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Police yesterday arrested a 54-year-old school bus driver whose right hand was disabled below the elbow and had a defective ear due to a birth defect. The man who was arrested at Horana had not possessed a driving licence too though there had been 30 children on the bus at the time of his arrest.
On a tip -off received about this disabled driver who was driving the vehicle with the children, he had been arrested close to Sri Pali college in Horana by a team of police officers under the direction of Horana Traffic Police OIC Wimal Ananda. When questioned from the suspect about his driving, he had said that his father had previously driven the school vehicle and after his father’s death, he had been doing this task without any violation of road rules.
The OIC said parents and those who obtain the services of school transport should be careful about those who drive the vehicles.
Police said they would prosecute the driver and the owner of the bus concerned in this regard.
Horana Chief Police Inspector HQ. Prasanna Welikala is investigating the incident. (Bimal Shaman Jayasinghe and Upul Gunasekera)
ANTON Tuesday, 16 January 2018 10:05 AM
THREE IN ONE .........
Unchikun Tuesday, 16 January 2018 10:08 AM
We have to be proud of this guy as he makes a living with a burden on anyone or state. Help him.
BuffaloaCitizen Tuesday, 16 January 2018 10:13 AM
He can apply for a driving license with his disability and if he passes, he can continue his job. His driving license however may have a restricted comment probably to drive this specific bus only.
dIREsTRAITS Tuesday, 16 January 2018 10:23 AM
This man should be commended and celebrated not arrested. Despite his disability he has trained himself and gone out and found a real job that adds value to society unlike many able bodied, lazy louts feeding off the public money (e.g. our parliamentarians, beggers) . The question should be if he is a good or a bad driver and not about his disability. If he is a good driver then we must realize that the world has advanced a lot since and have many driver aid tools to assist disabled drivers. Find some of those tools and help this man be an example to others.http://ilcaustralia.org.au/search_category_paths/1060We're all disabled to start with when it comes to driving a vehicle. We have tools designed in our vehicles to steer, shift, break etc. If just happens to be made to work with what we have, ie. hands and legs, a vehicle modified to suit a disabled person can at times be more efficient and safer. Please HELP him!
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