Blind Man Arrested For Driving
Submitted By: Phantom
Article Date: 05/11/1999
URL: http://www.goofball.com/news/990511_blind
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters)
``The blind man was driving fairly well, although he made
some pretty abrupt maneuvers which attracted the attention
of a patrol car,'' the spokesman told the official Telam news
agency in the southern Argentine city of Trelew.
``The officers were amazed to discover that the man's
daughter was acting as a guide. She was turning the steering
wheel while he changed gears, accelerated and braked according
to her instructions,'' the spokesman said.
The man and his daughter were on a drive through the center
of Trelew when they were stopped. The man recently
went blind because of diabetes and had a valid driver's license.
After being charged the man was released pending court
action. His vehicle was impounded.
Argentine police arrested a
blind man driving a pickup truck with the help of his
13-year-old daughter and charged him with dangerous conduct, a
police spokesman said Saturday.