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| Thread ID: 123416 | 2012-02-23 06:25:00 | Drinking and biking? | xyz823 (13649) | PC World Chat |
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| 1260820 | 2012-02-24 01:26:00 | There is no law about about being DIC on a push bike. Agreed otherwise pushbike pub crawls wouldnt happen |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1260821 | 2012-02-24 02:55:00 | www.nzta.govt.nz Sheds some light on it down the bottom of the page but I'm severely limited on what I can open from here so I can't link to the actual law. I'm fairly certain though that when operated on a road a bicycle counts as a vehicle and although a licence isn't required ALL other road rules apply, including the breath alcohol limit. It's not specifically a Bicycle law, just part of the road rules. Certainly the police don't tend to breath test cyclists as a rule, but they could if they wanted to or it seemed warranted. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1260822 | 2012-02-24 04:32:00 | www.nzta.govt.nz Sheds some light on it down the bottom of the page but I'm severely limited on what I can open from here so I can't link to the actual law. I'm fairly certain though that when operated on a road a bicycle counts as a vehicle and although a licence isn't required ALL other road rules apply, including the breath alcohol limit. It's not specifically a Bicycle law, just part of the road rules. Certainly the police don't tend to breath test cyclists as a rule, but they could if they wanted to or it seemed warranted. Bicycle does not count as a vehicle at all it is a cycle. The feld polizei can breath test cyclists as much as they want but they cant charge them unless they are disorderly. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1260823 | 2012-02-24 11:22:00 | Nah I'd only had 1 can of Tui but being zero tolerance I was over the limit. Just waited an hour and went home, just to be safe. I didn't want to risk losing my licence. | xyz823 (13649) | ||
| 1260824 | 2012-02-25 03:27:00 | Not sure about illegal but it certainly sounds like a bad idea, depending how plastered you are. | Fifthdawn (9467) | ||
| 1260825 | 2012-02-25 09:31:00 | It is just a little difficult to imagine why a sober person would voluntarily get on a pushbike. Probably because it is much more pleasant than being stuck in a tin box in a traffic queue | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1260826 | 2012-02-25 11:05:00 | www.stuff.co.nz You can't be charged for riding drunk, but I'll bet they could find some related charge to pin on you if they wanted. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 1260827 | 2012-02-25 19:28:00 | Not sure about other places in NZ but the feld polizei in Western Auckland just drive past cyclists not wearing helmets and riding on the footpath. I guess along with not proffering DIC charges to cyclists they are told by High Command to just ignore the two wheeled numbnutz. | prefect (6291) | ||
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