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Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London by bee_rider on Monday March 20, 2023 @09:56AM (#35231541)
Biking and drinking (in excess) — probably not the world’s best combo in general, but on the bright side it is just your own life at risk, and there’s a built-in coordination challenge, so I guess it isn’t possible to get going while truly hammered!
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London by tokai on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:02AM (#35231623)
Eh what? You can definitely kill someone with your bike. Also if you kill yourself in traffic you will raise the risk of traffic related deaths for the responders. Many places in the world riding a bike drunk is as illegal as driving a car drunk.
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London by DangitBobby on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:05AM (#35231665)
> Many places in the world riding a bike drunk is as illegal as driving a car drunk.

Even if you assume the the risks outlined in your comment as relatively high likelihood (which I don't), it still makes 0 sense to think it's anywhere near as serious as driving drunk.

Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London by tokai on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:11AM (#35231751)
Riding a bike drunk is asocial and a danger to yourself and others. You might like to think of it as less serious, just like people thought of drunk driving as okay if you were careful. It's a judgment call you make, but it is objectively more dangerous than when you are sober.
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London by DangitBobby on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:25AM (#35231944)
All motion is more dangerous while drunk, but how drunk you are matters, how fast you're going matters, and how dense traffic is matters. I'm not convinced of how much more dangerous biking is while mildly drunk than walking, or biking very slowly while very drunk, especially at night when almost no one is walking.
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London by ilyt on Monday March 20, 2023 @11:16AM (#35232742)
So is walking anywhere
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London by Xylakant on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:05AM (#35231671)
It‘s definitely possible and happens regularly. But statistically speaking, it‘s a freak accident compared to car vs. pedestrian. It‘s orders of magnitude less likely.
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London by tokai on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:11AM (#35231759)
That's besides the point. People sometimes die when bikes run into them - simple as.
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London by Xylakant on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:24AM (#35231918)
What is your point then, if not “cycling drunk is as likely to kill somebody else as driving drunk?” If it is “it’s technically possible to kill somebody cycling drunk” - then yes, I concede the point. But it’s not a useful point in this discussion.
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London by throw__away7391 on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:31AM (#35232021)
About two hours ago while walking back from the store I was hit by a bicycle being ridden on the sidewalk by an extremely drunk man who suddenly erratically swerved in my direction before falling over, too drunk to even stand back up.

I did not die.

Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London by alkjsdlkjasd on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:22AM (#35231901)
People sometimes die due to collisions pedestrians.

Should it be illegal for people to walk around drunk as well?

Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London by passwordqwe on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:13AM (#35231777)
In the Netherlands driving a bike under influence is technically illegal. But nobody gets caught for it, and it's the much preferred alternative to drinking & driving.