The Dumb Leading the Blind
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006 • Filed under Cars, Drunks
There’s two ways to look at this story: (1) Thank God this guy had the sense enough to know that he couldn’t drive because he had too much to drink, (2) Dear God this guy didn’t have enough sense to know he was asking a blind guy to drive for him.
SOMEWHERE IN NEW ZEALAND (Ananova) — A virtually blind New Zealand man has been banned from driving after taking the wheel from a drink driver.
Te Aute Matuakore Collier, 29, from Hamilton, was guided by a drunk passenger but crashed into a wall, reports Stuff.co.nz.
Collier, who has just five per cent sight, admitted a charge of reckless driving when he appeared in the Hamilton District Court.
Five percent sight? This guy would have been better off asking Ray Charles to drive and that’s the condition that he’s in right now.
The designated driver told police that it was awkward sitting behind the wheel in his condition. His dog also had some trouble shifting the gear stick. They don’t have thumbs.
Luckily, he was only trying to park the car, not drive it home, and he only ended up missing the entrance and hitting a wall, so it could have been a lot worse. After all, he could have been forced to ask Billy Joel to drive him home.
Joe says: February 26th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
wow what a retarded drunk person.
Jon says: March 5th, 2007 at 11:40 am
Ahhhh, the wonderful stupidity of these people never fail to amuse…
justin says: March 16th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
ahh no one has a slightly funny comment
Jeff says: April 3rd, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Well…at least Helen Keller didn’t drive it for him
me says: July 20th, 2007 at 10:59 am
my opinions the same as jons
Albz says: October 14th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
now look at it, He wanted to get the car off the road where the drunk driver had parked it (on a “blind” corner)… the passenger in the front steered the car into the wall. The Blind man only got in the front because he knew that then he would be able to get the car off the road and take the keys as he walked home instaed of letting either drunkard go and crash into another vehicle.
the judge said it was a noble gesture and understood what had happened. Its easy to mock until you know the facts.
I read the orignal story and it was pretty straight forward. But I agree it is rediculous…
Jimbo says: October 30th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Scary thing is, Mythbusters did this recently, and, when guided by a sober passenger, the blind man they recruited drove well. from outside of the vehicle it didn’t even look suspicious. Unfortunately, when the guide got drunk (very drunk) they had to make the man stop because the situation was getting too dangerous.