Open Container Ticket??

If it was sealed, lid on how was that an Open Container?

Open Container Laws. Most states have laws prohibiting the presence of open cans, bottles, or other unsealed containers of alcoholic beverages (even if empty) on sidewalks, streets, and inside vehicles. So by default, a passenger drinking an alcoholic beverage also is in possession of an open container.

 

He didn't say it was sealed.

Op, the best you can do is call around. A lot of places consider that pretty much the same as DUI but some companies will give you a break.

 

It shouldn't affect you getting into almost any school as it is not a moving violation and it isn't recent.

Trucking companies themselves won't be so gentle about it.

 

If it was in the back seat and not sealed must have been an empty..

 

Unsealed is not the same as open.

 

No, it could easily be a half empty bottle of liquor left in the back. Lid is on but the seal is broken so it's legally an open container.

 

Do you mean a private cdl school that has job placement or a trucking company school where you work for the company after completing their course?
Put your location on your profile.
Carolina Logistics is a trucking company with their own school and cuts some slack on tickets.

 

Sounds like the OP caught a break. Open container is way better than liquor law violation.

 

Call Cassie at Britton Transport. 701-757-5560. No guarantees, but she will at least listen, and the company does make all determinations on iffy stuff like that on a case by case basis. We don't have a school. But a finishing program, for new drivers who went to a public driving school.