Don't drink and bike in Poland

[PamNY]

The BBC reports that drunk cyclists in Poland can be jailed, just as drunk motorists are.

I can't imagine biking drunk. I'm sure I'd fall off right away.

Pam

[Tommy]

It's not true
Sinse, circa about, 3 years right now

[Blueberry]

In NC, you can be charged with a DWI just like a car driver....

[SheFly]

In NC, you can be charged with a DWI just like a car driver....

Also true in Maine. The irony is that the person who was charged for riding drunk was riding because his license had been suspended for DWI

SheFly

[smilingcat]

Just because it isn't motorized nor needing a driver's license for a bicycle, it does not free you from the obligation of "rules of the road".

And if you did get stopped for any traffic infraction while on your bicycle, it WILL go on your driver's license. This includes but not limited to: drunk driving (DUI), running a stop sign, speeding.

[Biciclista]

true in Washington too.
you can even get a ticket for riding a horse while you are drunk in the state of Idaho.
it's the state of being intoxicated which is the problem. the vehicle only makes it more dangerous.

[zoom-zoom]

A friend of mine's younger brother took his bike for his 21st birthday celebrations, since he didn't want to "drive" drunk. Heh, he ended up busting his arm badly in a couple of spots upon crashing in the ditch. It wouldn't be a fun story if he'd ended up hurt worse or caused a serious accident with someone else, but the story as it stands is still pretty comical a decade later.