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Drink Driving

  • 08-12-2009 10:21pm
    #1
    Zuiderzee
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    Just something that came up in conversation.

    With regards drink driving in Ireland

    Can you be charged with Drink driving for having a horse and cart under the influence?

    Can you have a horse and cart on the road without a driving licence?

    Is it an ofence to ride a horse onthe road while under the influence?


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  • #2
    luckyfrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭luckyfrank


    <snip>


  • #3
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,184 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    "drunk in charge of an animal" used to be an offense, it may still be. You don't need a driving licence for horse and carts, though.


  • #4
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,235 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Zuiderzee wrote: »
    Can you be charged with Drink driving for having a horse and cart under the influence?
    I don't know but IIRC you can be done when on a bycicle so I guess there may be something there.
    Zuiderzee wrote: »
    Can you have a horse and cart on the road without a driving licence?
    There is no driver licence category for horse and cart!
    Zuiderzee wrote: »
    Is it an ofence to ride a horse onthe road while under the influence?
    As per the first q.


  • #5
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,363 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Zuiderzee wrote: »
    Can you be charged with Drink driving for having a horse and cart under the influence?

    I've never seen a horse under the influence of drink. :D





    I'll get me coat....


  • #6
    Zuiderzee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Zuiderzee


    bazz26 wrote: »
    I've never seen a horse under the influence of drink. :D I'll get me coat....

    ROFLMFAO

    Well, there went a recession busting business plan.

    Sure, I was of the opinion that if the man or woman at the bar had too much, I figured the horse would still know its way home.

    But a plastered pony or sloshed Stallion, now thats a problem


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  • #7
    shanagarry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 599 ✭✭✭shanagarry


    Zuiderzee wrote: »
    Sure, I was of the opinion that if the man or woman at the bar had too much, I figured the horse would still know its way home.

    You may laugh, but a neighbour of my dad's used to do that years ago. He'd take the horse and cart to the creamry, then straight to the pub and get sloshed, just about scramble into the cart, pass out and the horse would head off home on his own.

    They did eventually do him, I think it was for being drunk in charge of an animal.


  • #8
    cascade35
    Closed Accounts Posts: 229 ✭✭cascade35


    bazz26 wrote: »
    I've never seen a horse under the influence of drink. :D
    ...

    :D:D:D:D:D:D


  • #9
    Hooch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Hooch


    Zuiderzee wrote: »
    Just something that came up in conversation.

    With regards drink driving in Ireland

    Can you be charged with Drink driving for having a horse and cart under the influence?

    Can you have a horse and cart on the road without a driving licence?

    Is it an ofence to ride a horse onthe road while under the influence?

    As the lads said drunk in charge of an animal would be one offence but it has something stupid like 4 pounds fine etc.

    What would be used now is Section 4 Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994. Where a person is in a public place and intoxicated to such and extent as to give rise to the reasonable apprehension that he would be a danger to himself or others.
    Section 24 of the same act offers the power of arrest and may detain him to sober up!!
    Fine is small €127 I think.


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