Tin Pot
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Now I think it through, automated cars will rescue golf clubs and other businesses that don't sell so much beer anymore. NHS will like the drop in RTAs but maybe not the rise in liver disease.
Cycling and drinking, should we do it
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Now I think it through, automated cars will rescue golf clubs and other businesses that don't sell so much beer anymore. NHS will like the drop in RTAs but maybe not the rise in liver disease.
Only if you promise to put it in a frosted glass and charge me at least £10 for it.
steve50
Disenchanted Member
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- West Yorkshire
yeah, you realise you've peed yourself, bend down to take a look and get hit by a passing drunk cyclist
Julia9054
Guru
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- Knaresborough
My sister was arrested back in the day for being drunk in charge of a bicycle.
She was stopped two Friday nights running by the same policeman. On the second occasion she unwisely decided to give him some friendly advice about catching real criminals!
She was stopped two Friday nights running by the same policeman. On the second occasion she unwisely decided to give him some friendly advice about catching real criminals!
steve50
Disenchanted Member
- Location
- West Yorkshire
oops!Pedestrians have an absolute right to be on the road.
Cyclists, by virtue of the greater danger they pose other road users, have some restrictions on their right to use the road (e.g. not allowed on footways, must have lights at night, shouldn't be incapacitated through drink, etc)
Motorists, by virtue of the yet greater danger they pose other road users, have even more restrictions (e.g. must pass test and get licence, stiff limit on alcohol, MOT, insurance etc)
You may be under the impression that motorists are the rightful owners of the road and everyone else should fit round them. Although practically speaking this may be the case today, historically it was not the case, legally[*] it is not the case, and it's clearly not desirable (in view of CO2 levels, urban congestion, lives lost to RTCs etc) that it remain the case. I would therefore be very opposed to any measures that seek to reinforce the status quo at the expense of people who do not have the good fortune of an outsize tin box to cart themselves around in.
[*] hypothetically-legally in the sense of "good luck finding a CPS that'll bring the case and a jury who'll convict"
Origamist
Legendary Member
Deal - "The wan*ers don't drink it because they can't afford it".
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
Ideally, no. It's a lot fun however.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
because the risk to others is negligable - far less risk to others that soberly driven cars say. That-s why you don't have MOT's for bikes, don't need insurance, why it's ok for a small child to ride a bike but not drive a lorry etc etc. Whilst it's possible to imagine the drunken cyclist causing a truck to run over a group of pedestrians - has this ever happened? Hundrds, maybe thousands of people are killed by sober drivers each year
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
more people are killed by sober drivers each year which means it must be safer to drive drunk
this has no basis in statistical analysis and may* be incorrect
* = most definitely is
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
I've cycled "home" in cph once or twice when I was so drunk I could hardly stand up let alone walk. I'd NEVER get that smashed and ride on the roads in the UK.
Drunk cyclists are pretty common in cph btw. Especially on Thursday nights, after, say, 20:00, and, let's face it, anyone cycling here after 23:00 is almost bound to be slotted.
Drunk cyclists are pretty common in cph btw. Especially on Thursday nights, after, say, 20:00, and, let's face it, anyone cycling here after 23:00 is almost bound to be slotted.
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
I also had four pints in Horsham and rode home on the wrong side of the road a couple of month ago.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
more people are killed by sober drivers each year which means it must be safer to drive drunk
this has no basis in statistical analysis and may* be incorrect
* = most definitely is
well OK, perhaps I should have said "even" by sober drivers.
And I do get your actual point point as well - but it's still clearly "false equivalance" that cars and cycles should be same rules.
