Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/11/05/how-not-to-avoid-a-drunk-dri.html
Man used electric shopping cart to get from one bar to another
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If you’re a danger, you can be charged wile riding a bicycle, or even just walking, so I don’t really see how this is clever.
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Sooo we all want to know: would he have been ok if it was his scooter?
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I’d like to say I haven’t done this, but alas I can not.
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Obviously good sir you have not imbibed enough today to see this fine gentleman’s wisdom.
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Please, please, please Xeni stop with the click bait headlines.
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It appears he avoided a drunk driving conviction, unless they charge him with that later.
And public intoxication isn’t actually a crime everywhere, as I was surprised to learn today. Some things drunk people might tend to do are, though, such as disorderly conduct, assault, or battery.
That said, I believe it’s completely legal to arrest anyone for any reason and hold them for up to I think 48 hours without charges.
They also might be able to use whatever the local equivalent to the Baker Act or 5150 is to take you to the hospital against your will if you’re drunk enough to be a danger to yourself even if you’re not actually breaking the law.
DISCLAIMER: IANAL
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I’d bet that’s coming considering people have gotten DUIs on other non-car (and non-motorized) vehicles.
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Not in NJ. You can get a DUI while operating a wheelchair or bicycle intoxicated.
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It is not clever. What it is, is HILARIOUS, especially at the time and to the other patrons.
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No, still DUI. You can get a DUI on a horse, a scooter, a bicycle, a lawnmower. rollerblades, a green machine, a boat, or any other conveyance you are piloting under the influence. DUI laws are fairly uniform across the US.
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You got me at green machine.
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[I had to, there was an opening.]
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“Disorderly conduct” being the catchall charge that is added to almost every arrest and means whatever the cop and prosecutor want it to mean.
And don’t get me started on the whole insanity of charging someone who is not driving with DRIVING under the influence.
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I find it odd that you can get a DUI while riding a horse, but that leads me to …
Can you get a DUI if a human friend is carrying you on his/her back?
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You mean like drunk Yoda?
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Nobody is asking if he was drinking from a Pringles can yet?
I am disappointed in my fellow mutants.
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Exactly! And hey, looks like they are in Florida.
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How about a Tesla:
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What about an autonomous car driven by a Cylon?
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