[Secret Squirrel]

Australian, where you can get busted while being handicapped (in more ways than 1)...

Asleep at the wheelchair
Australian man charged with drunk rolling after snoozing off on off-ramp

BRISBANE, Australia - A man found asleep in a motorized wheelchair on a highway in northern Australia has been charged with drunk driving, police said Monday.

Officers in a patrol car noticed the man slumped in the stationary chair about 10 a.m. Friday on an exit lane near the tourist city of Cairns, regional traffic Inspector Bob Waters said. Cars were swerving to get around him, Waters said.

The officers breath-tested the 64-year-old man, who registered a blood alcohol reading of 0.301 — more than six times the legal driving limit. He was charged with operating a vehicle while drunk and ordered to report to court July 7, where he faces a stiff fine if convicted.

"The vehicles that we normally hear about with drink driving are the family car, the truck, the motorbike," Waters said. "But there are also other classes of vehicles that are subject to drink-driving laws," including horses, bicycles, and motorized wheelchairs.

The man, whose name was not released, told police he was making a nine-mile trip from his home to a friend's place, Waters said.

"He placed himself in a very dangerous situation," he said.

 

[Jeremy R]

Yep, he failed the test because of his refusal to walk the line.

 

[kidwoo]

Yep, he failed the test because of his refusal to walk the line.

I bet he's really kicking himself over this.

 

[Jeremy R]

I bet he's really kicking himself over this.

He's so embarrassed he just wants to run away.

 

[ohio]

I'm just glad they caught him before he gently bumped a carload of children.

 

[kidwoo]

Instead of 'over the bars' would a faceplant be a result of 'going over the knees?'

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Instead of 'over the bars' would a faceplant be a result of 'going over the knees?'

Tih-MAY!!!

Tih-MAY!!!

 

[X3pilot]

You'd think being handicapped would give him a leg up on trying to get the cops to feel bad for him..

 

[BurlyShirley]

So basically, unless they're at home in bed, a wheelchair-bound person can never get drunk without breaking the law? I don't think you have to be on the street to get a DUI, and furthermore, since DUI can be applied to bicycles, it would make sense that wheelchairs are fair game too.

 

[Westy]

If Australia had better gun and knife rights this never would have happened.

 

[kidwoo]

So basically, unless they're at home in bed, a wheelchair-bound person can never get drunk without breaking the law?

And a paraplegic doesn't HAVE to be in a wheelchair.


Our knuckles callous up for a reason.

 

[Westy]

And a paraplegic doesn't HAVE to be in a wheelchair.


Our knuckles callous up for a reason.

They can also find a big retard to carry them around on their back.

Opens up some job opportunities for n8 too.

 

[Tmeyer]

They can also find a big retard to carry them around on their back.

Opens up some job opportunities for n8 too.

Awesome!

 

[Secret Squirrel]

What the hell were you searching for to find that pic?

Google: "Dude with hairy bellybutton vag face"

???

 

[kidwoo]

They can also find a big retard to carry them around on their back.

Exactly.


This guy had CHOICES!!



thinking about having a drunk paraplegic midget on my shoulders with his junk on my neck though......

 

[BurlyShirley]

Any time a thread denigrates into a discussion about retards, midgets, retarded midgets or midgets riding retards... I consider it a success.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Exactly.


This guy had CHOICES!!



thinking about having a drunk paraplegic midget on my shoulders with his junk on my neck though......

They might have "control" issues...


"Hey! Who just hit me in the back with a warm....water....balloon??!? .....Oh...."

 

[kidwoo]

They might have "control" issues...


"Hey! Who just hit me in the back with a warm....water....balloon??!? .....Oh...."

At least he would be easy to make into an airborne, drunk, paraplegic midget.......with a vapor trail..

 

[Secret Squirrel]

At least he would be easy to make into an airborne, drunk, paraplegic midget.......with a vapor trail..

It's like shooting tracers...but with more obscenity laced tirades...

 

[DaveW]

Guess that was a bad idea for him to get legless....

 

[Lowlight7]

I guess those cops showed him who really runs Bartertown.



Bust a deal, face the wheel...chair.

Oh, I kill me. Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week.