No more beers in the cupholders for CT drivers, please.

Lawmakers in Connecticut are divided over whether or not to pass an open container law for drivers.

Currently, drivers in Connecticut are allowed to have open alcohol containers in their vehicles. The primary reasons that no law against this currently exists is because a) it would cause drivers to chug the last part of their drink so as to avoid bringing the container into the car with them, and b) the law would be unfair to drivers of cars such as SUVs that do not have a trunk to safely store unsealed bottles.

But what about the extremely negative effects of this lack-of-a-law? There has been a recent rise in the state's drunken-driving related deaths. I doubt those SUV drivers would care so much about their right to store their half-empty bottles in their trunkless vehicles once they've just hurt or killed themself or someone else.

When lives are being taken it's hard to see any rational reason for not creating a law that could prevent some of these deaths.

In this video, Connecticut state senator William H. Nickerson speaks in favor of open container laws.