Is it illegal to bike while intoxicated?

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6 Responses to Is it illegal to bike while intoxicated?

  1. Jane says:

    I saw a homeless man get arrested today…
    and the cops took his purple bike and crammed it into the trunk of the cop car.
    There were like 7 cops there I bet…AND it was at Barnes and Noble. Crazy stuff.

    [your link didn't work for me though]

  2. Matt says:

    Oops. Sorry. What I meant was… the question that is in the title is the only reason I posted. No link, no commentary, nothing external–just that question.

  3. Kristi says:

    Yeah, it’s illegal. You can get a DUI.
    I unfortunately know too many people who know this from experience…

  4. required says:

    facts notwithstanding, I feel that you RIDE a bike. although you also drive it, the english term is to “ride a bike”. Therefore, even if it is illegal to operate a bike while under the influence of alcohol, it would be a RUI and not a DUI.
    however, your question – “is it illegal to bike while intoxicated?” would make us assume that you are actually driving the bike, even though that is not literally what you said. On the same note, if someone else is “driving” and you are just “riding” or “biking”, I dont think it would be illegal to do so if you are intoxicated. Then again, if you were in public – public drunkeness (no more fancy schmancy words, say it like it is). so if you are riding around your house in private, i think its safe to be blasted.
    semantics, right?

  5. barenakehd says:

    the first time i met my boyfriends’ parents, we had this discussion over homemade pizza at the dinner table.

    apparently, it is. …but you’re safe in a motorized wheelchair (in north dakota, at least)

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