Be warned, it’s not longer an insult to call an erratic driver "blind" because some have probably gone faster than you. At an airstrip in France, Belgian Luc Costermans broke the world blind road speed record by going 192 mph in a Lamborghini Gallardo. He shattered the three-year old record held by Mike Newman of Britain — 166 mph in a BMW M5.
Costermans, 43, was blinded in an accident four years ago. He hit the top speed in two runs in the borrowed Lambo. He dedicated his effort to the Formula 1 racing driver Philippe Streiff, who has been a tetraplegic since suffering an accident in a Grand Prix in Brazil in 1989.
This isn’t Costermans only dabble in sports usually reserved for the sighted. Two years ago, he completed a tour over France piloting a light airplane. He was accompanied by an instructor and a navigator.
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