This might fly in Montana, but we don’t recommend it anywhere else.
This Montana Department of Transportation ad features a man getting a ride home after a night of drinking from his “sober friend” who also happens to be a horse.
While the anti-drunk driving commercial is intended as a metaphor to encourage drinkers to get a ride home, it is being taken literally by some horse enthusiats.
Police Chief Troy McGee says he’s received many calls from Montana residents wanting to know if riding a horse while under the influence is legal and McGee says it is!
Montana law carefully defines a vehicle, and excludes those running under animal power.
That’s actually a huge surprise to us.
Sure, horses are pretty smart and probably know what they’re doing, but a person still needs to be able to SIT UP on its back.
We don’t recommend taking a chance falling off a horse and risking a life threatening injury, not to mention injuring the horse.
What do U think?