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    8 February 2019

    Who said you need eyesight to drive a car?

    By Mitchell TulkMitchell Tulk

    When someone loses their eyesight, they generally lose the ability to do things people take for granted like driving a car.

    However, one blind person has seemingly done the impossible and driven a sports car at full-tilt around the TopGear test track.

    Dr Amit Patel lost his eyesight back in 2013 and was no longer able to continue his job as an emergency first response driver.

    Nothing is impossible, you just have to believe! Nothing is impossible, you just have to believe!

    It’s been six years since he was last behind the wheel, yet with the help of a driver instructor, Amit Patel was able to record a top 10 lap time at the circuit.

    Steering a Toyota 86 in manual guise, there were a few spins, but Amit quickly got the hang of things.

    With two working eyes and the same driver instructor, I wouldn't even come close to Patel's time. With two working eyes and the same driver instructor, I wouldn't even come close to Patel's time.

    His best time was 1:46.58, scoring him the ninth quickest lap around the track, beating a handful of celebrities including James McAoy. 

    This isn’t the first time a blind person has lapped the test track at the Dunsfold Aerodrome with Billy Baxter back in 2004 posting a time of 2:02 while being guided by Jeremy Clarkson.

    Would you jump into the passenger seat with a blind driver? Let us know in the comments.

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