Roger Joys
Al long as it's in S. Dakota...
I beleive the same DUII laws apply to cyclist on Burnside in Portland as they do to motorists.
I think in Oregon you can be arrested for what sounds like Donald Duck's nephews... HUII, DUII and BUII.
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From: oregonyankee@comcast.net [mailto:oregonyankee@comcast.net]
Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2006 08:50 PM
To: cmurray@obra.org, obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Drunks on bikes
So let's all get plastered and weave our bikes down Burnside with impunity! The mind boggles.
Peter
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From: "Candi Murray"
> Bill Would OK Drunks on Bikes
> By JOE KAFKA
> AP
> PIERRE, South Dakota (Feb. 2) - South Dakota lawmakers decided Wednesday
> that it's better to have drunks on horses and bicycles instead of behind the
> wheel of an auto or truck.
>
>
> The state Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill 6-1 that will exempt
> horses and bikes from drunken driving laws, meaning intoxicated people who
> either pedal or saddle up to get home after a night at the bar cannot be
> arrested for drunken driving.
>
>
> Sen. Lee Schoenbeck said it will make the roads safer for other motorists.
>
>
> "If I have to choose ... a problem drunk with 1,500 pound or 2,000 pounds of
> met al coming at 50 miles an hour or a two-wheel Schwinn, I'm going to win
> and my family is going to win," he said. "I'd much rather have a drunk on
> the bike."
>
>
> A former lawman, Sen. Gene Abdallah, agreed. Better to have drunks on bikes
> and horses than motor vehicles, he said.
>
>
> "I can't believe that a horse is going to intentionally run into anything,"
> Abdallah said. "This is a good avenue to get some people home."
>
>
> Prosecutors opposed the bill. Chuck Schroyer, lobbyist for the State's
> Attorneys Association, said there have been arrests in several counties for
> riding horses while intoxicated.
>
>
> In one instance, a drunken rider passed out and his horse was struck by a
> car, injuring several people, Schroyer said.
>
>
> "There are people that are injured that are in control of these
> instru ments," he said. "This does happen in the real world."
>
>
> Legislators, however, said prosecutors still can charge drunken riders on
> horses and bicycles. Rather than drunken driving, they can be charged with
> disorderly conduct, it was suggested.
>
> Candi Murray
>
>
>
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