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[–] 2 points 5 hours ago

Driving blind drunk? No, blind and drunk

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  • [–] 42 points 19 hours ago (1 child)

    One time I went on a date with a girl I met online, and she didn’t look at me. She had a big smile the whole time, and would briefly raise her head just to lower it immediately. Shortly into our long dinner I realized she was blind.

    I thought it was odd she hadn’t mentioned it, but rolled with it and we had a nice dinner. Two hours later she left the restaurant and drove off.

    I sat there for a while doing a post-mortem on our dinner thinking about how it went. Then it hit me: She drove here?

    Girl was so shy that I actually thought she was blind.

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  • [–] 68 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

    Hall told the officer he had gone blind about two years ago but could see some lights and he explained that while on the motorway he had followed an HGV's lights.

    I was expecting a self-driving car. This is nuts.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 hours ago

    I’m not even mad. That’s impressive. There’s no way I would’ve made it that far with my eyes closed and drunk

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  • [–] 6 points 16 hours ago

    Honestly, I'm just impressed he made it that far.

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  • [–] 34 points 23 hours ago (6 children)

    What was the crime that they decided to punish with 150-mile drive while drunk?

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  • [–] 11 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

    Littering and.. littering and... littering annddd...

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  • [–] 3 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

    Litering and, uh, Litering and, uh, Litering and, uh, Litering and, uh,

    Litering, and smokin' the reefer

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  • [–] 8 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

    How did he get onto the M6?

    Was the car manual or automatic?

    How did the fuel attendant not smell the booze?

    How blind is he really?

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  • [–] 27 points 22 hours ago (1 child)

    I'm about to blow your mind: the answers to most of your questions can be found in the article in less time than it would have taken to write them

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  • [–] 7 points 19 hours ago

    Nah, I can't find in the article how far he drove from where he was to the M6.

    I also can't find if the car was automatic or manual.

    It'll probably blow your mind that it also doesn't state why the attendant didn't do anything about him stinking of booze.

    I'll accept that it says he could see lights

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  • [–] 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

    Was the car manual or automatic?

    It says he became blind later in life so this one wouldn't have much effect - if he already knew how to drive a manual that's something one could easily do even if completely blind.

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  • [–] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 child)

    I'm not on about the location of the stick, like you say it's pretty much muscle memory.

    What I was trying to convey was how would he be able to negotiate gear changes for things like slowing down for junctions, roundabouts, traffic lights, motorway exits and that?

    Same rules apply in an auto as well I guess...

    It was in the middle of the night he did this, two bottles of wine deep.

    Put Huddersfield to Carlisle into a satnav and follow the route to the M6 at least. M62 to M60 to M61 to M6

    How did he know he needed fuel?

    He's not as blind as he claims to be

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  • [–] 1 point 14 hours ago

    Fair enough, you would need some degree of sight to manage this. I can see it being possible with very minimal vision though assuming one is drunk enough to have a lot of self confidence and not care about potentially running into things.

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  • [–] 3 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

    I wouldn't say crisis. He did pullover, and stopped to get gas. A bender for sure. Crisis is SWAT and Highway Patrol helicopters employed.

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  • [–] 8 points 21 hours ago

    I don't think the crisis they're referring to is about the situation he caused. I think they were referring to his mental condition, hence 'individual in crisis'. He felt trapped and was trying to escape from his home (seemingly in any way possible) and I'm sure the drinks only helped with making a poor choice in what to do then and there.

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