cop with the keg all dressed up?

Yes, but at 55mph it looked like a short guy in the passenger seat rather than a metal cylinder.

[An Einnseanair]

Originally Posted by MauiBowman

When you say "law sets up road blocks on a regular basis so there's always the chance of getting caught" - do you literally mean they stop traffic and search your vehicle??!

I'll second the "Yes", but qualify it. Roadblocks are standard procedure in rural areas to check for obvious drunk drivers, expired tags/inspection stickers, expired/revoked licenses, proof of insurance, etc. They are usually located on rural highways and are at night, so traffic is usually fairly light. Standard procedure is you first see a half-dozen police cars with lights on when you top a hill or come around a curve. Do NOT turn around or pull off the road at this point or they WILL chase you down. Pull up to the roadblock, hand the officer (standing in the middle of the road) your license, registration, and proof of insurance. He checks it, looks at you, shines a flashlight in your car, and says "Have a good night", and you drive on. Assuming there isn't a huge line of cars the procedure might delay you a total of 30-60 seconds.

They can search for contraband alcohol the same way they can search for other illegal drugs. Objects in plain sight are fair game (like a keg seatbelted in the passenger seat, or the bottle on the floorboard), but a search of hidden areas requires just cause (drug dog hit, some sort of suspicious behavior, or spotting contraband in the open). I've been through dozens of roadblocks in my life; I've never been searched, and the only ticket was because I had an expired inspection sticker.