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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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because I desperately needed the loo. I wouldn't care to add pissed in to that equation too. Well, pisseder.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:20, Reply)

I suppose it's dangerous - fuck - I KNOW it's dangerous because I've done it - but what law are you breaking?
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:29, Reply)

but really the only life you're risking is your own, it's not like driving drunk. Even so, I don't like doing it.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:30, Reply)

It is fun though. Your increased heart rate pumps the alcohol through your brain a lot quicker. You do need to sit down for ten minutes afterwards though.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:33, Reply)

But no, I've had some wobbly and scary moments riding my push-iron home pissed and I'd not recommend it.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:33, Reply)

although people tend to turn a blind eye with bikes because they are less dangeous, but they are still classed as a vehicle.
I cycled drunk once, never again, fuck me.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:33, Reply)

doesn't stop then fining you of banging you up, speed limit's the same, although it rarely matters. A push bike is definitely legally a vehicle, trust me on that, the rest is a bit less certain, but generally if it's an offence in a car it's an offence on a bike
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:38, Reply)

but feel free to do your own research, it's no odds to me what you believe.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:43, Reply)

If I got in my car ripped to the tits and got pulled over I'd get banned and I know that.
How do you ban a cyclist?
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:55, Reply)

I don't mind him in small doses.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:06, Reply)

but the police will still stop you if you're careening around being a pissed up hazard to yourself and/or others.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:38, Reply)

Yes I'm sure the police can pull you and I expect it'd be drunk and disorderly, but surely can't be the same offence as drunk driving.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:41, Reply)

on a bike and a small moped.
in any event, in the real world cyclists get away with a lot of shit that is flat out illegal because no one cares
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:45, Reply)

Never mind the moped - you need a provisional for that.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:51, Reply)

should be possible I could get my mountainbike up to 25, here: this summarises a lot of bike law, it's long so best to skip to the bit that interests: www.bikehub.co.uk/featured-articles/cycling-and-the-law/
Edit: OK, I was wrong on speeding.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:56, Reply)

You can be fined but it's NOT the same as drivers of motorised vehicles.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:02, Reply)

Very different story for a car.
Then again, I can just imagine how different the literary landscape would be if JG Ballard had written Crash about bikes rather than cars.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:04, Reply)

but it's not easy, takes skill.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:06, Reply)

but as a rule of thumb, if it's an offence on one it's an offece on the other and most of the highway code applies.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:04, Reply)

Is that I have a driving license and if I break the law whilst driving I must accept the consequences of points.
If I break those laws whilst cycling, I don't have to produce my license because I don't need a license to ride a bike - nul points.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:10, Reply)

you can't loose what you don't have. but a lot of people seem to think this means that cyclists are immune from the law and aso don't belong on the roads, neitherof which is true.
looking back the ony thhing I've been wrong on is the speed limit, but i may have missed the point, in which case sorry.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:14, Reply)

But they didn't stop me from riding a bike.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:15, Reply)

I was dragged before the beak, given a dressing down, fined and then banned from riding a bike for 20 minutes.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:17, Reply)

And it's been a while since I lived on Maple Road as you'll remember, but there were a lot of cycling cunts in South London even then.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:17, Reply)

sadly most of them are cunts too. i'd like to se mandatory training or at least better enforcement of existing laws.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:25, Reply)

I'm going to cherish it forever. Tried your life and hated it.
( , Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:35, Reply)
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