A man who had been drinking was found asleep in a motorized wheelchair on a highway in northern Australia. He has been charged with drunk driving.
Late last month officers in a patrol car noticed the man slumped in the chair at about 10am. Inspector Bob Waters said he was in an exit lane near Cairns.
Cars were swerving to get around him, Waters said.
The officers gave the 64-year-old man a breath test. He registered a blood alcohol reading of 0.301. That’s 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. If convicted, he faces a stiff fine.
“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.”
Those vehicles include horses, bicycles and motorized wheelchairs.
The man told police he was making a 14-kilometer trip from his home to a friend’s place. His name was not released.
“He placed himself in a very dangerous situation,” Waters said.
(STAFF WRITER, WITH AP)
一名男子在澳洲北部一條公路上，被人發現醉倒在他的電動輪椅上；他被依酒駕的罪名起訴。
上個月底某天上午十點左右，駕車巡邏的員警發現了這名男子倒靠在一張輪椅上。巡官巴布．瓦特斯說，他的位置就在凱恩斯附近的一個交流道上。
瓦特斯說，車輛都得繞過他通行。
警官替這名六十四歲的男子進行了酒測呼氣檢查，他血液中的酒精濃度值為零點三零一，是法定標準值的六倍多。結果他被控酒駕，還被要求於本月七日出庭應訊，倘若法官判他有罪，他將面對鉅額罰款。
瓦特斯說：「我們常聽到的酒駕車輛多半是自小客車、貨車或摩托車，但是還有其他類別的運載工具也在酒駕法規的規範內。」
那些運載工具包括馬匹、腳踏車和電動輪椅。
這位男子對警方表示，他從家裏出發欲前往十四公里遠的朋友家；警方並未透露他的姓名。
瓦特斯說：「他把自己置於險境中。」
（美聯社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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