MOTORISTS had to swerve to avoid a man asleep at the controls of a motorised wheelchair on a north Queensland highway.
Police who breath-tested him allegedly found him to be six times the legal blood alcohol limit.
Police found the 64-year-old man asleep in his wheelchair in a turning lane on the Captain Cook Highway at Stratford north of Cairns on Friday morning.
Passing police noticed him slumped in the wheelchair and stopped to help.
They breathalysed him when they smelt alcohol on him.
He allegedly blew .301, more than six times the legal limit.
He told police he was going 14km to Trinity Beach to visit a friend, most of it on the four-lane highway.
"We'll allege he placed himself in a very dangerous situation," police spokesman Bob Waters said.
"People should be aware that drink-driving laws cover these kinds of vehicles, but also others like horses and bicycles.
The man will appear in Cairns Magistrates Court on July 7
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