Loebau,
Germany:
Disabled
Sven Mietke, 26, was stopped by police after he was seen driving his electric
wheelchair from side-to-side.
He
was breathalized and was found to be almost 5 times over the drink drive limit
(228 milligrams in 100 millilitres of blood, the limit is 50 milligrams in Germany.)
He
was on his way to buy beer from a petrol station, say the police.
Mietke
was fined £1300 ($2300) and banned from driving his electric wheelchair
for three months.
At
his trial he told the court:
"I
drink 10 to 12 bottles of beer a day."
Mietke
will have to drive a non electric wheelchair during the ban.
Item
first seen on Ananova, 2nd
November 2005.
