is it like a moving violation, or a DUI or WUI(wheeling under the influence) ?
2007-10-23 17:37:42 · 21 answers · asked by hiya 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
No.......... a wheel chair is not a vehicle so therefore it is not a crime in and of it self.
But, if you are hammered and out on the street in a chair, you could get a pedestrian ticket for things like impeding traffic or crossing not at an intersection.
Or... you could be arrested for Drunk and Disorderly.
2007-10-24 02:44:08 · answer #1 · answered by Dog Lover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm nearly positive it's illegal to be drunk in public, unless in a bar. So yes, I guess it would be illegal to drive a wheel chair while drunk, but not because it's a moving violation.
2007-10-23 17:47:05 · answer #2 · answered by Casey B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't think so. If you're in a wheel chair you must be disabled not not able to walk properly, so you need the wheelchair to get place to place even when under the influence. So that's like saying it's illegal for a person who is able walk, walk if the person it drunk.
2007-10-23 22:14:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kind of depends on what kind of humor the cop is in. More than likely, if the cop was going to cite the drunk, it would be for Public Intoxication rather than DUI.
A lot depends on how your state's DUI law is written. Some laws state "motorized vehicle", so idiots on lawn mowers get nailed for DUI. Know of one guy who got nailed driving his battery powered golf cart while drunk. He beat the charge because battery powered wasn't "motorized" under that state's law.
2007-10-23 21:12:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never did understand the logic. I was drunk, so I figured I shouldn't drive home. So I walked. Cop stopped me and wanted to know what I was doing out walking at 3am. I told him I was too drunk to drive home so I was walking. He arrested me for being drunk in public.
I should have driven.
2007-10-23 17:50:36 · answer #5 · answered by Marc X 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, i'm unsure about being drunk in a wheel chair, but drunk bike riding, and being drunk in public is illegal.
2007-10-23 19:33:26 · answer #6 · answered by Barbara L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is illegal to be drunk in public, period. Since using a wheelchair is a replacement for walking, it would fall under pedestrian law.
2007-10-23 17:49:04 · answer #7 · answered by bigk2628 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
getting into drunk is illegal, if your wheeled, why you should drink. if your drunk don't used your wheel chair instead, sleep tight so that no accident will happen.
2007-10-24 04:04:29 · answer #8 · answered by HULYO 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
NO IN REALITY IT WOULD BE A PUI. A WHEEL CHAIR DRUNK CAN PULL OUT IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC AND GET KILLED AS CAN ANY PUI.(ARREST FOR OWN SAFETY AND PUBLICS)
WHAT ABOUT A GUY ON A LAWNMOWER DRUNK.(PUI, SAME AS WHEEL CHAIR)
DOES ANY ONE WANT TO ASK ABOUT A DRUNK WITH A SEEING EYE DOG? (PUI) NOT THE DOG THE OWNER.
IF THE DOG WERE DRUNK THEN IT WOULD BE ANIMAL ABUSE.(NOT GOOD FOR THE DOG TO GET DRUNK COULD KILL S/HE)
I REST MY CASES.
2007-10-23 17:49:58 · answer #9 · answered by ahsoasho2u2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its not illegal to be drunk....its illegal to be drunk in public....but not period. However if you are drunk and wheeling around town....im sure they could get you for public intox. If you do it at home...whos gonna know?
2007-10-23 17:46:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋