If drinking and driving is illegal, then why do bars have parking lots?

Answer 1

well, parking lots aren't exactly race tracks. It is legal to drink at the bar, and have your car parked at the same time :)

Answer 2

first you need somewhere to park. if you dont have anywhere to park then they wouldnt get any business. sometimes bars in a strip mall type location and the parking there is for all businesses not just one and getting rid of that will decrease business in all the businesses. plus not everyone that goes to a bar plans on drinking, even some people go to a bar to have a few beers which is ok too, but its not ok to drink yourself silly then drive, one day they will pay for it either by accident or by police.

Answer 3

Because no state has yet enacted a "not a drop" law pertaining to consumption of alcohol followed by operation of a motor vehicle.

Operating while intoxicated (or operating under the influence depending on where you're from) refers to an objective state where your ability to safely operate a motor vehicle has been impaired due to consumption of alcohol or another intoxicating substance. This state is inferred by the officer (and eventually a jury) based upon your driving performance, odor of intoxicants, bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, poor performance on the field sobriety tests, results of a preliminary breath test, and the results of an evidentiary breath test back at the station. Most states allow a blood/breath test result above a .08 to be used as presumptive evidence of intoxication.

Even if none of the objective signs described above are shown, most states also have a per se prohibited blood alcohol concentration law. This means that regardless of if you are actually impaired, if your blood alchol concentration is above a .08, you are guilty of violating this statute.

That being said, for a 200 lb guy to be above a .08 bac, he must consume 5-6 beers, (or glasses of wine, or ounces of 80 proof liquor) in the space of an hour to acheive a .08 bac. So it is possible to drive to a bar, have 2 beers with lunch and drive off without being impaired or over the legal limit. If you are pulled over though, be prepared for trouble, as you will be doing field sobriety tests if the officer smells alcohol.

Answer 4

They have parking lots so that you park your cars and take a cab home once you too drunk to drive on your own. Legal parking is provided to stop you from committing an illegal act.

Answer 5

1) It isn't illegal to drive TO the bar

2) It isn't illegal to have someone drive your car from the bar.

3) It isn't illegal to have a beer and drive home.

4) It isn't illegal to meet your friends, have some drinks, and drive home, as long as you haven't exceeded the legal limit.

Answer 6

Drinking and driving at the same time is illegal.

Drinking too much and driving later is illegal.

Not all drinkers drive themselves, but have non-drinking friends.

Where else would you have the fights?

Answer 7

so that the designated driver can park his/her car!! the designated driver is the one who WILL NOT drink that night so that he / she can drive the drunk friends home!