From: richardNOSPAM@Riley.net
Newsgroups: rec.aviation.homebuilt
Subject: Re: Can anyone verify this?
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 17:35:54 GMT

On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:04:53 -0700, in <7rseom$iut$1@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>,
"Bruce A. Frank" <BAFRANK@**SpamBlock**worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>Lest someone get the wrong idea, a police officer does have jurisdiction
>over an inebriated pilot and his state registered aircraft. You can be
>arrested for attempting to operate a bicycle in a drunken condition and
>cited for a DWI. I guess with the plane it would be a FWI or maybe PWI
>(piloting while intoxicated).

Over the years I've read stories about people arrested for DUI while driving

1) A tractor
2) A riding mower
3) A golf cart
4) A pair of roller skates
5) A motorized wheelchair
6) A dog sled
7) A horse

The only verdict I read was the last one.  He got off, the judge said the horse
knew the way home and wasn't likely to run anyone over.