Monday, July 25, 2011
One-legged South African driver
Some disabled people have their vehicle modified so that they can still get out and about on the highways.
Not so for one driver in South Africa.
He had to have his left leg amputated after suffering a gun shot wound in 1996, but, instead of having his vehicle adapted, he sat his 11-year-old son next to him and told him when to press the clutch peddle.
He was stopped by a chief traffic inspector – who naturally was horrified – and was even more perturbed when she found that the 39-year-old amputee only possessed an expired learner driver’s permit suitable for use in an automatic car.
The man was fined 1,000 rand, which is the equivalent of £90.
Let’s hope he doesn’t do it again.
Photo © arboresce via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: clutch, highway, leg, licence, modified, South Africa, traffic inspector, vehicle
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posted by Fuse @ 12:53 AM 
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