can you recieve a dui if you are driving a riding lawnmower police officers or lawyers only?
Mike G asked:
I live in illinois and I heard that you can get a dui if you drive a lawnmower drunk. Can you also get a dui if you ride a bicycle drunk?
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I live in illinois and I heard that you can get a dui if you drive a lawnmower drunk. Can you also get a dui if you ride a bicycle drunk?
August 11th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Yes to both issues. I may not be an officer or a lawyer but I hear these things happening on the news from time to time.
August 15th, 2009 at 12:12 am
only if you’re driving your lawnmower on a public roadway
August 15th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Yes………in Ontario anyway
August 17th, 2009 at 10:03 am
A driven lawnmower could conceivably fall under the Illinois statute’s definition of vehicle, meaning you could get a DUI, but a bicycle does not and Illinois courts have held that a bicyclist cannot get a DUI. You could get cited for public intoxication, however.
August 18th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
yes it is called public intoxication. Dumb A** who live in my town get caught all the time on lawn mowers tractors scooters bicycles.
August 19th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
No it has to be a motorized vehicle like motorcycle, car, tractor that contains an engine
August 21st, 2009 at 8:19 am
police officers can arrest anybody on anything electric or moving while drunk. Lawyers can make a citizen’s arrest I think.
August 24th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
If you are operating a vehicle under the influence whether the road or not you can get a dui (driving under the influence). Most will not get onto you about cutting your grass and drinking a bear as long as it is on your property but once you hit the road your gone. The same goes for a bicycle. If you are out in public, on a bike, you are considered to be DUI.
August 26th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Stay off the streets. . .
August 27th, 2009 at 3:00 am
Yes you can get charged; “Operating” any motorized moving whatever is illegal: car, boat, plane, …or even a lawnmower, forklift truck, and so on. You can get charged even if you are on private property because you are still capable to go into the street at any moment.
As for the bicycle yes it’s illegal too but mostly if you are on a public area like the street; even if there is not an specific code, you can get “public intoxication”.
August 29th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Yes you can. My brother got a Dui for a golf cart. A friend got a dui riding a bike. Anytime you are driving under the influence and on a pubic road in ILL you will get one. One of the worst states for dui no matter what you are driving or on. Know a man who got one on a horse.
August 30th, 2009 at 6:02 am
A DUI requires operation of a “vehicle.” And here’s Illinois definition of “vehicle:”
ยง 625 ILCS 5/1-217. Vehicle
Sec. 1-217. Vehicle. Every device, in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway or requiring a certificate of title under Section 3-101(d) of this Code [625 ILCS 5/3-101], except devices moved by human power, devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks and snowmobiles as defined in the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act [625 ILCS 40/1-1 et seq.].
So, it definitely excludes bicycles. But, that’s not true in all states.