Reader: The Only Thing Worse Than a Drunk Driver Is a Drunk Bike Rider

Last week our brunch expert, Lauren Monitz, visited Lala's Pizzeria & Wine Bar, which has teamed up with nearby Turin Bikes to offer a brunch special every Saturday in August, with a chance to win a bike that will be raffled off on August 29. Sounds like a good deal,...

By Patricia Calhoun

August 7, 2015

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Last week our brunch expert, Lauren Monitz, visited Lala's Pizzeria & Wine Bar, which has teamed up with nearby Turin Bikes to offer a brunch special every Saturday in August, with a chance to win a bike that will be raffled off on August 29. Sounds like a good deal, readers agree, but they also warn that if you partake in the bottomless mimosas, you need to remember that drunk biking is no safer than drunk driving. Says Susan:

Are you people nuts? The only thing worse than a person getting behind the wheel with a bellyful of mimosas is a person getting on a bike and weaving through weekend traffic. If she doesn't get in an accident, she'll cause one.

Did you know you could get a ticket for riding drunk? Have you gotten one? Spill the details below.

Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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