Cycling under the influence

can you get done for this? i heard they could put points on your drivers license (if you have one) as technically you are "drunk in charge of a vehicle". is this true? any stories?
(personally, i think cycling drunk is silly and dangerous and only to be done when necessary - like when you are drunk and need to get home).

http://londonfgss.com/discussion/1213/

i wont be doing it anytime soon. Cycled down a hill off my trolley on new years, managed to nod off and went through the back window of a car. Woke up in hospital with 18 stiches under my chin, Happy new year

You can absolutely be done for this, doesn't stop it being fun though.

Very bad idea.

but i did it last night. Can't even remember getting home. I've been getting flashbacks of swerving into the middle of the road and bouncing off the kerb.

shouldn't have done it. but somehow got home.

I heard about a guy being charged whilst "drunk in control of a vehicle" ..on a skateboard. dunno if this was one of those skating urban legends

bombadil ? i heard they could put points on your drivers license (if you have one) as technically you are "drunk in charge of a vehicle". is this true? any stories?

no no no.
they cannot put fucking points on a driver's license.

but you can get done for being pissed on a bike, there's several public order offences they'll do you for too

I copied and pasted this into the coppers thread last night. You gotta read every thread on here not just random ones willy nilly sheesh!

I like to call this one, MURTLE'S LAW

Cycling when under influence of drink or drugs

(1) A person who, when riding a cycle on a road or other public place, is unfit to ride through drink or drugs (that is to say, is under the influence of drink or a drug to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the cycle) is guilty of an offence.

(2) In Scotland a constable may arrest without warrant a person committing an offence under this section.

(3) In this section “road” includes a bridleway.

i'd never even consider it.....................hang on.............same place tonight chaps???

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts1988/ukpga_19880052_en_1

I've posted this befrore:

We're all in the sh1te....

Section 30 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, as amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991, provides the offence of cycling on a road or public place whilst under the influence of drink or drugs. It states:
30(1) A person who, when riding a cycle on a road or other public place, is unfit to ride through drink or drugs (that is to say, is under the influence of drink or a drug to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the cycle) is guilty of an offence.

NOTES

(i) The evidence of the extent to which a person is affected must be measured by means other than the provision of a specimen of breath, blood or urine, as there is no power to require such a specimen in these circumstances. However, if such a specimen was offered, it is probable that the evidence obtained by analysis of the specimen would be admissible.
(ii) In Scotland a constable may arrest without warrant a person committing an offence.
(iii) In England and Wales a constable may only arrest without warrant in accordance with the powers of arrest set out in section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. In such an instance, that power might be exercised where a satisfactory address has not been furnished, or the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that arrest is necessary to prevent such a person causing physical injury to himself or any other person (see also other conditions in s24 of PACE).
(iv) The absence of a specific power of arrest in England and Wales affects the ability of the police to present any form of medical evidence of the accused's condition.
(v) There is no offence of 'being in charge' of a cycle under the Road Traffic Acts, but such conduct may well be an offence of drunk in charge of a carriage under section 12 of the Licensing Act 1872. A bicycle or tricycle is a carriage for the purpose of that section.

Mu mum was verbally warned for being drunk in charge of her wheelchair. That said she was singing at the top of her voice and weaving down a quiet dark road in Yorkshire, with her boyfriend walking along next to her.

I still can't believe I got away with it....

squag - sorry to hear that, but I think that's gotta be the best stack of the year!