Perhaps the best thing about 4th of July this year is that it falls on a Monday, which means it is a 3-day weekend. This allows many people to go out of town and celebrate. However, before you take off, we recommend you plan out your itinerary and do some research, not on where to go and what to eat, but on the laws of what you can and cannot do.
We recommend looking up driving, drinking, and most importantly for this July 4 weekend; fireworks laws. For example, in California, it is legal to turn right on red, but illegal in other states. In California, the legal BAC is 0.08%; the legal limit in other states may be higher or lower. In California, many parks and beaches do not allow open alcohol containers, which may be different for other states...