英国盲人驾车上路 被判3个月监禁缓期执行

A blind man who was convicted of dangerous driving after he admitted being behind the wheel of a car that touched 35 mph was given a three-month suspended sentence on Monday. Omed Aziz was also banned from driving for three years at Warley magistrates‘ court in Oldbury, West Midlands.
　　
　　在英国，有这样一位不寻常的驾驶者，此人在明知自己双目失明的情况下仍然开车上路且时速达到每小时56.3公里，而他最终也因这种极其危险的举动而在9月11日被法庭给予了3个月监禁缓期执行的处罚。此外，他在今后3年内还被禁止驾驶任何车辆。
　　
　　Aziz, 31, who lost his eyes after an explosion in his homeland of Iraq, had been driving by following instructions on where to steer and when to brake from a passenger who himself had been banned from driving.
　　
　　现年31岁的奥米德·阿齐兹来自伊拉克，他是在数年前在伊拉克发生的一次爆炸中失去双眼的。他在驾车上路的全过程中始终得到了坐在身边的一位乘客的指点，后者不停地告诉他哪里可以通过以及何时需要踩刹车，不过令人啼笑皆非的是，这位“教练”其实也曾有过违章行为而被吊销了驾照。
　　
　　When police stopped the Peugeot 405 in April this year after it had erratically negotiated two traffic islands and a corner, Aziz‘s passenger explained that his friend was blind.
　　
　　当地警察于今年4月将他们所开的那辆标致405轿车拦了下来，因为该车在此前已经晃晃悠悠地连续冲过了两处安全岛及一个街角，而那位“教练”此时则不得不告诉警方自己的朋友实际上什么也看不见。
　　
　　When Aziz, who is also partially deaf, was asked to step out of the car and remove his sunglasses, the officer was surprised to see he did not have any eyes, the court heard earlier this month.
　　
　　按照法庭本月早些时候听取的证词，当警察命令阿齐兹走出那辆轿车并将自己所戴的太阳镜摘下时，他们惊奇地发现此人的两个眼眶内竟然空空如也。
　　
　　In his defence Aziz, who also suffers from leg tremors and has only two fingers on his right hand, said he was testing his driving abilities.
　　
　　阿齐兹的双腿会出现颤抖的现象，而右手只剩下了两根手指。阿齐兹在法庭上也为自己做了辩护，声称此举实际上只是为了检验自己的驾驶技能。
　　
　　At an earlier hearing he had admitted driving with no MOT, no licence and no insurance.
　　
　　在此前进行的一次听证会上，阿齐兹还承认自己所驾车辆并未通过英国交通运输部的年检，而且他既无驾照也没有购买相关的保险。