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Road soda
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A road soda is a slang term for any single-serving alcoholic beverage packaged and sold individually. Road soda culture emanates from the state of Vermont, where having one open container per car is legal, provided the driver is consuming it. Common road sodas include 24 ounce "tallboy" cans of beer, 40 ounce bottles of malt liquor, and pint bottles of schnapps. The "official" road soda of Benson, Vermont is the half pint of root beer flavored schnapps, as stated in the town charter. The officiality of this road soda has been contested by several members of the Vermont legislature, and a plebiscite is scheduled for January 17, 2008 to determine the future of this historic ruling. Although illegal, road soda culture flourishes in several other New England states, excluding New Hampshire, Upstate New York and the Provinces of Québec and New Brunswick. Road sodas displayed in Québec must adhere to Bill 101 constraints, and display French-language labels in a font larger than English-language labels. The import of a road soda from Vermont to the Dominion of Canada is considered drug trafficking, racketeering, and a violation of the Mann Act. Local folk hero Pete Ducharme broke the record for most road sodas consumed while eluding the police with an indomitable showing of 29. See Also
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