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Originally Posted by MeteorGray
I'll describe one situation that demonstrates why a guy on a bicycle riding on public roads should be charged with DWI just like a motorist:
I get on my bicycle drunk and wander off into the traffic lanes like a good drunk is wont to do. A mom in her minivan full of kids hits me right after I turn in front of her, she panics and swerves into an 18-wheeler which then crashes into a school bus full of kids.
It doesn't matter what I weigh, either.
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Argument by analogy is unconvincing.
Biden gets elected and in response someone jumps off a cliff to their death, so that should be illegal (extreme example to show it's not persuasive).
The risks are much different, so the punishments should be very different. There is already a law called manslaughter that covers unintentional causing of death.
There is already another law called public intoxication that more aptly covers someone riding a bike while intoxicated. The reason that it's illegal to be intoxicated in public is because it exposes others to unnecessary risk, which is exactly what riding a bike drunk is.