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zipplewrath

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3. Not really

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 5, 2018, 06:09 PM

Mar 2018

It depends upon the state, and of course enforcement is probably rare, but generally laws are written so that they express "operate a motor vehicle". In some states, even a bicycle is covered. Of course part of the problem would be how do they get on to your property to even detect it. Yeah, I get it if you're in an urban area on your 1/4 lot. But how about the guy with 5 acres in the woods? They can't come on your property without some justification.

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Bill making it legal to drive drunk at home makes it halfway through Virginia General Assembly, but [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2018 OP

I've been under the impression that drunk driving only applied to public roads. no_hypocrisy Mar 2018 #1

Not really zipplewrath Mar 2018 #3

So its illegal to do drunk donuts on one's own front lawn. What about doing those donuts sober? marble falls Mar 2018 #2

You've clearly never been to Chesterfield county underpants Mar 2018 #5

But I enjoy misusing other people's gardening equipment making donuts in their front yards. marble falls Mar 2018 #6

The current law seems overly intrusive to me YessirAtsaFact Mar 2018 #4