Author Topic: Drunk leading the blind.. or drunk leading the drunk leading... (Read 280 times)

Vulcan · « **on:** December 04, 2006, 09:30:03 PM »

ahhh.

MP's I know this is a cut'n'paste but because most people here don't visit New Zealand news sites ya can let this one be

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Blind man takes over wheel from drunk driver
05 December 2006

A Hamilton man with just five per cent sight took the wheel of a car from a drunk driver and was guided by a drunk passenger.

They crashed.

Musician Te Aute Matuakore Collier, 29, admitted a charge of reckless driving when he appeared before Judge Phil Connell in the Hamilton District Court.

A police summary of facts said Collier was in the back of a car being driven on Anglesea St on December 13, 2004.

The driver and the front-seat passenger were both drunk and Collier told the driver to pull over so he could drive.

The front-seat passenger helped steer the car and both passengers told Collier to turn into the Countdown Supermarket carpark.

But Collier missed the entrance and hit a retaining wall and sign. Part of the retaining wall broke.

He told police he was parking the vehicle so it was not blocking the road.

Collier was disqualified from driving for two years and ordered to pay $130 court costs.

ByeBye · « **Reply #1 on:** December 04, 2006, 09:36:09 PM »

Kind of reminds me of Jimmy Carter's Presidency.

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #2 on:** December 04, 2006, 09:37:24 PM »

What's the problem?

With the drunk seeing double... on the average they could see fine.

Tarmac · « **Reply #3 on:** December 04, 2006, 10:14:29 PM »

They disqualified a blind man from driving for two years?!? A miscarriage of justice, I tell you!

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #4 on:** December 05, 2006, 07:42:10 AM »

There was a movie of a true story about a blind guy that did that as well if I rmember correctly.
I forget the name now
But they ended up getting pulled over and when the cop asked why the blind guy was driving . They responded
"He was the only one thats sober"

another funny scene I remember from it was when in college his sighted room mate convinced him he was wearnig his socks on the wrong feet.

"You have a left and a right shoe dont you?
Yes
You have a left pant leg and a right pant leg dont you?
Yes
Well you also have a left sock and a right sock. Yours are on the wrong feet"

LMAO