Cycling and drinking, should we do it

[steve50]

As a subject it strikes me as an over worry. Have a couple and cycle home this weekend, see for yourself.

I personally don't, but I did once a few months ago. It's not for me when clipped in on tight country lanes.

having a "couple" is fine, I've done it myself and like you, its not for me. I was referring more to those who go out on their bikes and have four or five or more drinks then cycle home, i have seen the funny side of it too, one chap who was staggering home on the pavement in the early hours of the morning, i'm not sure whether the bike was holding him up or he was holding the bike up as they were both almost 45 degrees to each other

 

[steve50]

It's called a 'Pub Bike' for a reason - that reason is not to drink Lime and Soda.

by the same token you could have a "pub car" or a "pub moped" but that wouldn't be acceptable would it, ...........................

 

[gavintc]

Exactly, we all want to be recognized as road users with as much right to be on the roads as anyone else. So, why shouldn't the same rules apply when it comes to using the roads when under the influence?

Yawn, but still not a big issue!

 

[Markymark]

by the same token you could have a "pub car" or a "pub moped" but that wouldn't be acceptable would it, ...........................

No becuase cars are much bigger and heavier and kill far more people.

I could kill someone with a pencil or with a machine gun. Machine gun is more dangerous and can kill more people quicker. That is why there's more restrictions on machines guns as opposed to pencils. But both can kill.

 

[steve50]

Yawn, but still not a big issue!

So the same rules should apply for motorists then?
After all if cyclists can do it why not motorists or are there different rules for cyclists?

 

[Milkfloat]

by the same token you could have a "pub car" or a "pub moped" but that wouldn't be acceptable would it, ...........................

So now as well as n+1 for bikes, there is n+1 for cars. I need to talk to the boss, I already have a normal car and a weekend toy, now I need a pub car.

 

[steve50]

No becuase cars are much bigger and heavier and kill far more people.

I could kill someone with a pencil or with a machine gun. Machine gun is more dangerous and can kill more people quicker. That is why there's more restrictions on machines guns as opposed to pencils. But both can kill.

that is a very simplified way of looking at it, it would appear that some people believe there should be different rules when it comes to cycling under the influence ,even if your balance etc can be impaired after a few beers, it is acceptable to steer a cycle on a public road????

 

[Markymark]

The trouble is most cyclists drink that god-awful northern beer stuff getting turned on by the stupid names they all have. A proper cyclist only drinks lager preferably served in a reassuringly expensive bar.

 

[Markymark]

that is a very simplified way of looking at it, it would appear that some people believe there should be different rules when it comes to cycling under the influence ,even if your balance etc can be impaired after a few beers it is acceptable to steer a cycle on a public road????

You shouldn't do it. But the police and courts should spend their time stopping drivers from doing it as that is what's killing people.

 

[Origamist]

In light of Steve's sage advice, I shall never attend the Mobberley Wobbly 8 again...

 

[Markymark]

getting turned on by the stupid names they all have.

Mobberley Wobbly 8

I rest my case.

 

[Tin Pot]

So now as well as n+1 for bikes, there is n+1 for cars. I need to talk to the boss, I already have a normal car and a weekend toy, now I need a pub car.

I like this.

Like a winter bike. A pub car could have bumper car bumpers, minimal controls, have a max speed say ten miles an hour, be lit up like a Christmas tree...yes I can see it working.

Congrats to steve50 for bringing back drink driving!

 

[Markymark]

Congrats to steve50 for bringing back drink driving!

It's only dangerous if you hit someone!!

 

[Origamist]

I rest my case.

You'd be very welcome to attend if you just wanted to swig Hofmeister, Marky. We've still got an underground bunker full of the stuff for when southern daisies visit.

 

[steve50]

It's only dangerous if you hit someone!!

wrong! It's also dangerous if your drunkenness causes an accident.