I know a guy in South Jersey who got popped recently for DUI- apparently he was just over the recently tightened limit. Lost his license for three months, starting in February. Works 12 hour shifts at a hospital 25 miles from home. Bought a Cannondale cyclocross bike and some cold weather gear, and has been commuting- rain, shine, or snow, day and night. How bout that?
I think it should be required!
Appropriate penalty. Riding in the winter in snow, sleet, and rain is proper penance for over imbibing and getting behind a wheel.
He’s gonna be pretty tough on the bike come spring. From what I remember, South Jersey (both US and UK) is fairly scenic.
Rocketboy
My store used to be close to the city. We had a larger volume of DUI specials. Basic beater bikes for those who lost their license. They got a great deal on a bike, a lecture from me and a pic. of my son so they can remember not to drive drunk because if they ever hit me or my son, a big hurt’n was coming their way!
I see allot of that. Guy on old Huffy with a 5 gallon bucket tied to his handlebars, hammer, tools and a six pack in the bucket.
There was a guy in Tampa that had received 5 DUI’s. He got a bike and got his 6th DUI on his bike for causing an accident at an intersection. How bout that…
There was a guy in Tampa that had received 5 DUI’s. He got a bike and got his 6th DUI on his bike for causing an accident at an intersection. How bout that…
Sad AND very funny all at the same time.
Irony can be very ironic.
We call them liquorcycles here. You can always tell, some scrufy dude on a moped.
Which one of the guys tooling up the White Horse Pike is he???
Duh, he’s the one on the Cannondale.
You might want to tell him that some NJ Transit buses has baskets on the front to carry bicycles, if that works for him.
You might want to tell him that some NJ Transit buses has baskets on the front to carry bicycles, if that works for him.
Oh, no, no, no. I much prefer to think of him biking the 25 miles to work every time I hear about a snow storm in Jersey. I think it would be perfect if he discovered public transit the day *after *his license is restored.
(He rides on 130, btw. If ya see him, honk!)
I can vouch for the scenic nature of the UK version.
Whenever I see a guy that ‘looks’ like he is more like an alcoholic than a cyclist riding his bike around town, I always tell my wife or whoever is riding in a car with me,‘that guy rides for Team DUI’…it’s getting old now…but I used to crack myself up : )
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Add my ex-wife to the list - two time Ironman finisher and over 20 marathon finishes (2:56 PR). She’ll be the one commuting to work on her QR.
Can’t judge a book by its cover.
does he have the drops of his bars turned upwards? I see this guy on a Schwinn Continental with the bars turned upwards like that, and it makes me smirk, and thank God I have always excercised enough judgement to make the right choices concering this
Read an article a while back that said convicted drunk drivers were the #1 customers of electric bikes.Necessity is the mother of invention.
Gary MC
Most of my friends when they first see me riding my bike they ask if I got a DUI. Funny, they forget that I don’t even drink.
Team DUI, that is funny.
Mormons and DUI folks were very common in the shop I used to work in.