Can you get a DUI for drinking and riding a bike?

Question

All of my friends and I are planning on doing a pub crawl on our bikes. I was trying to to make sure we cannot get a DUI for this.

Answer 1

Yes - it's a BUI though. And I'm sure the cops are a little more lenient than with a DUI.

EDIT- you thumbs downers are ridiculous today. Here - California State laws prohibits biking under the influence, and it is a different charge than DUI. Although, I guess technically you could call it a R.B.U.I.O.A.O.D....but that's a little long don'tcha think? http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc2...

And I KNOW that cops are more lenient for BUI than DUI because I have ridden my bike (while clearly under the influence) in front of a cop. So there.....

Answer 2

Yes you can.  You can also get arrested for drinking in public, being drunk in public, operating any machinery (including bicycles, scooters, etc).  Of course, if you do not draw attention to yourselves, you stand a better chance of avoiding the law.

Answer 3

Yes and you could lose your driving license too. Kind of strange but I guess it's for the best.  

Answer 4

Technically yes, but you would have to be raising a lot of h**l for a cop to reach that point.  If you act somewhat level-headed you should be okay.

Answer 5

Generally not, DUIs are usually for motor vehicles, so as long as you don't have motorized bikes you should be set.

I don't know what the people above me are talking about.

You can possibly get in trouble for other things... like public disturbance if you go crazy on the bikes and fall all over the place, but bike crawls are pretty common.

EDIT: DWI, OUI, DWUI, etc... are all for motor vehicles, not vehicles in general. Yes a guy got a DUI for a lawnmower, it had an engine.

Answer 6

Depends on where you are.  In my state, no.  In the neighboring state, yes.  In obth of them when you try to ride a bike while drunk, you fall down.

Answer 7

short and easy,yes you can!it's really more like public drunkenness, but it's still not a good idea.

Answer 8

most certainly

Answer 9

yes, you need to follow the same rules of the road as a driver of a car or any other vehicle.

Answer 10

You'd get an OWI in my state, but like the guy said earlier, you'd have to really draw some attention to yourself.  If you're riding your bike at night, make sure you have a flashing red light for the back and front.