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on one hand you probably shouldn't' do it because you might fall or something on the other hand who fuckin cares it's a bike not a car
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Ham Equity posted:I don't think it's a great idea, but in the grand scheme of things, as far as potential dangers to other people, it's probably less damaging than being a smoker, though getting yourself hit or severely hurting yourself in front of someone else can be pretty traumatizing, which is lovely. hitting another biker because you are unpredictable can be awful, can knock other cyclists into cards, cyclists hitting pedestrians can be deadly i think you should just go for a stroll when drunk
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spacemang_spliff posted:on one hand you probably shouldn't' do it because you might fall or something on the other hand who fuckin cares it's a bike not a car this is more or less my rationale Ham Equity posted:... getting yourself hit or severely hurting yourself in front of someone else can be pretty traumatizing, which is lovely. oddly enough this is the main concession i make here, i don't do this with my wife or close friends who would maybe never be able to shake it Grassy Knowles posted:hitting another biker because you are unpredictable can be awful, can knock other cyclists into cards, cyclists hitting pedestrians can be deadly this is almost exclusively on quiet residential streets, but everyone thinks they're smarter than average so i won't keep deflecting. thanks for the criticism. i could stand to walk more, my tibialis anterior doesn't do poo poo on the bike and starts complaining after like a mile on foot go for a stroll has issued a correction as of 19:42 on Jul 20, 2023 |
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I've biked drunk a whole lot (well, I was never that into drinking, but still), and it's honestly never been a problem (which is also what drunk drivers say, yeah). I think that as long as you keep on the bike path, you generally don't need to react that quickly to anything that's not idiots walking out in front of you. Just mind the lights and keep extra distance and you're good. The key point is that even if I ride into a pedestrian, my victim will be bruised but certainly not dead or permanently harmed.
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BonHair posted:I've biked drunk a whole lot (well, I was never that into drinking, but still), and it's honestly never been a problem (which is also what drunk drivers say, yeah). I think that as long as you keep on the bike path, you generally don't need to react that quickly to anything that's not idiots walking out in front of you. Just mind the lights and keep extra distance and you're good.
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are we just posting videos of people getting run over now like this is a gbs osha thread
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Third World Reagan posted:are we just posting videos of people getting run over now like this is a gbs osha thread Dude got up and walked away, for the love of God, please, not this again.
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Ham Equity posted:Remind me again, what country do you live in? Copenhagen, Denmark. The thing is that we have amazing (on a relative scale at least) bike infrastructure, which makes all kinds of biking, including drunk biking, pretty safe. It's also incredibly popular and efficient, and parking doesn't take up a lot of space.
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Jul 20, 2023 19:52
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Sometimes I think that Denmarkers post here just to taunt the rest of us.
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Biking drunk is a bad idea and not safe, but also it's fun as hell and usually gets you home or to wherever you're going while not being too much of a danger to anyone but yourself. In conclusion drunk biking is a land of contrasts.
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withak posted:Sometimes I think that Denmarkers post here just to taunt the rest of us. Posted from a summer house in southern Denmark that I got to using public transport, and also I can afford both it and my actual house. Only reason I didn't bring my bike on the trains is that I also brought a baby who needs his stroller for naps. Luckily there's a place where we can rent bikes. So yeah, Denmark is pretty great for a car hater, even if they still dominate everything. Definitely taunting you, but also letting you imagine a better world (which is my world)
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Housing hoarder identified
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I didn't even know that Denmark had a south.
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Neither are good ideas but it's probably way safer to bike totally wasted than to drive at the legal limit.
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withak posted:I didn't even know that Denmark had a south. It's actually very poor and (consequently probably) very racist. Commonly known as "the rotten banana". Also if you wanted to hoard houses, it would be a good place insofar as they are very cheap because no one wants to live here permanently.
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Wow, just like America!
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go for a stroll posted:what is the thread stance on drunk biking? it's fine, especially at 2am in bicycle-friendly areas, as long as you have some sense of self-preservation bicycles are simply not heavy machinery
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BonHair posted:Only reason I didn't bring my bike on the trains is that I also brought a baby who needs his stroller for naps. get you a (impractical, expensive) bike that can do both https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgxfVxQg9ng
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go for a stroll posted:what is the thread stance on drunk biking? Dont bike drunk OP. Also don't drive drunk. Hth
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I have buzzed biked like twice and I was way less scared of biking which is probably a good thing given my level of fear but also a bad thing because of all the other reasons. Great way to cut across downtown though. Seattle used to have actual citi bikes and I had the 80 dollar unlimited subscription and would basically use it daily. Obviously not a problem anymore given the whole not drinking anymore thing.
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Drunk biking is probably safer than looking at your phone while driving, and basically everyone does that.
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I have a buddy who biked home drunk once and his handlebars clipped a parked car and he was in the hospital for a week.
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:I have a buddy who biked home drunk once and his handlebars clipped a parked car and he was in the hospital for a week. How long was the car owner in the hospital for?
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:I have a buddy who biked home drunk once and his handlebars clipped a parked car and he was in the hospital for a week. Way back when I was in college I rode my bike drunk and I took a corner way too fast and slammed hard into a street parked car and knocked the mirror off. It was three in the morning and nobody around and no way to figure which of the many duplexes/triplexes in the student part of town the car belonged to so I left a note with my phone number and an apology but they never called or anything but I saw the car around a few other times and the mirror was reattached with duct tape Honestly not sure why they didn’t call and ask for money. Left a serious bruise on me My advice is to not bike drunk
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Ham Equity posted:How long was the car owner in the hospital for? the owner of the parked car who wasn't there? probably zero time because it wouldn't make any sense for them to go to the hospital.
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tbh I would never admit to biking drunk in the US because the carbrain is so bad here that you will immediately be attacked even though its pretty benign drinking and driving though? absolutely AOK as long as everyone absolutely ignores the huge body count look, drinking and driving is going to happen you just have to make sure you wear high vis clothing when you go outside and just refrain from using the sidewalks and roads on fri, sat, sunday, the fourth of july, super bowl, christmas, thanksgiving, new years, and many other blackout dates
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This could be the fate of any couple who has a driver in the relationship. Wife runs over husband due to poor visibility, 53-year-old man dies news.italy24.press posted:
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Mr. Sharps posted:it looks like they installed some sort of speed camera or red light camera in the intersection outside my apartment. so far its probably made about 20k its basically a strobe light lol they are trying speeding / red light cameras in honolulu again except this time the new law says they can ticket the owner of the vehicle so they don't have to prove who was driving anymore, which was the problem last time. someone just got out of the ticket by saying that while the car is indeed registered to them, the city didn't prove that they own it lmao
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I stopped biking drunk ~5 years ago because I hit a curb I really should have been able to see (granted it was a really lovely-designed bike crossing over a major road) and it was alarming enough that maybe I'm not as good at it as I imagined. But I also live in a decent enough city that when I expect to be drinking, I take Bike Share to the event or for my morning commute downtown, and can transit or cab/Uber my drunk rear end home.
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Ham Equity posted:I don't think it's a great idea, but in the grand scheme of things, as far as potential dangers to other people, it's probably less damaging than being a smoker, though getting yourself hit or severely hurting yourself in front of someone else can be pretty traumatizing, which is lovely. smoking ftw
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Zodium posted:smoking ftw
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:the owner of the parked car who wasn't there? What if they were a doctor
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it seems like drunk biking is a self-solving problem: if you can still ride your bike, you're not that drunk
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gradenko_2000 posted:it seems like drunk biking is a self-solving problem: if you can still ride your bike, you're not that drunk You can be pretty loving drunk and still ride a bike tho. Like, I may have hit a few walls in the stairway trying to get to my apartment, but I got there on bike.
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Bicycles are classified as vehicles here, so considering how much the cops hate anyone who isn't a driver they would probably hit you with every DUI charge there is. Our media hates cyclists too, so it will be all over the news and your case will just be another excuse for the car brained to excuse their criminal behavior. Probably best not to bike drunk.
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I live in a state with an annual festival that's about drinking beer and riding bikes, it's great.
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i always wanted to ride on those big 4 wheeled bikes that have 6 people pedaling while drinking from a keg
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spacemang_spliff posted:i always wanted to ride on those big 4 wheeled bikes that have 6 people pedaling while drinking from a keg Lmao they have those in my city but they have to be stone sober, it looks so forced when they roll by and the guide tries to get them hooting and hollering.
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spacemang_spliff posted:i always wanted to ride on those big 4 wheeled bikes that have 6 people pedaling while drinking from a keg They're only good in low traffic city cores, sucking down beer and car exhaust at the same time gives you the spins
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