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Table of Contents

• Technical Documentation Page
• Executive Summary
• Background
• Purpose of Section 154
• Open Container Law Incentives
• Open Container Law Conformance Criteria
• Status of Conformance: October 2000
• Evaluation of the Effects of Open Container Laws
• Before and After Comparison of the Four States
• Comparisons of Data From States That Had Conforming Laws, Adopted Conforming Laws, Had Partially Conforming Laws, And Had No Open Container Laws
• Public Opinion Concerning Open Container Laws
• Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• References 
• Appendix A: Data Tables

Table

• Table 1: Summary of Previous Open Container Laws In the First Four States to Enact Laws to Conform with TEA-21 Requirements

Figures

• Figure 1: Percent of All Fatal Crashes That Were Alcohol-Involved: Six-Month Period After Enforcement Began Compared to the Same Period in the Previous Year
• Figure 2: Nighttime Hit-and-Run Crashes: Six-Month Period After Enforcement Began Compared to the Same Period in the Previous Year
• Figure 3: Percent of All Fatal Crashes That Were Alcohol-Involved
• Figure 4: Percent of Residents Who Believe Their States Should Have An Open Container Law