OT: Any Cyclists?

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Wed Apr 28 17:31:43 UTC 2010


On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 01:22:02PM -0400, Stephen wrote:
> I see television commercials quite often in the summer reminding boaters  
> that if they are caught with too much alcohol in their blood while  
> operating a motorized boat, they get demaret points on their driver's  
> licence.

But that is _motorized_.  Bicycles are not.  That apparently is the
difference.  It seems the law specifically applies to "motor vehicles".
e-bikes do get covered (so motor assisted bicycles that is).  Plain old
bicycles are NOT covered by that.

> It is just a clause in a law.
>
> They could have just as easily made a reference to riding a bike while  
> drunk. (Though I do not if they have or not).

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