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unreal!!!! - Posted on 2006-09-06 13:44:24

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...5/nblind05.xml A police officer described yesterday how he pulled over a motorist who was veering across the road and found that he had no eyes. Omed Aziz, who lost both his eyes in a bomb blast and is also deaf, was caught behind the wheel with a friend sitting in the passenger seat giving him instructions on when to steer and brake, and how quickly to drive. Bomb victim Omed Aziz Aziz, who also suffers from leg tremors, claimed he was perfectly safe and denied a charge of dangerous driving before being convicted. Pc Glyn Austin told magistrates that he saw Aziz's white Peugeot 405 move from one side of the ring road in Oldbury, West Midlands, to the other, crossing a white hazard line, before turning left. He and a colleague had already seen him successfully negotiate two roundabouts and a corner. Pc Austin said that when he pulled over the car, Aziz, who wore dark glasses, was fumbling with the controls. When asked if he noticed anything about Aziz he replied: "I did — he didn't have any eyes." He said: "I attempted to speak to the driver. At that point the passenger leaned across and said 'He's blind'." Aziz, 31, and his passenger, who was banned from driving at the time, were arrested and taken to Smethwick police station, where Aziz confirmed that he was totally blind and had impaired hearing in his left ear as a result of injuries from an explosion in Iraq before he moved to Britain. He said he had driving experience prior to being blinded and said he was suffering from depression about his injuries and was "testing himself" by getting behind the wheel. Warley magistrates heard that he also lost a thumb and two fingers in the blast. Pc Austin's colleague, Pc Stuart Edge, told the court that he asked Aziz whether he could see him. He said: "He removed the dark-coloured sunglasses he was wearing and I could clearly see he was blind as he had no eyes." Timothy Gascoyne, defending, said Aziz, who did not give evidence, should be cleared because "the question is not whether his driving was dangerous, but whether being blind makes it dangerous". He said: "If my client hadn't been blind he wouldn't have been arrested for dangerous driving, so it doesn't fall far below what is expected from a careful and competent driver." Peter Love, prosecuting, told the court: "A blind man controlling a vehicle is inherently dangerous. A careful and competent driver would not dream of driving in this manner." Aziz, from Darlaston, Staffs, who was followed by police driving at 35mph for half a mile before he was stopped at 11pm in April, was led into court by an interpreter. He previously admitted driving with no tax, insurance or MOT. Finding Aziz guilty, Richard Knight, the chairman of the bench, said: "We find he was aware of the real risk of driving with his injuries and therefore this amounts to dangerous driving." He will be sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court next week. __________________

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	unreal!!!! - Posted on 2006-09-06 14:07:17
gfisher 1300cc Superstar Joined: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 Posts: 2725 Location: Glasgow United Kingdom	mind you is that any worse than peeps who have eyes and dont use them?

	unreal!!!! - Posted on 2006-09-06 16:16:43
THE_LAST_OUTLAW 1300cc Superstar Joined: Thursday, March 31, 2005 Posts: 633 Location: Creaky Joint City, Achesville, Dodgyknee. United Kingdom	"should be cleared because "the question is not whether his driving was dangerous, but whether being blind makes it dangerous". What is this idiot going on about? Legal bleeding mumbo jumbo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Peter Love, prosecuting, told the court: "A blind man controlling a vehicle is inherently dangerous. A careful and competent driver would not dream of driving in this manner." and this bloke should be enrolled into the Society of Speaking the Bloody Obvious!!!!!!!!!!!!. How does our justice system allow this sort our drivel to be spouted in a British Court?????? I'm buggering off home now before I kick the screen of my computer in!!!!! Seething Outlaw.

	unreal!!!! - Posted on 2006-09-06 16:53:11
daisyduke 1300cc Superstar Joined: Saturday, February 04, 2006 Posts: 4574 Location: Bolton United Kingdom	feckin amazing, although his being deaf is ok, as apparently you can be totally deaf and drive a car perfectly normal and legally, doesnt seem to matter that you cant hear the police sirens etc behind you,

	unreal!!!! - Posted on 2006-09-06 21:41:21
bear 1300cc Superstar Joined: Friday, October 29, 2004 Posts: 5790 Location: cumbria United Kingdom	tis mental isnt it!

	unreal!!!! - Posted on 2006-09-07 17:09:01
bear 1300cc Superstar Joined: Friday, October 29, 2004 Posts: 5790 Location: cumbria United Kingdom	i wasnt having a go at disabled drivers but was rather pointing out the level of stupidity that some folk seem to possess. being blind surely means that common sense would tell him he cant drive. And as for the defense lawyer!

	unreal!!!! - Posted on 2006-09-08 18:03:29
The_Reverend 1300cc Superstar Joined: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 Posts: 1078 Location: Coventry: Why? United Kingdom	That almost qualifies for an honourable mention in the Darwin awards! (Valiantly attempting (But failing) to improve the gene pool by removing yourself from it).

	unreal!!!! - Posted on 2006-09-09 14:29:24
fredcbr6uk 1300cc Superstar Joined: Saturday, July 08, 2006 Posts: 513 Location: beccles United Kingdom	OMG where will this madness end?

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