Reader’s Question:

I heard so many odd things about DUI like a person can be charged with DUI even without driving. And just recently, somebody told me that a guy here from Macon, Georgia was charged with DUI driving a bike. If this was not a joke, would the alcohol laws be different for drunk biking?

Shad

Macon, GA

No, this is definitely not a joke because a person can really be charged with DUI while driving a bike. What you heard really happened in Macon, Georgia. The guy was charged with DUI after falling off his bike. This happened just recently and according to the Macon police, a man, 38 years of age, was charged after a police officer spotted him weaving as he rode a 5-speed boys’ bicycle on Jeffersonville Road.

According to the police report, the police officer apparently smelled alcohol on the man’s breath and clothes and noticed that his eyes were bloodshot. Also, according to the police, the man was charged with DUI after failing the field sobriety tests. According to jail records, the DUI suspect is being held at the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center on $1,200 bond. In Georgia, bicycle riders are subject to the same alcohol laws as regular drivers.

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