• icelimit@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    Article compares cycling and driving, so we should stock to that. Opening it up invites all manner of options like designated driver, and a all others.

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      1 day ago

      It would be silly to leave out the option of walking because the article didn’t mention it lol

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        1 day ago

        The article discusses forfeiture of driving license as a consequence of cycling whilst drunk. My stand is that this is unreasonable, as the damage that a drunk cyclist can inflict on others or themselves is magnitudes lower than that of driving drunk.

        We can discuss walking if walking whilst drunk also can lead to a forfeiture of a driving license. Because hey, a drunk person could walk into traffic just as much as a drunk cyclist could.

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          22 hours ago

          We are talking about walking right now though since that’s the preferable alternative to both