Drunk Zamboni driving is ok in NJ but Drunk Horseback Riding in Alabama gets you ticketed

[LynneSin]

Yesterday I posted a thread about a judge tossing out a Drunken Zamboni case in NJ. Today it's about drunk horseback riding in Alabama - be smart, don't do it. Friends don't let friends horseback ride drunk!

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070404/D8OA3G2G0.html

Ala. Woman on Horseback Charged With DUI


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Apr 4, 7:42 PM (ET)


SYLVANIA, Ala. (AP) - A woman used a horse to ram a police car during a midnight ride through town and was charged with driving under the influence, police said. DUI charges can apply even if the vehicle has four legs instead of wheels, Chief Brad Gregg said Tuesday.

Police in the northeast Alabama town received a call around midnight Saturday about someone riding a horse on a street, Gregg said.

"Cars were passing by having to avoid it, and almost hitting the horse," he said.

After ramming the police car with the horse and riding away, York tried to jump off but caught her foot in a stirrup, Gregg said. The officer took her into custody and found she had crystal methamphetamine, a small amount of marijuana, pills and a small pipe, the chief said.

The horse, which belonged to York, "wasn't in the best of health, but it's still alive," Gregg said.

York was charged with DUI on suspicion of riding the horse under the influence of a controlled substance; the nature of the substance was unclear Wednesday. She also was charged with drug possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest, assault, attempting to elude police and cruelty to animals.

[Bake]

1. Is drunk horseback riding actually illegal?

It's not like the horse can't find his way home.

Instead of DUI, they could've charged public intoxication (or as Ron White would say, "being drunk in pub-LICK").

Bake

[skygazer]

2. I remember the cautionary tv movie starring Linda Blair

About teenage drunkeness (I believe it was called Sarah: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic :rofl: ). The climax was when she took a friend's horse at night when she was hammered and rode out into traffic on it. Horse got creamed.

Just goes to show you, those scare movies of the 70's were right!

[NC_Nurse]

3. I saw that!

I can't believe anyone else remembers it.

I thought that I'd become an alcoholic so that my parents would shape up. Didn't happen.

When your mom's an alcoholic nobody notices you're drinking. :shrug:

Oh f*ckin' well.

[Shell Beau]

4. What about riding a bike while lit?