Canadian Man With No Arms Gets Ticket For Not Wearing Seat Belt

[Initech]

SASKATOON—When Steve Simonar was pulled over by police in the past, he says officers would quickly question why he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt while behind the wheel. Then they realized why.

He has no arms.

He says the surprised officers usually looked him over and let him off with “have a nice day.”

“Nobody ever gave me a seatbelt ticket because, you know, I can’t wear one. I can’t put it on,” Simonar explained Wednesday.

The owner of a Saskatoon construction company is fighting his first seatbelt ticket, a $175-fine issued last week during a city traffic blitz.

Simonar said he was angry and hurt by the fine and plans to file a complaint with Saskatoon police. He wants the officer who approved the ticket to rip it up and apologize.

“I’m a rare bird . . . and that’s what kind of makes this whole thing stupid,” he said. “I’m the exception to the rule and it has to be treated that way.”

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/05/01/driver_without_arms_given_ticket_by_saskatoon_police_for_not_wearing_seatbelt.html

[MADem]

1. I used to have a car with an automated shoulder belt. You closed the door and it came to you.

Maybe he could do an aftermarket rig of something on those lines.

This guy likes to fight, though.

He earlier fought a parking fine in court, arguing he was unable to plug coins in the meter, he said. He lost.


In MA, if you are disabled, you don't have to pay parking at meters. It's one of the few perks of an unfortunate condition.