Open containers ride in the trunk
A free practice question for the California permit test, with the answer explained.
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You have an opened bottle of wine in your car. Where must it be kept while you drive?
The rule
An open container of alcohol or cannabis in your vehicle must be kept in the trunk or another area where passengers do not sit. The glove box is not allowed.
An opened container of alcohol or cannabis must ride in the trunk, or another spot where passengers do not sit. The glove box is not allowed.
From the California Driver Handbook, section 9, page 72. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
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