From tuesday. Does it still count for TIOTD?You bet.
Both the driver and the front-seat passenger of the car were drunk – far too drunk to drive. So it was quite sensible that they should stop, and let backseat passenger Te Aute Matuakore Collier take over instead.
Oh, except that Collier was blind.
29-year-old musician Collier – who has only 5% vision –
Well, at least he's not deaf...
...was given directions on how to drive the car by his drunk fellow passenger. If that sounds like an entirely foolproof plan to you, then you'll probably be surprised to learn that they ended up driving into a wall.
As they headed to a supermarket in Hamilton, New Zealand, Collier missed the entrance to the store car park, instead taking out part of a retaining wall and a sign. When police arrived, he claimed that he'd merely been parking the car so that it didn't block the road.
In Hamilton District Court, Collier admitted a charge of reckless driving, and was banned from driving for two years. Which suggests, rather worryingly, that in two years time it'll be just fine for him to drive again.