Anyone arrested for riding drunk cannot lose their driver's licence in Victoria. Please avoid visiting a Customer Service Centre unless your matter is urgent. Legality aside, you're trying too hard to be an organ donor.If you're going to drink, have a place to stay, have a commercial ride (like a taxi, or dial-a-driver, and you can reserve them today for Friday), drink at home, or have a designated driver.Remember your DD eats and drinks (soda) for free all day long.I suspect the answer to this question would be less important this weekend if people weren't subjected to unjust search and seizure on the bus.In BC a bicycle is not considered a "motor vehicle" - It is legal to drink and cycle.

"If you're under the influence of alcohol, doing neither of those things is safe — in fact, even probably walking on a busy road is not safe either. Can I still walk home drunk?From an article on Tyee about drinking and biking: 'According to Randy Fincham, media relations officer for the Vancouver Police Department, a person found to be cycling under the influence of drugs or alcohol could be arrested under the Liquor Control and Licensing Act for being in a state of intoxication in a public place.

Furthermore, police do not have the power to breath test a person on a bike, but only a person in charge of a motor vehicle. Find legal answers, chat to us online, or call us. Behaviour Change Program approved provider requirements I have stopped friends from biking home when it was clear that they were "drunk", and I should have made that distinction in my question. Built in Victorian times as a resort for Melbourne's elites, this handsome red-brick town, stuffed with B&Bs, cafes, pubs and antique stores, is just what you want in a post-ride destination. Depending on how intoxicated a cyclist is, they can be charged with being drunk while in charge of a carriage (maximum penalty two months' jail and $1134.20 fine) or can receive a $57 on-the-spot fine. It is a promotion for MyLearners.

if you are over 12 you must not ride on the footpath; on footpaths and shared paths (where there are also people walking), you must keep to the left and give way to pedestrians; most drink and drug driving laws do not apply to cyclists, but you must not ride if you are drunk.

Once the tram's doors are closed and all pedestrians have left the road, you can cycle pass the tram.Cyclists must not ride on the left side of a vehicle that is:Tips for cyclists: if a car is indicating to turn left, ride in the traffic lane behind the turning vehicle.A cyclist can ride next to another cyclist (this is called ‘riding two abreast) on the road with the following rules:If you are riding a bicycle at night you must have:The lights must be visible from 200 metres and the reflector visible from 50 metres.For more information look under 'Keeping visible' on the Using a phone as a navigational device/GPS while riding is prohibited unless it is secured in a commercially designed holder fixed to the bicycle.

For rules about using bike racks and bike rack number plates, see our Using a mobile phone is prohibited, except to make or receive a phone call or to use its audio/music functions provided the phone: He was 21.Sorry to hear that. You don't have to use an off-road bicycle path, separated footpaths or shared paths (if there is one) when riding a bike. Victoria Police’s State Bicycle Operations Coordinator, Sergeant Arty Lavos says that in Victoria riding drunk is considered a different offence to drink driving, so bike riders can’t be breath tested by police and they don’t lose demerit points on their driver’s license, if they have one. Bicycle riders must ride to the left of the path (unless impractical to do so).You don't have to use an off-road bicycle path, separated footpaths  or shared paths (if there is one) when riding a bike. "We need to be careful that we don't end up with a policy outcome that actually sees more people [drunk] behind a wheel, which is where we'd get deaths and we'd get injuries," she said.But Dr Mitra said riding a bicycle was "absolutely not" a safer alternative to driving a car while drunk. If you're too drunk to drive, you're too drunk to bike. Keep the wheelies to a minimum and watch for cars.What is your tolerance? Source: Have bartered with a police officer about this before.Any form of public impairment that endangers others is illegal, particularly when it's intentional or premeditated.I worked with a guy who biked home drunk after shift. You can choose to ride on the road instead if you wish (eg local roads, arterial roads, multi-lane roads).

So please don't cycle impaired. Is there a difference if you're on the road or on a multi-use trail like the Galloping Goose? "Among pushbike cyclists who are severely injured in Victoria, about one in 10 are intoxicated," Dr Mitra told Police Minister Lisa Neville said she had discussed the research with Doug Fryer, the Assistant Commissioner for Road Policing. I worked with a person with a brain injury, and I know it's not a joke.