Beware the Armless Driver!

[jaguars4ever]

Armless driver 'had foot to floor'

 

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- An armless man stopped for speeding was driving with one foot on the steering wheel and another on the pedals, a policeman testified in court.

 

Colin Smith, who was born without arms and has never held a driver's license, appeared in court Thursday charged with driving in a manner likely to be dangerous to the public.

 

The police officer who stopped Smith said the driver's seat was reclined and the armless man appeared to be using one foot to steer the car and the other to work the accelerator and brake.

 

Smith, 31, entered no plea but said he would defend himself against the charges.

 

He told the court he had been driving for years, using his feet to steer, and had never had an accident.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/2...r.ap/index.html

 

[Atreides]

D-D-D-DRIFTING

[Laozi]

Its not the armless ones you need to worry about, its the ones with cellphones

[jaguars4ever]

Its not the armless ones you need to worry about, its the ones with cellphones

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Cellphone in one hand, Diet Coke in the other? Yup - it's a little woman in a huge ass SUV.

[mkreku]

An armless man at my job crashed his BMW into some white pickup truck a few weeks ago. The guy in the white car didn't make it. And if you don't believe me, I can show you pictures of the accident.

[Shryke]

i LIVE in wellington, how did i not hear about this?!?!

[jaguars4ever]

Seems like armless drivers are everywhere these days...

[213374U]

Its not the armless ones you need to worry about, its the ones with cellphones

Actually...

 

 

That's the censored version, btw.

[jaguars4ever]

Its not the armless ones you need to worry about, its the ones with cellphones

Actually...

 

 

That's the censored version, btw.

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[Moose]

An armless man at my job crashed his BMW into some white pickup truck a few weeks ago. The guy in the white car didn't make it. And if you don't believe me, I can show you pictures of the accident.

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Yes please show us the pictures you kept of a mangled corpse. You're not weird at all are you.

[LadyCrimson]

If one has the seat reclined back enough to steer with one's feet, how does one see out the window?

[Tigranes]

Using old Fish & Chips paper packets as a pillow, that's how.

[mkreku]

No mangled corpses. Two mangled cars though. There's a site that keeps track of when the local police and ambulance gets a call, and they published the photos. Not me.

 

 

The white car.

 

 

My buddy's black BMW.

[Moose]

I've seen worse tbh. It's unfortunate you're friend didn't survive.

[mkreku]

Gaah! My friend (the armless guy) survived without injury (german cars rock). The guy in the white car died instantly.

[metadigital]

Armless driver 'had foot to floor'

 

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- An armless man stopped for speeding was driving with one foot on the steering wheel and another on the pedals, a policeman testified in court.

 

Colin Smith, who was born without arms and has never held a driver's license, appeared in court Thursday charged with driving in a manner likely to be dangerous to the public.

 

The police officer who stopped Smith said the driver's seat was reclined and the armless man appeared to be using one foot to steer the car and the other to work the accelerator and brake.

 

Smith, 31, entered no plea but said he would defend himself against the charges.

 

He told the court he had been driving for years, using his feet to steer, and had never had an accident.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/2...r.ap/index.html

 

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The only thing wrong is that the guy's a yokel. Really, lots of disabled drivers manage to control a motor vehicle.

 

This guy didn't bother to get a licence: that's what's wrong. Consequently, anyone he accidentally ran over / into / hurt / damaged their property / etc has no legal recourse (because I bet he isn't independently wealthy and able to re-inburse any such person for their loss).

 

(An aquaintence of mine from an old workplace was a paraplegic, and he drove himself to work everyday.)

 

This guy is a stupid ****, giving differently-abled people a bad name.