Everything has potential for causing injury, both to yourself or to others, whether you walk, cycle when 100% sober, cycle after a few drinks, take a taxi, drive when 100% sober, or drive after a few drinks. Thus far, in this country, only the last of these has caused enough damage to result in safety campaigns, noticable social opprobium, etc.
Obviously different people draw the boundary between OK and not OK in different places though.
Personally I've noticed that I seem to be able to cycle while drunk without injuring anyone else, and that the same applies to lots of other people I know; that I do notice when I'm too drunk to cycle safely (in which case I walk); and that I've yet to see any particular evidence to the contrary (e.g. reports of large numbers of accidents caused by inebriated cyclists - or even a single such report, as far as I can recall). So I put it on the "OK" side; I'm curious as to why you're so vehemently anti.
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Everything has potential for causing injury, both to yourself or to others, whether you walk, cycle when 100% sober, cycle after a few drinks, take a taxi, drive when 100% sober, or drive after a few drinks. Thus far, in this country, only the last of these has caused enough damage to result in safety campaigns, noticable social opprobium, etc.
Obviously different people draw the boundary between OK and not OK in different places though.
Personally I've noticed that I seem to be able to cycle while drunk without injuring anyone else, and that the same applies to lots of other people I know; that I do notice when I'm too drunk to cycle safely (in which case I walk); and that I've yet to see any particular evidence to the contrary (e.g. reports of large numbers of accidents caused by inebriated cyclists - or even a single such report, as far as I can recall). So I put it on the "OK" side; I'm curious as to why you're so vehemently anti.