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Nice suggestion, but drunk-cycling is self-limiting in a way that drunk-cycling is not. Drunk-driving you are seated, and only need to be barely conscious. fo
by toss1 4y ago
Nice suggestion, but drunk-cycling is self-limiting in a way that drunk-cycling is not. Drunk-driving you are seated, and only need to be barely conscious. for drunk-cycling, you still must be sufficiently functional to balance on a bike, which puts a bit of a floor on the level of perceptual and cognitive function available, in addition to the far lower bike vs car ceiling on available momentum to do damage.
Not recommended, but cycling is a very substantially less-worse choice, absent getting another ride.
- rkangel 4y agoI think "self-limiting" is a key point here. People who are moderately drunk are not very dangerous, and people who are very drunk are just not capable of cycling - it requires a certain degree of coordination.
- otherme123 4y agoTrue, I remember watching a guy "cycling" drunk, and he was just walking with a bike between his legs.
- trgn 4y ago> which puts a bit of a floor on the level of perceptual and cognitive function available Absolutely. I cannot believe people are actually equivocating on this. A drunk driver is hundreds of times more dangerous than a drunk cyclist, it's a categorical difference.
- Zigurd 4y agoThat's correct. Drunk drivers are frequently completely unconscious by the time they crash a car, and can have been for quite a distance down the road. Can't happen on a bike.
- inpdx 4y agoOne could envision that last beer or shot not having taken full hold when the cyclist gets on the bike. One could also envision balance being sufficient but reaction time not. Have I crashed my bike at the bottom of a hill while drunk? Yes, yes I have.
- scott_w 4y agoThe important part, for public safety, is “How many people did you kill/maim?” Injuring yourself due to alcohol is bad. Hurting others is inexcusable.