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The rule
In Michigan, the DUI statute does not apply to bicyclists — it covers motor-vehicle operators only. Michigan's OWI statute (MCL 257.625) applies to operators of a 'vehicle,' but the Vehicle Code's definition of vehicle (MCL 257.79) excludes 'devices exclusively moved by human power,' which leaves bicycles outside the statute. Cyclists may still face disorderly-person or public-intoxication charges under MCL 750.167. See MCL 257.625 (Operating while intoxicated).
A DUI charge isn't on the table for cyclists in Michigan, but that's not a license to ride drunk — public-intoxication, reckless-conduct, and disorderly-conduct charges can still apply, and cycling impaired dramatically raises crash risk.