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| Blind Civil Liberties Skier |
 To reinstate the natural tranquility of Windermere Lake in England, a 10 mpg speed limit was enacted in March of 2005.
Gerald Price, a blind man from Stockport, England, didn't like it. He believed that the Lake District National Park Authority was overstepping its bound and breaching human rights laws.
Price, a world speed record holder for blind water-skiing, set his record on Windermere in October of 2004. "We have been robbed of this enjoyment in the Lake District along with thousands of families," he told Ananova news service.
Gerald Price took matters into his own hands and skied behind a boat at 28 mph to test the new law on England's largest lake. He received a warning for his first attempt at breaking the speed limit so had to go out a second time to get ticketed.
"It's unjust, unfair and unreasonable. You tell me any other sport where somebody with my disability, my age, my problems, could go out and take part in something that's as exciting and enjoyable as what I've done. I really, really enjoyed that ski," Price said.
Campaigners to get the lake speed limit repealed as well as some local businesses have said that it is hurting the local economy. Attempts have been made in the last two years to change the law but no headway has yet been made.
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