"CJ" <cje20@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:12lk8guspe95j3c@corp.supernews.com... > Rick wrote: > >> >> Since he is over 21, the applicable law is CVC 21200.5, only, which >> means a maximum of a $250 fine. The state is rather lenient with >> cycling under the influence ... unless one is under 21 in which case >> the section that adds things like a mandatory drivers license >> suspension kicks in. >> > > That sucks. DUI is DUI, period. Either lower the motor vechicle fine to > a max of $250 or raise the bicycle fine to the same as a motor vechicle > fine. > Yeah, the DUI cyclist is going to cause the same damage/injuries to third parties that a motor vehicle DUI would.

"CJ" <cje20@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:12lkeb2i5d4voa2@corp.supernews.com... > Don Freeman wrote: > >> >> "CJ" <cje20@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:12lk8guspe95j3c@corp.supernews.com... >> > Rick wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > Since he is over 21, the applicable law is CVC 21200.5, only, >> > > which means a maximum of a $250 fine. The state is rather >> > > lenient with cycling under the influence ... unless one is under >> > > 21 in which case the section that adds things like a mandatory >> > > drivers license suspension kicks in. >> > > >> > >> > That sucks. DUI is DUI, period. Either lower the motor vechicle >> > fine to a max of $250 or raise the bicycle fine to the same as a >> > motor vechicle fine. >> > >> Yeah, the DUI cyclist is going to cause the same damage/injuries to >> third parties that a motor vehicle DUI would. > > You bicyclists sure don't think very clearly, do you. > > Example: A motorist has to swerve to avoid a DUI bicyclist wobbling <...lunatic rant snipped...> And the dead (2nd) bicyclist falls in the path of an oncoming train that derails (due to the combination of sudden braking and impact with a small meteorite) and knocks over a high tension power line which causes a state-wide blackout during election time. The blackout results in a scrambling of the election results and a libertarian candidate gets elected governor who then legalizes the ownership of fully automatic weapons which are bought up by a multitude of disgruntled postal employees and teenage wanabee goths who then go on a rampage and cause the complete destruction of society. $250 hell!!! hang the sumabitch! -- -Don Ever had one of those days where you just felt like: http://cosmoslair.com/BadDay.html ? (Eating the elephant outside the box, one paradigm at a time)