Monday 29th November 2004

Blind man drives 25 miles before crashing

Romania's blind car thief strikes again

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Romania's blind car thief, Alin Prica, stole a car for the second time in a month, and drove it for an amazing 25 miles before crashing into a tree, according to the Adevarul newspaper. Only then was he arrested.

Prica allegedly stole the car with another blind pal and a sighted friend in the passenger seat telling him which direction to drive.

A police spokesman said: "He drove the car following instructions from his friend who could see. But again the journey ended with a crash. We were astonished for the second time in a month by this same man."

Earlier this month, Prica, from Izvoare, in southwest Romania, stole a car and managed to drive it for almost a mile by himself before smashing into a tree and knocking himself out.

He said at the time: "I just wanted to prove to myself that I could do anything I wanted - despite my handicap. I only crashed because I was not sure of the way home."

Police have said they wouldn't press charges against the two teenage passengers but have taken Prica in for questioning.

[Newromancer]

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pistonheads said:

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[Yugguy]

....and a sighted friend in the passenger seat telling him which direction to drive.



LOL, do you reckon David Blunkett had something similar? "Up a bit Dave."



>> Edited by Yugguy on Monday 29th November 16:57

[mybrainhurts]

Bad boy.....

why didn't the sighted bloke drive......?

[squirrelz]

Pistonheads said:

Prica allegedly stole the car with another blind pal and a sighted friend in the passenger seat telling him which direction to drive.

Isn't that picture of an MR2?

[busta]

if the second guy was blind he wouldnt be too bothered about sitting in the boot!

Bernie

[gone]

Sounds a bit like Labours Policy on Crime from the Cabinet Office

Sheffields Brightside blind cabinet minister David Blunkett stole a policy for the second time in a month and drove it for an amazing 25 minutes before 'crashing it into a tree'! according to Advevaral newspaper. Only then should he have been arrested.

Blunkett allegedly stole the policy with another blind pal and a sighted person in the passenger seat telling him which way to drive it.

Police Spokesman said " He drove the policy following instructions form his friend who could see but the journey ended with a crash. We were astonished for the second time in a month by this same man.

Earlier this month, Blunkett from Sheffield in North East England stole a policy and managed to drive it for almost a minute by himself before 'smashing into a tree' and knocking himself even more stupid.

He said at the time " I just wanted to prove myself that I could do anything I wanted despite my handicap. I only crashed the policy because I was not sure of the way home."

Police said they wouldn't press charges against the Government passengers but should take Blunkett in for questioning.

>> Edited by gone on Tuesday 30th November 03:35

[tinman0]

now now, we shouldnt knock david blindgitt

[Road_Terrorist]

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[Tripps]

All reminds me of the film See No Evil, Hear No Evil with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor

[richardthestag]

Road_Terrorist said:

remember an MR2 has the boot in the front!

The MR2 also has a storage area behind the engine that you can just about fit 20 bensons into, provided that you don't mind them being squashed when you close the bootlid..

[busta]

Yeah, i realsied this but i wasnt aware of the exact positioning and capacity of the avliable storage areas within the vehicle so thought i would say it anyway just for the crack.

Made me chuckle

bernie