In fact, you can lose your driver's license in Germany for drunk driving on
a bicycle (if you have a driver's license, that is).

At 02:23 AM 2/14/00 +0100, you wrote:
>A thought from Germany........
>
>I had a patient last week (an American civilian working for the US military
>in Bavaria) who was arrested by the Poletzi and charged with drunk driving
>for riding his bicycle!  (I guess that he had left the keys in the ignition!
>:-))
>
>While I was in Alaska, I occasionally saw cases where men were charged with
>DWI while operating a snow machine - and once while operating a dog sled!
>One of the "mushers" in the Yukon Quest (a dog sled race from Fairbanks to
>Whitehorse, YT) a few years ago was prohibited by the Canadian government
>from taking his dog team across the Canadian border because he had received
>a DWI in Alaska about 10 years before.
>
>I have also seen fighter pilots lose their flying status because of a DWI on
>the road as well.
>
>Interesting day and age we live in......
>
>Thayne Andersen
>