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Cycling after a few pints or cans, is it illegal?

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    #62
    Hairy Japanese BASTARDS!
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    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    Did it a while back, got on one side, fell off the other and lost my shoe, decided a taxi was best. Couldn't find the poxy shoe though

    May not be illegal nbut you're endangering yourself and other road users.

    If you had an accident a certain cohort of people would love to use this to tar is all.


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    LollipopJimmy
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    Hairy Japanese BASTARDS! wrote: »
    May not be illegal nbut you're endangering yourself and other road users.

    If you had an accident a certain cohort of people would love to use this to tar is all.

    As I said in the post I decided a taxi was best


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    iwillhtfu
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    I on occasion will stop for a pint and meal in my local on a Fri evening and cycle home(country boreen job), I can't say I've ever given it a second thought nor would I be a big drinker or consider cycling while drunk. I do recall one evening I stopped and had a pint of Guinness outside on the bench beside my bike, obviously I was the person it belonged to. Anyway a gentleman who we shall say wasn't a guard semi jokingly scolded me with his own pint in hand about how I could be done by the gardaí for cycling under the influence.

    I was waiting for someone and some food so time ticked by and to my surprise as I was leaving later on who should drive out of the car park. I'm not saying either of us were right or wrong but thought it quite ironic.

    It was a lesson though as I never considered it was an offence despite it being perfect sense not be cycling after a few pints.


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