Texas is a "sort of" independent nation, with a fundamental strangeness in one set of laws. Yet again, the voters approved a strange measure. Those opposed to alcohol won half of an election. It is in Smith County, as in many areas of Texas, legal to buy alcohol in a restaurant. It is, in those same areas, often illegal to buy alcohol to take home.
Therefore, in a strange wisdom, it is legal to drink and then drive home. It is NOT legal, in the same area, to have a cup of coffee, buy alcohol, drive home, and THEN pour a drink.
It's one of those "unintended consequences" of a very close, very well-intentioned political campaign. It's also one of those areas where you can find that plenteous and deep well of humor in human nature.
It is good when our oddities just result in humor; it becomes a different matter when there is a direct connection between good intentions and drunk driving.
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