DUI's: What qualifies as a vehicle?
DUI’s have been in the news lately, especially with what seems absurd charges like a DUI on a horse ! One might wonder what qualifies as a vehicle? Can a person get a DUI on a horse? What about a bicycle? What about a golf cart? The Florida DUI statute states that in order for a person to be found guilty of a DUI, the person must be found to be driving or in actual physical control of a vehicle. We can discuss “actual physical control” in another blog post, as our purposes here are to define “vehicle.” So what is a “vehicle”. Florida statute defines a vehicle as “every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except personal delivery devices and devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.” By this definition a vehicle is any device by which a person or property may be transported. Devices are manmade. They are objects. This definition of a vehicle, whic...