Weekend of carnage as 41 people lose their lives on Poland's roads

It's illegal to ride a bike here when drunk - the punishment is just a fine if you don't have a driving licence, but if you do have a licence, then you lose the licence as it's the same as drink-driving.

I meant a bicycle, not a motorcycle. I do acknowledge that the word "bike" was somewhat confusing. Basically anything in or on which you move faster than you would be when walking are prohibited from operating when drunk or intoxicated in any other form.

>^..^<

M-G (that means also if you're stoned and riding on your bicycle and police grabs you, you're in trouble)

And In Ireland. In fact I'm pretty sure this is the case in most countries - it's just not that widely known sometimes, or taken seriously maybe.

Me too :P

(what about rollerblading? the Polish law only prohibits actual bicycles)

You need a license to ride a bicycle?

>^..^<

M-G (?)

You don't ride a bicycle. You cycle.

;)

Edit: Actually you do, but it all adds to the confusion since he's obviously talking about a motorcycle!

;P

No but they can take your drivers license away if you riding a bike drunk. For me a bit absurd to be honest

Eh? That's just completely retarded!

xD

I *think* the reasoning behind it is that someone who rides a bike drunk and dangerously (let's face it, they're not going to stop a random bike rider to test his breath!) is probably going to do the same thing when sober.

(anything that cuts down on the amount of drunk idiots on the road is probably a good thing here, even if we find it absurd)

Hmmm, I was riding back from the pub a few times after some beers. Not drunk but by car I would be well over the limit. So the bike was a safer option :)

No policeman stopped me then. I guess it is because I managed to ride coherently somehow :)
I agree with you by the way that cutting down on drunk road pirates is a good thing, anytime.

That's cos we want to live long enough to be old people (if the Audis don't kill us first in a head-on crash)

Fair point, the ad is a shocker.

same in Poland.

In the situation, enforcing is the answer, for me. No amount of propaganda will change it.

But this needs a purge in the traffic police, first thing.


Exactly the law in Poland. Which, actually, is a bit over the top. The law should punish the actual offender, and not the one who 'was more likely to'.

To illustrate it: I was a witness of an accident. A drunk was waiting for the bus, and strolling impatiently around all over the road. Rainy November night, no street lights. Suddenly I heard a thud, turned around, and the drunk was down before a guilty looking maluch. Had he been killed, and the driver after two pint of beer, the sentence is like for murder. Hardly just, in fact.

A few thoughts on the matter...

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