Are you a fixed-gear enthusiast who enjoys a boozey brunch at Red Derby before a ride? A 50 States biker who toasts to each of the 13 original colonies with drinks at Bourbon? A Tweed Ride–r who imbibes a gimlet at Marvin before hopping on his penny-farthing? Or, you know, someone who sometimes bikes to happy hour? Consider yourself on notice.

WUSA reports that the D.C. Court of Appeals has ruled that intoxicated bicycle riders can be charged for driving under the influence. The decision stems from a 2007 case in which a man was charged with a DUI after drunkenly climbing on a bike after police told him not to and then — under the eyes of God, country, and the afore-mentioned police officers — nearly striking a child while riding his bike. This bozo argued that he couldn’t be charged with a DUI, because a bike is not a vehicle, but lost the appeal.

Of course, he was absolutely correct to appeal. One of the reasons that a DUI carries an enormous stigma (professionally, socially, and legally) is that — and this is going to sound obvious — driving under the influence is massively dangerous. The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention states that nearly one-third of all traffic-related deaths in the U.S. during 2008 stemmed from alcohol-impaired accidents. During the same year, those drivers who died while driving under the influence were much more likely to be repeat offenders.