Is horse drink driving illegal?

[milanbenes]

I once took a taxi in Brisl and the driver was telling me that his father was a drayman in the city for Smiles and in those days it was horse and cart drays

he said the horses knew the route inside out because they did it everyday and that the draymen would have a pint at each pub they delivered to and by the end of the day would be quite worse for wear but the horses simply pulled the cart to the next pub keeping up with the traffic and following the usual route

Milan.

[Sysman]

If I remember correctly, when Harvey Smith lost his driving licence he tried riding to and from his local boozer. They stopped him from doing it via a "drunk in charge of a horse" law.

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[fullyautomatix]

Just seen a really surreal thing.

A gypsy horse with cart is outside an off-licence.

The driver comes out with a pack of tinnies, cracks one open, and drives off while drinking lager.

Seeing the gypsy horses here is a regular occurrence, but does this count as drink driving??

Why is it drink driving ? Did he feed the alcohol to his horse too ? You can be stone drunk in a horse carriage but still not cause accidents since the horse is capable of going on its own.

[thunderlizard]

A gypsy horse with cart is outside an off-licence.

The driver comes out with a pack of tinnies, cracks one open, and drives off while drinking lager

Well you know what they say. You can take a horse to drink, but you can't make it water.

(a bit slow with that one I know!)

[Moscow Mule]

so it's actually "wanton and furious"

Actually, it was causing death by wanton and furious cycling - which is probably fair enough to go to prison for.

[thunderlizard]

here's one:

admitted: Facing jail, a ‘wanton’ cyclist in pavement death smash - Times Online
sentenced: BBC NEWS | England | Dorset | Cyclist jailed for pavement death

so it's actually "wanton and furious"

[Moscow Mule]

As well as being drunk in charge of a horse, there's also a charge of "furious riding" that originally applied to horses but has lately been used to good effect against agressive pavement cyclists.

Have you got some linkies?

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[Zippy]

As well as being drunk in charge of a horse, there's also a charge of "furious riding" that originally applied to horses but has lately been used to good effect against agressive pavement cyclists.

I might have done that, if swearing at boy racers who want to kill me counts.

[thunderlizard]

As well as being drunk in charge of a horse, there's also a charge of "furious riding" that originally applied to horses but has lately been used to good effect against agressive pavement cyclists.

[Zippy]

Just seen a really surreal thing.

A gypsy horse with cart is outside an off-licence.

The driver comes out with a pack of tinnies, cracks one open, and drives off while drinking lager.

Seeing the gypsy horses here is a regular occurrence, but does this count as drink driving??

Being drunk in charge of a horse is an offence, but I think the definition of drunk is subjective. You won't lose your driving licence for it.

Before anyone asks - no, I haven't

[Moscow Mule]

Drunk in charge of a horse? | Metro.co.uk

[Wilmslow]

Just seen a really surreal thing.

A gypsy horse with cart is outside an off-licence.

The driver comes out with a pack of tinnies, cracks one open, and drives off while drinking lager.

Seeing the gypsy horses here is a regular occurrence, but does this count as drink driving??