Man In Wheelchair On Drunk-driving Charge

[skippybangkok]

Not sure if they have a license for those things, but this could be a interesting case. As most people know, there are harsh penalties ( fines,, loss of points, Jail time, Loss of license ) for drunk driving most vehicles.

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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- Police say they have charged a man found asleep in a motorized wheelchair on a highway in northern Australia with drunk driving.

Officers in a patrol car noticed the man slumped in the chair about 10am last Friday on an exit lane near the tourist city of Cairns, where cars were swerving around him, regional traffic Inspector Bob Waters said )........ read from site further)(CNN)

Drunk Driver

[Maestro]

I read that, too, today but I'm afraid Australia is not among the countries covered by the Southeast Asia Forum. Stuff for a discussion in the pub perhaps. I am moving it there.

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Maestro

[boiledegg]

So in theory he could be banned from driving his wheelchair for a year, how modern day that'd be.

[skippybangkok]

Will be interesting, cause most people would be banned for months if done in for drink driving. Even if you lived in the woops, where the is no public transport ( and as such could not go an buy your food, get to work ), the courts would not give a Flying F............