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Poland bans drunk cyclists from riding
In Poland, you can find yourself in prison if the police catch you cycling
with a blood alcohol concentration above a mere 0.5 mg/ml. Wither you have committed an offence or a crime, you will be sent to trial. In practice, judges rarely send cyclists straight to prison. In most cases, they are fined heavily (several thousand zloty) or granted probation. The nasty catch is that, under Polish law, a judge must ban a convicted cyclist from riding for at least half a year. Breaching this ban is often harshly punished. If you hap- pen to be caught breaking a cycling ban - even if you are perfectly sober - you will face up to three years in prison. In 2012, more than two thousand people in Poland were sentenced to prison time for breaching a court ban on cycling, and there were as many as five thousand inmates serving prison term for the same crime - significantly more than the number serving time for drink driving. Perhaps harmonisation of laws will mean that we will too? Perhaps not though since there is talk of the drunk cycling law being revoked. http://www.krakowpost.com/article/6829 |
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Poland bans drunk cyclists from riding
On 02/08/2013 19:51, Mrcheerful wrote:
In Poland, you can find yourself in prison if the police catch you cycling with a blood alcohol concentration above a mere 0.5 mg/ml. Wither you have committed an offence or a crime, you will be sent to trial. Surely if there's a blood alcohol limit of 0.5 mg/ml, anyone who has a higher level in their blood *has* committed an offence? In practice, judges rarely send cyclists straight to prison. In most cases, they are fined heavily (several thousand zloty) or granted probation. The nasty catch is that, under Polish law, a judge must ban a convicted cyclist from riding for at least half a year. Breaching this ban is often harshly punished. If you hap- pen to be caught breaking a cycling ban - even if you are perfectly sober - you will face up to three years in prison. In 2012, more than two thousand people in Poland were sentenced to prison time for breaching a court ban on cycling, and there were as many as five thousand inmates serving prison term for the same crime - significantly more than the number serving time for drink driving. Perhaps harmonisation of laws will mean that we will too? Perhaps not though since there is talk of the drunk cycling law being revoked. http://www.krakowpost.com/article/6829 |
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Poland bans drunk cyclists from riding
JNugent wrote:
On 02/08/2013 19:51, Mrcheerful wrote: In Poland, you can find yourself in prison if the police catch you cycling with a blood alcohol concentration above a mere 0.5 mg/ml. Wither you have committed an offence or a crime, you will be sent to trial. Surely if there's a blood alcohol limit of 0.5 mg/ml, anyone who has a higher level in their blood *has* committed an offence? Poorly written article (bloody foreigners) The blood alcohol concentration limit for drivers (and cyclists) in Poland is 0.2 mg/ml. A level between 0.2 and 0.5 mg/ml constitutes an offence (wykroczenie), punishable with a fine of up to 5,000 zloty. A blood alcohol concentration of 0.5 or above is a crime (przeste?pstwo) and can land you in prison for a year whether you are caught riding a bicycle or driving a 40-tonne truck. http://www.krakowpost.com/article/6829 |
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Poland bans drunk cyclists from riding
On 02/08/2013 19:51, Mrcheerful wrote:
In Poland, you can find yourself in prison if the police catch you cycling with a blood alcohol concentration above a mere 0.5 mg/ml. Wither you have committed an offence or a crime, you will be sent to trial. In practice, judges rarely send cyclists straight to prison. In most cases, they are fined heavily (several thousand zloty) or granted probation. The nasty catch is that, under Polish law, a judge must ban a convicted cyclist from riding for at least half a year. Breaching this ban is often harshly punished. If you hap- pen to be caught breaking a cycling ban - even if you are perfectly sober - you will face up to three years in prison. In 2012, more than two thousand people in Poland were sentenced to prison time for breaching a court ban on cycling, and there were as many as five thousand inmates serving prison term for the same crime - significantly more than the number serving time for drink driving. Perhaps harmonisation of laws will mean that we will too? Perhaps not though since there is talk of the drunk cycling law being revoked. http://www.krakowpost.com/article/6829 Jesus! I nearly fell of my bike while I was reading that on my phone. Worse still, I nearly dropped the can of beer that I was holding in my other hand. |
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Poland bans drunk cyclists from riding
On Sat, 03 Aug 2013 05:09:39 +0100, Brian Robertson wrote:
http://www.krakowpost.com/article/6829 Jesus! I nearly fell of my bike while I was reading that on my phone. Worse still, I nearly dropped the can of beer that I was holding in my other hand. There are simple solutions to all of your problems http://www.etsy.com/listing/49965950/bicycle-can-cage http://www.ebay.com/bhp/ipad-bike-mount -- davethedave |
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Poland bans drunk cyclists from riding
"Brian Robertson" wrote in message ... Perhaps harmonisation of laws will mean that we will too? Perhaps not though since there is talk of the drunk cycling law being revoked. http://www.krakowpost.com/article/6829 Jesus! I nearly fell of my bike while I was reading that on my phone. Worse still, I nearly dropped the can of beer that I was holding in my other hand. Wow, I'd pay a thousand quid to see wit like that on a West End stage and here you are giving it to us for free. We are so blessed. |
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Poland bans drunk cyclists from riding
On 03/08/2013 09:46, davethedave wrote:
On Sat, 03 Aug 2013 05:09:39 +0100, Brian Robertson wrote: http://www.krakowpost.com/article/6829 Jesus! I nearly fell of my bike while I was reading that on my phone. Worse still, I nearly dropped the can of beer that I was holding in my other hand. There are simple solutions to all of your problems http://www.etsy.com/listing/49965950/bicycle-can-cage http://www.ebay.com/bhp/ipad-bike-mount roflmao |
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