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| Boy, 4, drives to store for video. Store closed. Drives home. |
| 2005-02-08 |
| A boy of four drove his mother's car on a late-night trip to a video shop. Although not tall enough to reach the accelerator, he knew how to engage the automatic gearbox. The idling engine took him slowly to the store, 400 yards from his home in Sand Lake, Michigan. It was 1.30am and the shop was closed, so the boy began driving home. Weaving about and with its headlights off, the car attracted police patrolman Sgt Jay Osga, who followed the apparently driverless vehicle. It then turned towards the boy's block of flats and hit two parked cars. When Sgt Osga switched on his police lights, the boy reversed into his car. A shocked Sgt Osga then discovered who was driving. The mother said she taught him how to drive sitting on her lap. No charges will be brought against the unnamed boy or his mother. |
| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #10 # 3 True Nuff Kid's do the most amazing thing's , stunt's etc. the little guy, obviously snuck out of the house and perhap's has ONLY a Mommy- absent father. Mom was sleeping. The car door's need to be locked and the car keys OUT OF REACH- just like the chemical's under the sink. When I was 6 I got the chicken pox- my scalped itched so much , I grabbed my father's shaver and shaved my entire head and went to school bald for awhile! All kid's do these types of action's/behavior's Why sue civil?? Nobody was hurt- simply pay for damage to the car's that were hit. Case's like that CLOG THE COURT'S. Andrea Jackson |
| Posted by: Andrea 2005-02-08 4:36:31 PM |
| #9 Glad that you're okay LOR, 4 is a little young for a shaheen. (yes, I know, I know, they do blow up so young these days.) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-02-08 3:45:07 PM |
| #8 Walked into my grandparents house once around this age and said, "Cars go boom." Caused all kinds of excitment, lol. Apparently I'd gotten into one and pulled it out of park, letting it roll into another just a few feet away. Good thing for me that they didn't live on a hill. :) |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2005-02-08 3:08:45 PM |
| #7 My daughter is 4 and this is just up her alley . . . never will this episode be mentioned in my home . . . |
| Posted by: Jame Retief 2005-02-08 2:06:33 PM |
| #6 EGAD! My son is 4. Fortunately he only has a bike with training wheels, and leaves the real driving to Mom or Pop... BUT...I'm not telling him aboiut this...He IS very clever...And Blockbuster is 1-1/2 miles away... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-02-08 1:28:24 PM |
| #5 Great wahrks! No charges against the mother? Sounds like some cop has zeftyr shit for brains. |
| Posted by: Steve from Relto 2005-02-08 9:30:52 AM |
| #4 Outstanding. Beats my first ticket at 11. |
| Posted by: Mark E. 2005-02-08 9:19:52 AM |
| #3 No charges will be brought against the unamed boy or his mother. Some interesting civil suits might follow, depending on how well insured she is, though. And what on earth is a 4 yr old doing up and out alone late at night? |
| Posted by: true nuff 2005-02-08 7:42:16 AM |
| #2 I blame Grand Theft Auto 3 for teaching poor driving skillz. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-02-08 7:34:20 AM |
| #1 400 yards? This is why our chillrun are getting fat! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-02-08 7:29:27 AM |