Originally Posted by
dobber
To be honest, I've got no problem with Ohio's zero tolerance approach. If they want to cite people for pushing grocery carts while intoxicated, more power to them.
He really doesn't know much about putting together a valid argument. 13,000 people die in alcohol related incidences vs 36,000 contracting the flu. The big difference is alcohol related incidences are avoidable, the flue isn't.
By that logic the penalty for being in public under the influence of the flu should be three times as harsh as that of DWI, since getting the flu is unavoidable but being in a position of passing it to others is avoidable.
There's more to the guy's story, we're only hearing one side so any conclusions are just speculation at this stage. Although, assuming that he was DWI on the bike
on the road then the punishment is very disproportionate to the offense in terms of the risk he may have posed to others.
What really irks me is being lumped in with motor vehicles when it suits the autocentric state (i.e. when there's revenue to be made from fines, etc.), and being discriminated against as a legitimate vehicle when it may cost the state, like including appropriate cycling facilities when building roads. That smells of discrimination to me. Discrimination is discrimination, no different to being discriminated against along the lines of race or gender.