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I recall stories told where back in the horse and buggy days you could go out to a pub and get wasted. Then get in your wagon, pass out and the horse knows the way home.
Apparently it was a common gag to switch around your mates horses. They'd end up at each others houses.
how old are you to remember all that? and so clearly?
Its stories passed down from elders.
Best source I can find for written testimony.
[insert Kenneth from 30 Rock being immortal joke here, but yall know Kenneth would never go to a pub]
If it wasn't for all the horseshit everywhere that sounds like a simply superior system
I think we have that. It’s called Uber.
They said without the horseshit everywhere.
Some people do be treating the drivers like animals
A couple dozen billionaires to be specific.
I think this r/askhistorians answer is fascinating too.
Black Beauty, published 1877, has a paragraph complaining about drunk carriage drivers and how a friend was permanently injured by one. Single horse in a small town, probably no biggie. Team of horses, not so great.
Be sure to check state law before doing this.
In Ohia V Miller (2024), Miller was found guilty of operating a vehicle under the influence after he drunkenly drove a horse drawn buggy. This finding was upheld my the appelete court.
In State v Blowers (1986), the Utah Supreme Court found that riding a horse while intoxicated did not qualify as DUI. This finding had 2 parts: A) A horse is not a vehicle and
B) The provision:
Is unconstitutionally vague.
In the case of Mythbusters v Drunk Driving, the Mybuster found that it is illegal to operate a vehicle while drunk, even on a closed course. However, it is legal for a blind man to operate a vehicle under the direction of a drunk man.