Wheelchair man 'over the limit'

Drivers are not the only ones who go over the limit on drink driving. Police in the northern Australian city of Cairns have charged a man with drink driving in a motorised wheelchair.

Patrol officers found the man stopped and fast asleep in his wheelchair in the exit lane of a major highway at 1000 (0000 GMT) on Friday.  He had a blood alcohol level of 0.31 - six times over the legal alcohol limit.  When police woke him up, the man told them he had been on his way to visit friends.  A local police inspector said that man's actions were a recipe for disaster.

Source: BBC News (click to read full story)