drinking and cycling

[Scimitar]

This is the most convincing article I could find.
Cameron's driving licence threat - What Car?

When I heard of that particular piece of Draconian legislation being enacted, I was pretty hacked off. It flies in the face of my sense of justice - ie, the punishment/crime fitting paradigm.
To link loss of driving licence with any other offence than that committed during driving is, to my mind, unnatural and unjust.
I'm glad to read it hasn't yet been applied - perhaps the magistrates feel uneasy about it too.

 

[Mussels]

When I heard of that particular piece of Draconian legislation being enacted, I was pretty hacked off. It flies in the face of my sense of justice - ie, the punishment/crime fitting paradigm.
To link loss of driving licence with any other offence than that committed during driving is, to my mind, unnatural and unjust.
I'm glad to read it hasn't yet been applied - perhaps the magistrates feel uneasy about it too.

I have a feeling that it is illegal, something in EU law about the punishment having to be relevant to the crime. Unfortunately I can't remember the correct term.

 

[flecc]

I have a feeling that it is illegal, something in EU law about the punishment having to be relevant to the crime. Unfortunately I can't remember the correct term.

The Geneva Convention which is incorporated into UK law forbids cruel and unusual punishments.

This arguably fits into the description unusual.

 

[smudger1956]

A cyclist was riding home after 9 pints of best and a Quail vindaloo, which attracted the attention of a passing patrol car who duly pulled the cyclist over.
The officer got out of his car and approached the cyclist.
‘I believe you are drunk Sir, you are weaving all over the road’
‘Thank god for that,said the cyclist ‘ I thought my stem had worked loose’