Timeline for Were there any drunk driving laws before the automobile?
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| Aug 7, 2017 at 13:25 | vote | accept | OmamArmy | ||
| Aug 6, 2017 at 16:54 | comment | added | David Richerby | @BaardKopperud That would come under animal cruelty legislation. You'd also need to check whether the driver is liable for the behaviour of their animals. For example, dogs are viewed as controllable animals so if my dog runs into the road and knocks you off your bike, I think I'm liable, whereas I wouldn't be if my cat did the same thing. I guess the law must recognize that horses are liable to get spooked and bolt, but I've no idea how liable that would make somebody for the behaviour of their drunken horse. | |
| Aug 6, 2017 at 1:57 | comment | added | StephenG - Help Ukraine | @Henry If you allow for the various ways to interpret the effects of inflation and the value of money 40 shillings in 1872 has a value in todays money ranging from about £170 to £3000. | |
| Aug 5, 2017 at 5:25 | comment | added | Baard Kopperud | Wonder if it would be legal to give the horse or ox enough alcohol to make it inebriated? | |
| Aug 4, 2017 at 23:08 | comment | added | Henry | Not much of the Act is still in force: see legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/35-36/94 and note that a level 1 standard scale maximum fine is now £200, which is one hundred times the 40 shillings mentioned | |
| Aug 4, 2017 at 16:24 | comment | added | Steve Melnikoff | Also, apparently, bicycles have been regarded as "carriages" since a court judgement in 1888. | |
| Aug 4, 2017 at 14:23 | history | answered | sempaiscuba | CC BY-SA 3.0 |