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Police caught a legally blind man behind the wheel of a car 240km from his home in Huddersfield, a UK court was told.
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Blind man who drove 240km while drunk learns fate in court

A court was told the driver managed the 240km journey by following the tail lights of semi-trailers in front of his vehicle.

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