Armless, 1-Legged Driver Gets 5 Years In Prison

[The Straight Story]

Armless, 1-Legged Driver Gets 5 Years In Prison
Man Lost Limbs At Age Of 13 In Electrical Mishap

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. -- A man with no arms and one leg who would not stop driving despite a long list of traffic violations was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday on the latest charges.

Michael Francis Wiley, 40, also was sentenced to 15 years of drug offender probation. He pleaded no contest in June to a variety of felony driving and drug charges.

"I'd just like to say I know what I did was wrong," Wiley said in court on Friday. "I am truly sorry your honor. I am."

Wiley taught himself to drive after losing both arms and a leg in an electrical mishap when he was 13. He has already spent more than three years in prison for habitually driving without a license, kicking a state trooper and other charges.

He once had a valid license, but it has now been suspended several times since 1985, according to his attorney. He starts the car with his toes, shifts with his knee and steers with the stump of his left arm. He turns on the lights with his teeth.

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[MonkeyFunk]

1. but

how does he hold the cell phone?

[CottonBear]

2. OK. How did he kick the officer?

This guy gets a A for adapting to his handicap but an F for DUI.

How the hell does he drive a stick shift? :eyes:

[VP505]

3. How does he drive a stick?

He has a never ending supply of Viagra and uses his, well use your imagination, to shift.

[LittleClarkie]

6. I'm thinking the flying crane technique

Probably looks like he's levitating for a mo'

[KG]

4. good. this guy is a whacked out menace.

[Tesha]

5. Oh my!

> He has already spent more than three years in prison for ... kicking a state trooper...

No, I WON'T say it!

I WON'T!

Tesha

[pop goes the weasel]

7. kicked a state trooper?

Dang, America does got talent!

[Richard Steele]

8. Ya really gotta admire his...something. Exactly WHAT, I have no idea.

:shrug: