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IRiSHMaFIA
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 Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:16 pm Post subject: Blind man caught speeding keeps disability pension |
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A blind Spanish man caught in a radar trap driving 100mph has been allowed to keep his disability pension after proving he could not see.
Benefit officials tried to strip the disability allowance from Domingo Merino after he was snapped doing 154kmh (98mph) near Barcelona.
He also faced having to repay a £360,000 insurance payment for the loss of his sight in a car accident in 1996. Insurers Mapfre said the charge proved he could see.
But a Barcelona court threw out the claims after Merino explained he had wanted to drive one more time.
He said he had persuaded his wife to sit beside him telling where to steer as he travelled along a straight stretch of road.
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What a selfish prick. He could have killed so many people just because he wanted to drive one more time.
His wife is just as much a bloody fool for going along with it and sitting there beside him.  |
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eefanincan
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| Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:35 am Post subject: Re: Blind man caught speeding keeps disability pension |
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| IRiSHMaFIA wrote: |
What a selfish prick. He could have killed so many people just because he wanted to drive one more time.
His wife is just as much a bloody fool for going along with it and sitting there beside him. |
Too right, Irish! I don't care how well she was telling him to steer, or even helping out, she can't help him brake now can she? She's as much to blame as he is. |
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pirtybirdy
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Location: FL USA
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| Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:50 am Post subject: Re: Blind man caught speeding keeps disability pension |
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| eefanincan wrote: | | IRiSHMaFIA wrote: |
What a selfish prick. He could have killed so many people just because he wanted to drive one more time.
His wife is just as much a bloody fool for going along with it and sitting there beside him. |
Too right, Irish! I don't care how well she was telling him to steer, or even helping out, she can't help him brake now can she? She's as much to blame as he is. |
I think he should get some extra disability money for being blind and mentally disabled. Perhaps the wife can get some disability too. That is absolutely crazy!! |
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