Most places i feel you can get away with riding drunk. Not swervey drunk, but more intoxicated than you should drive in a car. I don’t feel cops really care too much for drunk cyclists.
I mention this, because some people drive drunk in a 2 ton vehicle capable for killing or maiming others. Those same drivers on a bicycle would be better (though there’s still a chance for injury and death, more of that risk is to the rider than others)
In the Netherlands, it’s technically illegal to ride a bike while drunk (or operate any other vehicle). But they pretty much never test or ticket anyone, because if people start getting tickets for cycling drunk, they’re just going to drive instead.
Same in the UK apparently. Don’t need a drivers license for my bike so go ahead and take it I guess?
I remember at school they used it as a threat before, the fact that we could get points on our license before we even had one for stuff on a bike. I laughed in too poor to learn to drive.
I personally know more people who’ve gotten somewhat badly injured biking drunk (clipless pedals…) than who have hurt themselves or others driving… (1 vs 0)
Actually now that i think about it, the car accident people i know are dead, that’s why i didn’t remember… (2 fatalities that i can think of, not sure if alcohol was even involved).
Agreed. Most people think that biking drunk is harmless, and it mostly is. My friend got badly hurt but she’s still alive; and that was part of her turning her life around. Unlike the people i know who were killed by cars.
Even then, another bonus with biking vs drinking and driving, you can get off your bike and walk home with your bike. With cars you can’t do the same, and, at least in my area, there a lot of times you can leave your car overnight at places. So there’s a huge incentive to drive it or pay for a ticket (which of course, pay the ticket over a DUI, but still).
The utility of attaching your feet to the pedals, either with clipless, or flats with the long pegs, is so your feet don’t fly off in rock gardens. Having a strong stance is more important, but clipless helps. It also helps doing bunny hops and things.
The kind of pedal and shoe you use is a personal preference.
That said, she wouldn’t have been hurt as bad if she had been riding normal pedals
Florida used to use these sort of overturned metal soup bowl things as turning lane dividers. It was a way of giving a tactile warning to drivers of lane departures without damaging the cars. It was also a way of landing drunks riding their bikes at night flat on their fucking faces. You can guess how I know.
Most places i feel you can get away with riding drunk. Not swervey drunk, but more intoxicated than you should drive in a car. I don’t feel cops really care too much for drunk cyclists.
I mention this, because some people drive drunk in a 2 ton vehicle capable for killing or maiming others. Those same drivers on a bicycle would be better (though there’s still a chance for injury and death, more of that risk is to the rider than others)
Be careful, you can accidentally make an error and and end up getting hit and killed, I love cycling but it can be dangerous.
In the Netherlands, it’s technically illegal to ride a bike while drunk (or operate any other vehicle). But they pretty much never test or ticket anyone, because if people start getting tickets for cycling drunk, they’re just going to drive instead.
Depending on the state, you can still get a DUI for riding a bike while drunk.
In Austria i’m pretty sure you can lose your drivers license for cycling drunk
Same in the UK apparently. Don’t need a drivers license for my bike so go ahead and take it I guess?
I remember at school they used it as a threat before, the fact that we could get points on our license before we even had one for stuff on a bike. I laughed in too poor to learn to drive.
I personally know more people who’ve gotten somewhat badly injured biking drunk (clipless pedals…) than who have hurt themselves or others driving… (1 vs 0)
Actually now that i think about it, the car accident people i know are dead, that’s why i didn’t remember… (2 fatalities that i can think of, not sure if alcohol was even involved).
People should have a right to endanger themselves but not others
Agreed. Most people think that biking drunk is harmless, and it mostly is. My friend got badly hurt but she’s still alive; and that was part of her turning her life around. Unlike the people i know who were killed by cars.
Depends how much. Gone on a bike after a couple of pints before but I wouldn’t after a proper drinking session.
Even then, another bonus with biking vs drinking and driving, you can get off your bike and walk home with your bike. With cars you can’t do the same, and, at least in my area, there a lot of times you can leave your car overnight at places. So there’s a huge incentive to drive it or pay for a ticket (which of course, pay the ticket over a DUI, but still).
The problem is biking after drinking is also really fun :/
There’s your problem. Those things are useless and just increase the chance of falling over.
Turns out 99% of the force is on the downstroke anyway and clipless pedals don’t matter. I will die on this hill, I’ve read the studies
My friends are mountain bikers.
The utility of attaching your feet to the pedals, either with clipless, or flats with the long pegs, is so your feet don’t fly off in rock gardens. Having a strong stance is more important, but clipless helps. It also helps doing bunny hops and things.
The kind of pedal and shoe you use is a personal preference.
That said, she wouldn’t have been hurt as bad if she had been riding normal pedals
Florida used to use these sort of overturned metal soup bowl things as turning lane dividers. It was a way of giving a tactile warning to drivers of lane departures without damaging the cars. It was also a way of landing drunks riding their bikes at night flat on their fucking faces. You can guess how I know.
I think that’s what we in the drunk biker gang call a “skill issue”
Ehh, my neighbor just broke his neck for riding a bike tipsy, can’t recommend. He didn’t die tho.