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It is the ultimate in convenience. Grab a cocktail without even leaving your car. It is also, say drunk driving activists, opening the door to disaster. Lisa Guerrero and the I-Squad investigate drive-thru booze stands.
On Tuesday, Feb. 22, Inside Edition will run a story on drive-thru daiquiri stands. They reported the running of the story by saying, "Then you won't believe this!"
For a majority of people in the United States, shock was probably the reaction. However, people in Lake Charles, LA, probably laughed.
The people in Lake Charles have grown up with drive-thru daiquiri stands. They have opened and closed throughout the years. Sometimes they are obvious, with signs tha
t advertise the drinks. Other times, they are not so obvious. Some are snow cone stands, but they also sell frozen daiquiris. These snow cone stands are often across from or near schools. When the weather gets hot, it is popular for school children to head over to the stand to get a snow cone as they walk home or wait for buses or parents.
Places that still exist in Lake Charles are Frosty Factory, Caribbean Hut, and Cooler's Ice House.
Lake Charles does have closed container laws, but they are very liberal. An operator of a vehicle cannot drink and drive. However, a passenger can drink and drive as long as the passenger does not have what is considered an open container.
An open container is a bottle of beer or wine that is open. It is a cup without a lid and without a piece of tape. The drive-thru daiquiri places are legal. The only necessary thing for them is to have Styrofoam cups with plastic lids and a piece of tape across the lid. The passenger can drink because the cup has a straw hole and a straw can be put in the hole, although it is technically open.
However, being that the passenger is not driving, the drink can be consumed.
The tape is either a piece of scotch tape or a piece of masking tape. There is nothing special about the tape. It can easily be removed. The Styrofoam cup looks no different from a Styrofoam cup used at restaurants that use Styrofoam cups to serve soft drinks.
t advertise the drinks. Other times, they are not so obvious. Some are snow cone stands, but they also sell frozen daiquiris. These snow cone stands are often across from or near schools. When the weather gets hot, it is popular for school children to head over to the stand to get a snow cone as they walk home or wait for buses or parents.
Places that still exist in Lake Charles are Frosty Factory, Caribbean Hut, and Cooler's Ice House.
Lake Charles does have closed container laws, but they are very liberal. An operator of a vehicle cannot drink and drive. However, a passenger can drink and drive as long as the passenger does not have what is considered an open container.
An open container is a bottle of beer or wine that is open. It is a cup without a lid and without a piece of tape. The drive-thru daiquiri places are legal. The only necessary thing for them is to have Styrofoam cups with plastic lids and a piece of tape across the lid. The passenger can drink because the cup has a straw hole and a straw can be put in the hole, although it is technically open.
However, being that the passenger is not driving, the drink can be consumed.
The tape is either a piece of scotch tape or a piece of masking tape. There is nothing special about the tape. It can easily be removed. The Styrofoam cup looks no different from a Styrofoam cup used at restaurants that use Styrofoam cups to serve soft drinks. 
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