Cycling after a few drinks

[steveindenmark]

The offence is drunk in charge of a bicycle.

If someone ploughs you down at least we will not have to blame the motorist on here.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Need to be pretty out of it to be charged

In this section " unfit to ride through drink or drugs" means, as regards a person riding a bicycle or tricycle, under the influence of drink or a drug to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of it.

 

[rydabent]

Riding a trike would be safer.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

IIRC there is a strong link from drink cycling to injury of cyclists.

This turned up on google https://www.cyclinguk.org/blog/chris-peck/alcohol-and-law-which-road-users-are-worst

 

[Hover Fly]

There was a local case a few years ago of a cyclist leaving a pub for the ride home, after he didn’t get home when expected and a search, he was found dead in a ditch.

 

[Jameshow]

I'd cycle after a pint, but walk after two!

 

[spen666]

There’s no prescribed limit in relation to cycling, only in relation to motor vehicles.

Thank you for repeating what I said.

I said there was only an offence of drunk in charge for cycling. I distinguished it from Driving where there are 2 offences Drunk in charge ( aka drunk driving) and driving over the prescribed limit

If I was suggesting there was a prescribed limit for cyclists I would have referred to an offence of cycling over the prescribed limit

Cycling and Driving are different things in law

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Thank you for repeating what I said.

I said there was only an offence of drunk in charge for cycling. I distinguished it from Driving where there are 2 offences Drunk in charge ( aka drunk driving) and driving over the prescribed limit

If I was suggesting there was a prescribed limit for cyclists I would have referred to an offence of cycling over the prescribed limit

Cycling and Driving are different things in law

There is not ‘only an offence of drunk in charge for cycling’.

The relevant offence is S30 RTA 1988;

Cycling when under influence of drink or drugs.​

(1)A person who, when riding a cycle on a road or other public place, is unfit to ride through drink or drugs (that is to say, is under the influence of drink or a drug to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the cycle) is guilty of an offence.

And your sentence wasn’t a statement, given that it ended in a question mark, suggesting some uncertainty on your part.👇

Charge you for drunk in charge of a bicycle - no need for a breathalyser - the driving offences are twofold - drunk in charge of a conveyance or driving over prescribed limit?

 

[markemark]

There was a local case a few years ago of a cyclist leaving a pub for the ride home, after he didn’t get home when expected and a search, he was found dead in a ditch.

They should have walked because noooobbboooodddyyyyy has ever died walking home from the pub.

 

[Dogtrousers]

The relevant offence is S30 RTA 1988;

Cycling when under influence of drink or drugs.​

(1)A person who, when riding a cycle on a road or other public place, is unfit to ride through drink or drugs (that is to say, is under the influence of drink or a drug to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the cycle) is guilty of an offence.

Keep up at the back there!
See post #5
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/cycling-after-a-few-drinks.307177/#post-7518272

 

[spen666]

There is not ‘only an offence of drunk in charge for cycling’.

The relevant offence is S30 RTA 1988;

Cycling when under influence of drink or drugs.​

(1)A person who, when riding a cycle on a road or other public place, is unfit to ride through drink or drugs (that is to say, is under the influence of drink or a drug to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the cycle) is guilty of an offence.

And your sentence wasn’t a statement, given that it ended in a question mark, suggesting some uncertainty on your part.👇

Thank you for reating again what I said

Its like living in an echo chamber
as I said my my first post he could be charged with drunk in charge of a cycle which is aka as cycling whilst under the influence of drink

Still no where have I suggested there is a cycling over the prescribed limit as you seem to think I was alluding to
I gave 3 suggested offences in relation to the question in the opening post. All are potential charges. Not sure why you are so determined to repeat what I post and suggest somehow I was wrong whilst you are suggesting the same offence as me each time.

 

[matticus]

They should have walked because noooobbboooodddyyyyy has ever died walking home from the pub.

Yeah!
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At the end of the day, a cyclist is barely more dangerous than a pedestrian, and this topic covers too wide a spread of circumstances. I would rather someone stopped me - after say 5 pints - if I was about to ride across a motorway junction in rush-hour.

But if a drinking buddy had imbibed a few, a mile-or-two from home, and was off down a well-tested shared path ... well I'd probably not worry.

People driving a long motorway trip on not enough sleep, tired and grumpy from work, are probably a much bigger public hazard. Even with a clean blood-stream.

 

[Drago]

There was a local case a few years ago of a cyclist leaving a pub for the ride home, after he didn’t get home when expected and a search, he was found dead in a ditch.

Just think how many lives could be saved if all the ditches were filled in.

 

[laurentian]

Is there any difference between a "normal" bike and an electrically assisted bike in respect of the above (and I mean the assisted pedal bikes rather than the ones that are effectively electric mopeds)

 

[esoxlucius]

Under the influence behind the wheel of a car maybe, arguably, a few steps of danger up from being under the influence on a bike.

But whatever your views of acceptability are surely you just wouldn't do it, especially when drink driving of any kind is frowned upon so much.