Is it legal to carry a bottle of alcohol on the truck in a toolbox?

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  1. Ex-Trucker Alex

    Ex-Trucker Alex Road Train Member

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    If you look at this guy's previous posts, he's not looking for answers; he's only looking to argue. Don't respond to him expecting anything other than that.
     
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  3. tscottme

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    Why carry beer in or on the truck when 90% of truck stops sell beer at the truck stop? Don't wear your Prime, Inc hat, t-shirt, necklace. Walk in the door the gasoline buying customers use, pick your single beer or 2 from the beer cooler, pick up any other items, pay at the gasoline customer counter, put your items in a bag, and walk back to the truck. Drink your beer,s go to sleep. Put your empties in a truck stop trash can and start your day as long as you had more than 4 hours bottle to throttle and your BAC is below the legal limit for operating a CMV. Why complicate your life or rely on some unique understanding of the regs just to gave 24/access to beer?
     
  4. Rideandrepair

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    Ok, I have to ask. What about rubbing alcohol? Hardcore Alcoholics have been known to drink it. Technicality maybe? I always have a couple bottles for air lines if needed.
     
  5. Big Road Skateboard

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    A splash of Orange juice and 2 drops Tobasco make it more palatable
     
  6. Jumpman

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    The average person is caught on security camera over 70 times a day in America so you should just assume in public that you are always being watched.
     
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  7. Jumpman

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    If you are that hard up for alcohol I don't think you are really going to be concerned about following the law. At some point stupid will catch up and solve the problem.
     
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  8. Rideandrepair

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    I’ve been told once in an orientation not to have mouthwash containing alcohol on the Truck. I wonder if anyone has ever gotten a violation for it. Or rubbing alcohol. Seems unlikely to me. I often have some mouthwash also. Never worried about it.
     
  9. Espressolane

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    That is a real bad thing. Isopropyl alcohol can kill a person.
     
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  10. tarmadilo

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    image.jpg I have a bottle of hand sanitizer that I bought during the early days of the pandemic that’s 80% grain alcohol with added hydrogen peroxide and glycerin. I use it on my armpits and privates once in a great while if I can’t make time to stop for a shower (it kills the germs that cause funk!).

    Anyway, I just took it out and read all the labeling and there’s no mention of being denatured or poisonous, the only warning says that it’s for exterior use only. I guess I’ve been lucky not to get dinged for it! I’m going to be pouring it out shortly and putting the bottle in the next dumpster or trash can I see!
     
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  11. jamespmack

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    Company policy not law, I know a guy who got dinged for mouth wash. It might have been a union hit job. But I kinda understand. Been making sure for years to buy alcohol free mouth wash for house and truck. No chances.
     
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