Hi, Ed, let’s see if you can settle an argument. I went down the shore over the holiday and took my bike with me in the back of my car. I did this so I could ride home and not get a DWI ticket. But my friend says you can get a BUI, bicycling under the influence. Now, a bike is not a motor vehicle, so how can they charge you with the same penalties, as if you were driving a car. Is that true? If that’s the case, I think I need to get out of New Jersey

Two-Wheeler

It’s not a motor vehicle, but it is a vehicle, and you could swerve it into the road and get killed, or cause a motorist to swerve around you and get killed.—Ed. Note