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Originally Posted by onlydarksets
I appreciate what you are trying to say, but it's not correct. It is not a violation of VA Code 18.2-266 to ride a bike drunk. A bike is not a motor vehicle, and that's what the statute is limited to.
In Maryland it's different. Here's an excerpt from a recent case that discusses it:
I can't speak to NC, but you may be correct about the laws down there.
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Well then tell that to my buddy who got a DUI on his bike in Va Beach. He had a lawyer and still was convected. He lost his lic and had attend ASAP. Now the under .08 I guess I was wrong about that but I would think that its very rare and a person would have to be acting very drunk.