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Blind residents given the opportunity to get behind the wheel

Residents were paired with an instructor in a specially adapted vehicle

Fifty Manx residents with visual impairments and other disabilities were given the chance to get behind the wheel at the Jurby Race Track recently with expert instructors.

Charity Speed of Sight is run by Mike Newman BEM - a multi-world record holder and the 'fastest blind man on the planet'.

They teamed up with the British Irish Trading Alliance - who the charity say played a 'vital' role in making the event happen.

Manx Radio's Christian Jones went down to the track to see it all in action:

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