Were there any drunk driving laws before the automobile?
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In the UK, the 1872 Licencing Act made it an offence to be:
... drunk while in charge on any highway or other public place of any carriage, horse, cattle, or steam engine, or who is drunk when in possession of any loaded firearms, ...
I understand that parts of that Act remain in force.
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"Causing bodily harm by wanton or furious driving" (whether drunk or not) was made illegal by the Offences against the Person Act 1861. It is interpreted as applying to:
- drivers of horse-drawn carriages and vehicles
- motorists who cannot be prosecuted for dangerous driving because they were driving elsewhere than on a road or public place [...]
- cyclists who cannot be prosecuted for dangerous cycling because they were cycling elsewhere than on a road [...]
It remains in force today in England and Wales, and was used in a prosecution in 2009. In that instance, a cyclist knocked down a pedestrian on the pavement. He was jailed for seven months, and banned from driving for a year.
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