
It's been a ugly week for drunk bicyclists. A couple years ago it seemed that this would all be behind us since the progressive state of South Dakota legalized cycling and horseback riding while drunk. After all, as South Dakota goes, so with the nation. But, sadly, we still have to report on the drunken debauchery of cyclist run-ins with police. The first was in South Florida earlier this week when a police pulled over a man on a bike for riding without lights. He refused a breathalyzer and was booked on $9000 bail. The second man was stopped in Louisiana for riding at night without lights, and booked on a DUI and carrying an illegal weapon. Sure, he may have had a butcher knife taped to a pool cue, but the important thing here is that he wasn't recklessly endangering anyone's life by getting behind the wheel of a car. What lesson can we take away from this? Always use a bike light.