When you are caught by law enforcement driving with an invalid license, you can expect the worst in terms of punishment. But justice is not autistic and with good arguments well presented by a lawyer who knows how to listen and do his job, we can make our voice heard, even if our ears are pulled. The proof with the British champion Guy Martin who shocked the authorities with his Asperger’s syndrome…
In Great Britain, Guy Martin is not only a distinguished driver, having finished on the podium 17 times in the legendary Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man, but he has also set an endless series of speed records registered in the Guinness Book. The latest is a 217 km/h reached on a tractor... In short, he's a real celebrity.
He was the protagonist of the documentary “Closer to the Edge,” featured television shows on the world of automobiles, wrote three books and even made an appearance, in the 2017 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix, in as a mechanic for Williams. In recent weeks, however, the 38-year-old Englishman has found himself in the newspapers for the wrong reason: he was at risk of being convicted by the courts, but he was saved because of his psychiatric disorder...
Martin was accused of possessing a false Irish driving license and using it in place of an English license to enable him to drive heavy vehicles. For this reason, the pilot faced a trial which should have started on January 6. But psychiatric reports concluded that Guy Martin suffered from Asperger's syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder, and for this reason he does not always apply common sense and tends to blindly believe people: " the prosecution accepts as credible the fact that Martin believed it was a real driving license », concluded Judge Simon Hirst. For this reason, the charge was dropped…
Asperger syndrome is a family disorder of autism, a pervasive developmental disorder affecting between 350 and 000 people worldwide and which manifests itself from childhood. People affected by this syndrome have difficulty socializing and interacting with other people.
