Pennsylvania · Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 75 (Vehicles)
75 Pa.C.S. § 3809: Restriction on alcoholic beverages
What this law says, in plain English
A person cannot possess or consume open alcoholic beverages or controlled substances in a motor vehicle on a highway, except passengers in commercial transport vehicles or residents in house trailers. Violation is a summary offense.
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