14 May 2007: Lost

Spanish police have stopped a man in an electric wheelchair who was riding along on a motorway.

The unnamed man needs a specially-designed wheelchair which keeps him in a stretched position. He drives with the use of his chin and mouth.

He was stopped by police while travelling "at considerable speed" on the highway at night. A policewoman in the local town said the man was not exceeding the speed limit, but was stopped because he "posed an obvious danger to traffic and to himself."

The man was taken to a police station where he was tested for alcohol. The test turned out negative. He told police he got on the road accidentally, having got lost while looking for a brothel.