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NYPD (Pete Stewart, Wikimedia Commons)Drunk cyclist hands over $1,000 bike to New York City thief
A cyclist in New York City has told police he agreed to hand over his $1,000 bike to a robber – because he was drunk.
The unnamed 40-year-old was riding his bike close to Clinton Avenue and Park Avenue in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene district when he was approached by the unarmed suspect, reports DNA Info.
The man asked the cyclist to get off his bike, with the victim saying he complied with the request because he was drunk.
The suspect, who has not been traced, then rode away on the bike.
According to the New York Police Department’s 88th Precinct, the robbery happened just after 5.50pm on 27 October.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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How exactly would the police prove that the guy's blood alcohol content was over the legal limit? That's why he hasn't been ticketed or charged.
Someone claiming that they were drunk isn't enough evidence to successfully charge them with it. No one knows what his blood alcohol level was, and they never will.
And the cops haven't charged the cyclist with drunk cycling? Shurely shome mishtake.
COnsidering the attitude they have to drink driving in the US (it's amazing how normal it is. Even on TV), I doubt they cared about someone on a bike!
Nah police are mental in the States. I've driven over there a number of times and my sis lived and drove around LA for 5 years. One thing you learn fast is to respect the road rules. Cops tail you at random, drive alongside you and eyeball you. Pull you over for the most absolutely most anal thing imaginable just to exercise their authority.
I've been lippy to some twat police here in the UK when they were out of line, but I wouldn't do it in the States. They're just gunning for a chance to escalate the situation.
Depends where you are, I think. I've been properly yelled at for standing on the wrong side of the wait line at the front of the queue at passport control. I've asked a cop in Portland for directions and he unclipped the flap on the holster for his sidearm while speaking to me, and yet I've also watched a cop in Times Square in NY just show zero reaction to a scally shoulder-checking him just to show off to his buddies.
Mr Google says It's not an offence as the New York DUI laws only apply to motor vehicles. http://ypdcrime.com/vt/article31.htm