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onion2k
3246 days ago
Amusingly, here in the UK, we also have the crime of "drunk in charge of a carriage" which has been used to prosecute people for being drunk with all manner of things from bicycles to horses.
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gregn610
3246 days ago
"Wanton or Furious riding" is also an offence.
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gsnedders
3246 days ago
Note this is English law (not the nonexistent UK law); this is a simple application of the mischief rule (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischief_rule
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