Monday, June 23, 2008

DWWI: Driving Wheelchair While Intoxicated

I guess this Aussie is proof that the Ace of Spades Lifestyle™ isn't limited to the able-bodied:
Police in Australia have charged a man for drink driving in a motorized wheelchair after he was found to be six times over the legal alcohol limit, local media reported on Monday.

Police in the tropical northern Queensland city of Cairns said the man had a blood alcohol reading of 0.31, and was so drunk he was asleep at the controls of his motorized wheelchair in a turning lane of a major highway.

"It beggars belief," Police Inspector Bob Walters told the Cairns Post newspaper, adding wheelchairs, bicycles, horses and skateboards were all considered to be vehicles under the state's road laws.
I kind of doubt it would be a very big deal if the dude was drunk, riding his wheelchair down the sidewalk somewhere, but a major highway? Yeah, that's kind of a bad idea.

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