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Silly Q?.. Cycling drunk.

  • 30-04-2009 6:40pm
    #1
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    THIS THREAD

    Got me thinking.

    I'm a a cyclist (communter and for training) and always assume I'm subject to the same rules of the road as other road user's.

    The OP of that thread states he rode his bike after four pints of beer, so legally what are the consequencies should he be stopped by a Guard?.


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  • #2
    opti76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 647 ✭✭✭opti76


    you can be sumonsed to court for drunk in charge of a pedal cycle...

    but i cant remember the maximum penalty for it


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Craig Refined Lobster wrote: »
    THIS THREAD

    Got me thinking.

    I'm a a cyclist (communter and for training) and always assume I'm subject to the same rules of the road as other road user's.

    The OP of that thread states he rode his bike after four pints of beer, so legally what are the consequencies should he be stopped by a Guard?.

    I was very very attentative when we covered this in Templemore.
    Drunk riding


  • #4
    opti76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 647 ✭✭✭opti76


    foreign wrote: »
    I was very very attentative when we covered this in Templemore.
    Drunk riding


    we all studied drunk riding in templemore..


  • #5
    ScubaDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 404 ✭✭ScubaDave


    Dirty dog! Speak for yourself! But yeah, i was in court in Galway when the judge heard the evidence for this complaint for the first time! She was unsure of it herself!


  • #6
    sunnyjim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭sunnyjim


    opti76 wrote: »
    we all studied drunk riding in templemore..

    But there weren't women allowed in the force when you started :eek::eek::D


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  • #7
    FGR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭FGR


    Ahh Good old 51(1) of the RTA. Sure beats the standard Section 4 POA which a lot of members seem to resort to.


  • #8
    deadwood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,938 ✭✭✭deadwood


    Craig Refined Lobster wrote: »
    The OP of that thread states he rode his bike after four pints of beer, so legally what are the consequencies should he be stopped by a Guard?.

    I don't know about the legalities, but i'd make you sleep with your hands over the blankets and think about what you've done.

    We've all woken up beside the odd chopper in our day.


  • #9
    Gavin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭Gavin


    From that link:
    A person shall not, in a public place ... drive or attempt to drive a pedal cycle, ... while he is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a drug to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the vehicle or cycle.

    How is incapability measured ? Discretion of the guard or by using the breathalyser?


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Gavin wrote: »
    From that link:



    How is incapability measured ? Discretion of the guard or by using the breathalyser?

    It's down to the Garda at the time, but it would be just like forming your opinion for a drunk driver. Or I could be completely wrong. (Needs a more experienced member to confirm!)


  • #11
    FGR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭FGR


    The member needs to form his opinion. It's basically simplicitor. There's no need for testing.


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  • #12
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,077 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    A drunk on horseback is OK then? (Or even a drunk riding a mule? :D)

    "Shur, Guard, aul' Neddy knows his way home even when he's blinkered!"

    Not your ornery onager



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