Last summer I was on Lake Washington with my friend and a few of his frat buddies. We were just wakeboarding and innertubing. We were in a area where there were no other boats within at least a 1000 yards. We were not using the red flag to indicate a man in water. Off in the distance a king county sherrifs boat heads in our direction. I instantly turn off my boat and start pulling out life preservers and my license and registration. He came over we talked. I passed the safety inspection. He stated the reason he 'pulled' us over was due to the non-use of the flag. When he ran our registration I found out that the boat wasn't registered properly and I got a fatty ticket for that. (My dad covered the ticket because he said the boat was registered properly, and it didn't go on my driving record!) Thankfully though he ignored the flag infraction. All in all the officer was extremely nice and more than fair with me. I jokingly asked the cop to write the ticket to my dad since it was his boat. He just laughed.
But my real question is that we were going to bring some beer with us but me and only a couple other people were 21. And I didn't know the exact laws on open container and things like that. So we figured to be safe and leave it at home.
Does anyone know the laws regarding this? Is it legal for the driver to have an open container as long as he is 21 and keeps is BAC under .08?
Thanks
Chris
Hope to see you all on the lake this summer!
But my real question is that we were going to bring some beer with us but me and only a couple other people were 21. And I didn't know the exact laws on open container and things like that. So we figured to be safe and leave it at home.
Does anyone know the laws regarding this? Is it legal for the driver to have an open container as long as he is 21 and keeps is BAC under .08?
Thanks
Chris
Hope to see you all on the lake this summer!
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