A Judge Who Hasn’t Met My Mother

Lawrence Taylor posts an excerpt from a story about a man who was convicted of DUI for a drunken ride on a pocket bike—a small bike that sits less than a foot off the ground.

It doesn’t sound like operating a pocket bike under the influcence constitutes much of a risk to innocent bystanders, but I don’t really know enough to have a firm opinion. What struck me, however, was the judge’s explanation of why he decided it was a vehicle:

In his written opinion, Caposela pointed to cases from other states where drivers who drove golf carts drunk were subject to DWI penalties.

I know that precedent has a place in judicial rulings, but I can almost hear my mother’s response: “If those other judges jumped off a cliff, would you jump too?”