Crazy Drunken Cyclists
All cyclists living in South Dakota will hopefully be able to breathe much easier soon, know that breathalizer tests will not be passing their way. A bill was introduced into the legislator this week that allowed for drunken bicycling and horseback riding. Huh. This bill is supposed to DECREASE the amount of drunk driving incidents and make the roads much safer for the rest of South Dakotians. Well, this all doesn't sound too smart, does it? Poor bicycles didn't do anything to deserve this punishment.
What this law is doing is taking away the vehicle status of bicycles on South Dakota roads. Cyclists (normal ones, not drunk ones) fear that this can come back to haunt them if they are involved in an accident with a vehicle as insurance companies can hire lawyers to get them out of paying damages. Other cyclists fear that this could take away their right to the road way (cyclists right to the road will be a future post, ok?)
Moral of the story: don't get drunk. Don't ride a horse drunk. Don't drive drunk. Don't get on a bike drunk. Problem solved.
And by the way, do you like the picture of my dad and I on our cycling trip?
posted by gretchenjohnson @ 10:52 PM
12 Comments:
totally agree. but i do not think that drunks will ride bicycles more...wouldn't that be some sort of effort?
the only thing you should do while riding bicycles is play basketball...
by the way, did you see John Kerry said this morning on the Today show, the Today show that we went to a few months ago, that 53% of American kids do not graduate high school? This guy should quit talking.
www.drudgereport.com
This guy I know, let's call him Devin, went on a four hour bicycling trip in Germany once, and at a break about two hours into it, the refreshment they served was a mixture of about 3/4 beer and 1/4 Sprite. They called it a "Radler" because it's apparently the chosen drink of someone who rides a bicycle (Fahrrad).
I think originally the idea was that this drink would give them an advantage over other people who just drank normal beer while biking, but I think actually the carbonation speeds up the alcoholic effect.
Anyway, Devin died.
Actually, I survived, and now I am a motivational speaker for troubled youths. That was indeed a tough accident. That SMART car ran over my face, stomach, chest, side, and back. Fortunately those things don't really weigh that much, so I didn't actually break anything but the car was totalled. I got lucky--that's what I tell the kids--but I say if you do BUI (bike under the influence) be very careful.
umm i bike in dresses....
that is my late grandfather's picture you have there on your link. I do not know where you found that picture, but that is a copyright licenese infraction. Please send me 3 camels, 2 ox (1 male and 1 female, and 2 good asses or I will call the die Polizei!!!
You're no granddaughter/son of mine using language like that.
Anyway, sorry I was late. It's because I always had to bike in a dress. Ha ha ha (puns were still funny in the 1920's).
You've always been a disappointment to me.
grandpa is that you?
are you really alive? wow
i heard that you had died when you were riding your bike on that road called the "autobahn" and your dress got caught in the spokes, you flew off the bike, hit your head on a woodchuck, and you were knocked unconscious. the last I heard about you there were raccoons eating your body.
so anyway, is that really you and my ma in that pic?
Yummmmmm. Radlers. I got to drink those when I was a little girl......Hmmm.
Grand-daughter,
Yes, it's true about the autobahn, the spokes, and the woodchuck. The problem with the autobahn is that cars (Autos, we called them) just go too fast. So my dress got caught, I flipped, then saw the woodchuck and I yelled, "Ach! Das ist ein Waldmurmeltier [woodchuck]! Mein Kopf wird es schlagen!" And then I remember waking up in the forest and having to live off of raccoon meat (that's probably where you're confused). That was a crazy afternoon...
Yes, that is your mom. That was the gun she used to kill raccoons with.
I wish I had a huge moustache like that.
Did you know that water and meat tenderizer can heal back pain?
Gretchen, that's us on the ODRAM - the one day ride across Midland!
The reason that bicycle looks so large is that it is meant for much bigger people, like myself. In the future, please be more sensitive to people in my situation.
Here is a picture of me and your dad.
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