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"Australian in wheelchair gets drunk driving charge"

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Australian in wheelchair gets drunk driving charge

A man found asleep in a motorized wheelchair on a highway in northern Australia was 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 on 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.

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    68 comments to “Headline of the Week Weak”

    1. HAHA says – reply to this


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      WOW. AWESOME. He should have waited til he arrived to start drinking…

    2. Erin says – reply to this


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      Too funny.

    3. haha says – reply to this


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      Hahah, that photo is taken in Finland. LOL. :D

    4. ashle says – reply to this


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      lol

    5. bb says – reply to this


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      FUCK YEAH, thats the funniest shit ive ever heard, its kinda wrong though, LET THE CRIPPLED FUCKER HAVE HIS BOOZE!



    6. 6

      first!

    7. lynne says – reply to this


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      Hahahahahaha

    8. billy says – reply to this


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      is he jerking off?

    9. scorp says – reply to this


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      hahahahahahha

    10. pooot says – reply to this


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      ahahaha
      thats funny, them austrailians are BAD BOYS!!!

    11. Brigh says – reply to this


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      This is just too funny! LOL

    12. erica says – reply to this


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      WTF….lol…

    13. holle says – reply to this


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      first?

    14. karen says – reply to this


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      HILARIOUS!

    15. ilean says – reply to this


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      i wish i could do that. second?

    16. cujo says – reply to this


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      give the guy a break….id be going nuts if i was stuck in a wheel chair….just don't give the guy a gun…..i love nancy

    17. ghj says – reply to this


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      At least he didn't spill his vodka….(except down his throat!!!) :lol:

    18. Irish says – reply to this


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      2nd!! Lmaoo.. Idiot!



    19. 19

      first! Second! THIRD BITCHES!!!! LEEAH GET TO WORK BITCH!

    20. natty says – reply to this


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      HAHA !! lovely!

    21. k/h/k says – reply to this


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      zzzzzz fukin drunk bitch..I hate drunkzzzz

      zz I can smell hiz stinkin azzhole from here…sick zz

    22. vf says – reply to this


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      why isn't anyone helping him up?

    23. POO says – reply to this


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      As if it's illegal to ride a wheelchair and drink. That's bullshit. What if the guy wanted to avoid drink driving in his car so he used the chair as an alternative means of transport? What if he was too drunk to walk, hence the physical handicap? Ridiculous!

    24. Melis says – reply to this


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      That pic doesn't go with story. Story says powered wheelchair and that is a manual.

    25. rdf says – reply to this


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      Re: k/h/k – I'm sure they hate you too!!

    26. Kiki says – reply to this


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      haha :D The photo is taken in Finland!

    27. Dizzy says – reply to this


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      hahaha YEAAAH US AUSSIE ARE THE BEST !!

    28. Jenni says – reply to this


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      Finnish Post box in the picture;) So the pic is definitely not from Australia!

    29. ahem says – reply to this


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      this picture is from finland, hence the finnish post box & "5 oikein"



    30. 30

      Oh God, how much did he drink?:))

    31. Kaye says – reply to this


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      AWESOME

    32. Fake says – reply to this


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      Any old picture will do huh PP-Perez? Slow news day or no one to copy?

      THAT PIC IS NOT A MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR, in other words, is not related to the story at all.

      Shame on all you 16 year old girls who blindly worship gay boy.

    33. luvhi says – reply to this


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      i fucking love this guy! love him!

    34. Finn says – reply to this


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      That picture is not about the case in Australia. That is taken in Finland. How I know? The orange post box behind the drunken guy.

    35. Al says – reply to this


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      Drinking is just part of being Australian!

    36. :) says – reply to this


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      Hahaaa that photo is taken in Finland. That orange thing behind is a mailbox and it has a lottery advertisement on the blue dot thing. :P
      LOL.

    37. Pauli says – reply to this


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      I know that guy in the picture, it's his facebook photo! And, as stated before, he is Finnish and has nothing to do with the news.



    38. 38

      lol awesome

    39. Jussi says – reply to this


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      That pic is from Finland! That's not the guy who got arrested.

    40. tinyt says – reply to this


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      ahahah that picture is from Finland!

    41. Jan says – reply to this


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      Yup, of course this pic is from Finland. We drink enough to even knock ourselves off from wheelchairs. No fun without booze.

    42. sari says – reply to this


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      Ha! That picture above is from my homecountry FINLAND!!

    43. xyz says – reply to this


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      THATS SOME FUCKING FUNNY SHIT!!!!!



    44. 44

      oh god… that is so stupid… A WHEELCHAIR!!!!!!!! and what they gave him another ticket because he didnt have a security belt

    45. Ludov says – reply to this


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      Erm…that photo is from Finland, not from Australia :D There's a finnish mailbox with finnish text :D

    46. Leggs says – reply to this


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      The wheelchair should be considered his "legs" in a court of law and with the right lawyer this case will be thrown out of court. Same thing happened in my small town in Florida.

    47. cass says – reply to this


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      "G'day mate"…aw ur so cute perez!
      this story is jacked up they shoulda left him alone! lol

    48. OTH F says – reply to this


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      Re: bb – I should knock the fuck out of you for using the word "crippled"

    49. Shell says – reply to this


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      POO - he was "driving" it on the highway. If he was in a suburban street… fine… but travelling the highway with cars doing 110kms/hr is pretty dangerous!

    50. dbeck says – reply to this


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      aw, lay off the australian. hes just having a good time



    51. 51

      haha that's hilarious

    52. mimi says – reply to this


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      I mean, WOW.

    53. Brina says – reply to this


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      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    54. LOL@U says – reply to this


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      Re: Fake –

      It's just a funny picture to go with the story. Stop being a bored dickhead. :]

    55. aussi says – reply to this


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      hahaha.
      In Australia…this is how we roll.
      He'll be there hero at his local pub for years to come.

    56. IDIOT says – reply to this


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      HOW IS THIS FUNNY??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ASSHOLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    57. mona says – reply to this


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      b

    58. hehe says – reply to this


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      That's taken in Finland..:D there's the finnish man for you!



    59. 59

      lol.
      whatta dumbass

    60. k=H=k says – reply to this


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      Re: rdf –
      zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

      Actually sweetie:;;;; drunkz luv me..even when they don't

      know me…thatz why I hate their sorryazzholezzzzzzzzzzzzzz◘◘]

      U can't
      truzt
      one
      az
      far
      az
      u
      can
      throw
      ONE……….No booze….smoke potttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

    61. Headl says – reply to this


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      Umm…you totally stole this from Something Awful. Slow news day, fer sure.

    62. elina says – reply to this


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      Hyvä Suomi!!

    63. Linda says – reply to this


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      The picture is from Finland, so typical…



    64. 64

      Haha! Oh my god, that's TOO funny!

    65. Gabri says – reply to this


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      Wow.
      That's sad, but at the same time, funny.

    66. Nic says – reply to this


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      I'm an Australian, and I take offence at someone in a wheel chair being charged for drinking and driving. That's just like being charged for drinking and walking, isn't it? Charge him with being overly intoxicated or whatever. If he did place himself in a dangerous situation (hence probably endangering others who had to avoid him etc) he perhaps should have been charged with something.

    67. maria says – reply to this


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      well i don't know about australia but this picture is from FINLAND!!!
      see the yellow box with this blue circle thing in it?
      it's finnish mailbox and says "5 oikein?" ("5 right?") lmao.

    68. Lordi says – reply to this


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      c'mon you guys, that's from Helsinki, Finland? Even the text on the postbox is "5 oikein", which means "5 right"? Don't be blaming the Aussies for a basic drunken finnish man.. But still sweet that the information is from an officer all the way from Cairns. (This kind of a mistake could happen to everyone though)