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6. Ride a bicycle If the drunk driver ends up in a collision with a motorist, then the damage to the other party would be minimal. The drunk person also still

by u801e 4y ago

6. Ride a bicycle If the drunk driver ends up in a collision with a motorist, then the damage to the other party would be minimal. The drunk person also still has personal transportation as well.

ericmay 4y ago
Against the law and you can get a DUI for this too. It’s actually pretty dangerous. This includes other things too like scooters. E-Bikes can go pretty fast and cause serious injury too. If you were riding a bike drunk and drove into or were hit by a car you would probably be hurt pretty badly. If you ran into something else, or another person, same deal.
- u801e 4y ago
  I was thinking more along the lines of a conventional bicycle, not an e-bike. The primary problem with DUI is the injury and property damage that others suffer as a result of a crash. This is because of the mass of the vehicle that the DUI uses. If they were on a bicycle, the danger would be minimized for others, and they would be the ones who are injured or killed in the crash. Based on the remark about individuals making a choice to operate a vehicle while under the influence, having them use a bicycle instead of a vehicle that's significantly heavier, the choice changes from do they drive under the influence and take the chance on injuring or killing people to do they drive under the influence and take a chance on injuring or killing themselves. Whether that change influences their choice remains to be seen.
  - ericmay 4y ago
    I added the e-bike as an extra factor not focusing on it there. You can still get a DUI. But the point of the bike comment largely doesn’t matter since people have to drive to the bar or wherever and there wouldn’t be a bike to get a DUI on. I’m actually not even sure that if given equal consideration a bike causes more drunken damage (although probably less lethal) but we won’t know because so few people ride bikes since they have to drive a car so they just get DUIs and kill people and themselves that way since we force that on people.

by u801e 4y ago

6. Ride a bicycle If the drunk driver ends up in a collision with a motorist, then the damage to the other party would be minimal. The drunk person also still has personal transportation as well.

ericmay 4y ago

Against the law and you can get a DUI for this too. It’s actually pretty dangerous. This includes other things too like scooters. E-Bikes can go pretty fast and cause serious injury too. If you were riding a bike drunk and drove into or were hit by a car you would probably be hurt pretty badly. If you ran into something else, or another person, same deal.

u801e 4y ago
I was thinking more along the lines of a conventional bicycle, not an e-bike. The primary problem with DUI is the injury and property damage that others suffer as a result of a crash. This is because of the mass of the vehicle that the DUI uses. If they were on a bicycle, the danger would be minimized for others, and they would be the ones who are injured or killed in the crash. Based on the remark about individuals making a choice to operate a vehicle while under the influence, having them use a bicycle instead of a vehicle that's significantly heavier, the choice changes from do they drive under the influence and take the chance on injuring or killing people to do they drive under the influence and take a chance on injuring or killing themselves. Whether that change influences their choice remains to be seen.
- ericmay 4y ago
  I added the e-bike as an extra factor not focusing on it there. You can still get a DUI. But the point of the bike comment largely doesn’t matter since people have to drive to the bar or wherever and there wouldn’t be a bike to get a DUI on. I’m actually not even sure that if given equal consideration a bike causes more drunken damage (although probably less lethal) but we won’t know because so few people ride bikes since they have to drive a car so they just get DUIs and kill people and themselves that way since we force that on people.