Man Gets DWI After Riding Motorized Cooler

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Originally Posted by onlydarksets

Exactly - there is one set of laws for vehicles (DUIs), and then another set of laws that prohibit operating other types of things under the influence. Those other laws have different penalties, usually less severe.

That's my point - I don't think this should be punished as driving a vehicle under the influence. It should be punished (if at all) under a less stringent statute.

In VA and NC you can get a DUI on a bike, boat, or anything like a bike if your on city roads. The DUI goes on your driving record just like if you were driving a car. My parent have a cottage in Nags Head DUI capital of the world (if you go to the outer banks do not drink and drive they are tuff on DUI's). There are several bars within a mile and I would ride a bike to instead of driving. I was pulled one night by a cop and he started asking me all those drinking questions. He then told me about how its illegal to drink and ride a bike on public streets. I responded by saying I thought I was doing the right thing by not driving and riding my bike. He agreed it was better and let me go but he did make me walk the bike home. He said he had only giving one person a DUI on a bike but he said how that person was out of control and gave him a bunch of SH!t.