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Bloody kid deserves a spanking. Not only did he endanger his life, he dragged his sibling into it as well. The parents should be seriously cautioned for not securing the home before nodding off. Wonder what the excuse would have been had this encounter turned tragic.
I agree that kid should get in trouble but what kind of securing would you consider to be enough. Shackle the kids to their beds when you are tired?
Our car keys were always on the counter. Never would have dawned on me at that age.
Although I don't condone any of his actions, part of me is impressed with him ingenuity. I work at a college and am surrounded by students who lack any critical thinking skills or the ability to help themselves.
Tractors on a farm do not have to negotiate other cars, pedestrians and traffic lights. Plenty more could go wrong with a car on the street than a tractor on a farm. Bad comparison.
One local story here had a woman killed while riding on a bike when a drunk dad allowed his kid to drive them home. As cute as this story is let's not forget how dangerous this was.
Meh, I was driving farm to farm or to the feed store at that age, I had to deal with pedestrians and other cars . I also had lot's of practice behind the wheel by the time I was eight so I wasn't like the kid in this story. It was pretty dangerous since he had to practice and well it's illegal but it happens all the time in farming country.
Wow. Where are the parents? Sometimes I'm alarmed for society. If your 8 year old kid is watching enough hours of youtube to be able to learn to drive from them and also drive well, then there is a problem.
I wonder if he ever snuck out before and drove around. He was probably smart enough to know not to tell the cops. I don't what worse. That he plotted all of this or that he can't control his argues (for fast food). What's he going to do when he covets more expensive things? Watch videos on how to commit robberies when wants a pair of Jordans?
He drove standing up. Here's an article that gives more information on the incident. I'd like to see any follow-up news, if there is any. The article in the OP says police are investigating the case, I assume to determine if there was negligence or neglect on the part of the parents. My bet is that the kids never got dinner, so the boy determined to do something about that, for himself and his sister. Was there nothing in the fridge they could scrounge? Boy, 8, Drives His 4-Year-Old Sister to McDonald's After Watching YouTube Instructional Videos
My theory is the children didn't like their dinner, because it wasn't junk food. Or the parent said, as they did in the past, if you don't like it "Make your own dinner" not knowing how calculating their son was and he said to himself "Now, I have an excuse to steal the car". Normal kids don't steal a car. Normal kids don't watch videos on how to drive a car. I'm also wondering if he had driven the car before. It seems he was too good at it for just watching videos.
Give the kid a break! He only did that because there is no In-N-Out in Ohio.
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Originally Posted by Eeyore1954
It could have been worse (or better depending upon your taste). It could have been White Castle.
But there's Five Guys and they're great.
Seriously though, this kid is getting a lot of attention. I hope with all this his parents are teaching him he did something very wrong and should never, ever do it again. Maybe at the age of eight he was capable of operating a vehicle but eight is certainly not an age in which someone is capable of using good judgment should something unexpected occur. There are dozens of scenarios that could have resulted in an entirely different ending to this story in which the parents would be facing a tragedy rather than having people talking about how "cute" it was.
My son started giving me driving tips when he was in third grade. He thought he could drive because he played video games where he was driving all of the time. Friends told me it was time to start hiding the car keys so I did.
My son decided at age 11 to take a midnight joy ride in the family car, which was a stick shift. We found out about it when the local police knocked on our door at about 2am to let us know they had our son at the local lock-up. He had struck a parked car, among other things.
He went on to graduate from West Point, and is now a responsible 50 year old, so I've forgiven him his youthful indiscretions...
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