Police in the Baltic state of Estonia stopped a man who was driving erratically at the weekend, only to find he was blind.
The 20-year-old was driving in the southern city of Tartu early Sunday — helped by instructions from his 16-year-old passenger.
“At first they thought he was just drunk, but the man kept missing the tube for the breath test, then they realized he was blind” and arrested him, Tartu Police spokeswoman Marge Kohtla said Monday.
No comment.
As many as 11 million British motorists are unable to read a basic road map, according to a survey released Monday.
The poll revealed over three quarters of British drivers were unable to identify the motorway map symbol, while only one percent of motorists would pass the Cub Scout Map Reader badge test.
Ditto.
For the dog lover with everything but time – Flexpetz allows people to rent dogs by the day or the hour.
Currently available in Los Angeles and San Diego, the company is looking to expand its business to another three cities in the U.S. and to London in the UK.
Pitiful.
Food stalls attached to Beijing’s public toilets will be removed in good time for next year’s Olympics, state media said Saturday.
Complaints over toilets with poor sanitation and toilet operators turning them into commercial operations led to the ban, which comes into force in October.
“It is not proper to sell soft drinks or snacks right at the toilets,” the Beijing News said, citing sources within the Beijing Municipal Administration Commission.
No kidding? Somehow I doubt that this is a “mistranslation” issue…
Anyway, this is my post for the day… All information from Reuters. Reuter’s? Whatever.
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