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Germany doesn't allow riding a bike under the influence either and will issue fines for it. If your blood alcohol concentration is too high, you can end up payi
by Sakos 3y ago
Germany doesn't allow riding a bike under the influence either and will issue fines for it. If your blood alcohol concentration is too high, you can end up paying a month's salary and be ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation, which might even result in you losing your drivers license. They could even ban you from riding a bicycle if it's established you're too much of an alcoholic.
You're potentially a danger to yourself and the people around you. Why wouldn't it be handled appropriately?
- chmod775 3y agoI think you're replying to someone from the US where you can only get a bike DUI in a few states. In others they can still book you from being a general drunk menace, but that's no DUI offense specifically. Getting a DUI for riding a bike while (somewhat) intoxicated does indeed sound strange from a US perspective. It's not something that generally happens or is on anyone's mind.
- marssaxman 3y agoI am surprised to hear that, and I wonder how long this law has existed. When I lived (briefly) in Munich in the '90s, I remember that it seemed quite normal to ride one's bike home from a night out. I wonder whether the culture has changed, so that this is no longer seen as acceptable, or perhaps whether German bicycle-DUI laws are like speed-limit laws in the US, which everyone feels free to break whenever the cops aren't looking.