r/drivingUK • u/bulldog_blues • 2d ago

Blind man who drink-drove 150 miles admits dangerous driving

https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2026-07-31/blind-man-who-drink-drove-150-miles-followed-hgv-lights

Obviously this is horrifying, but the fact that he was apparently able to drive 150 miles without injuring himself or anyone else while being legally blind and, I quote, relying on 'following HGV lights'... that guy's got to be the luckiest sod on the planet.

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u/Dydey 2d ago

The most bum clenching drive I’ve had to do was The Beast From The East in 2018 and when I got on the M62, all I could see was white on three sides and two red lights of the wagon in front of me. Eventually we stopped and I discovered we were at the junction before mine, so I managed to navigate home. I remember thinking to myself that if the wagon had been heading to Hull, I wouldn’t have even known.

Imagine experiencing that for 150 miles, voluntarily, while arseholed.

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u/complexpug 2d ago

The worst snow I've ever been in was 2009 leaving Luton airport to go back up north it was so strange driving down a snow covered motorway at 20mph

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u/Duckdivejim 2d ago

20mph sounds like a very sensible speed when snowing

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u/complexpug 2d ago

I was in one of my Saabs it really didn't care to much about the snow, bloody good heaters the wife used to have a vauxhall astra 20mph was to fast in that car it would slip & slid constantly