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InsaneApache
09-05-2006, 09:02
As in the Gene Wilder/Richard Prior film. The one where Wilder drives the car, even though he's blind. Well talk about life imitating art.....


A blind man, who lost his eyes in a bomb blast, has been convicted of dangerous driving after police spotted his car on the wrong side of the road.

and


Pc Edge said: "I asked him if he could see me. He removed the dark-coloured sunglasses he was wearing and I could clearly see he was blind as he had no eyes."

Blind man driving! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/5313370.stm)

Ruth is surely stranger than Richard....:sweatdrop:

:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:
InsaneApache
09-12-2006, 08:47
A blind man convicted of dangerous driving, after police spotted his car on the wrong side of the road, has been given a suspended jail sentence.

linky (http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/5335802.stm)

Closure at last.....:laugh4:
Banquo's Ghost
09-12-2006, 08:55
linky (http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/5335802.stm)

Closure at last.....:laugh4:

The astonishing thing is:


Omed Aziz, 31, from Darlaston, West Midlands, who was being directed by an allegedly banned driver, was given 12 weeks in prison suspended for a year.

He has also been banned from driving for three years and ordered to take an extended driving test.

The magistrate appears to believe he may be ready to drive again in three years time - just needs a bit of extra training!!

(My guess is that Mr Aziz may struggle at the first testing hurdle - reading a number plate from 30 metres :grin:)
Hepcat
09-12-2006, 10:41
THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE HIM TAKE A DRIVING TEST!!!

What is it with judges recently? Are they all going mad?
InsaneApache
09-12-2006, 11:05
THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE HIM TAKE A DRIVING TEST!!!

What is it with judges recently? Are they all going mad?

It's all those invisible magic dwarfs whispering to them that's the problem. :laugh4:
Gregoshi
09-12-2006, 14:35
THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE HIM TAKE A DRIVING TEST!!!

What is it with judges recently? Are they all going mad?

Well, they say justice is blind...
Philippus Flavius Homovallumus
09-12-2006, 15:48
Daft, the Magistrate is following procedure without thinking, yet more proof that part-time Lay Justices are hopeless.