Six year old drives family car to school. Guess where he learned to drive.

http://news.aol.com/article/6-year-old-drives-family-car-to-school/295688

"It happened around 7:40 a.m. Monday on Route 360, about 61 miles east of Richmond. The boy, whose name wasn't released, missed the bus, took the keys to

his family's 2005 Ford Taurus and drove nearly six miles toward school while his mother was asleep, police said. He made at least two 90-degree turns, passed

several cars and ran off the rural two-lane road several times before hitting an embankment and utility pole about a mile and a half from school.

The boy told police he learned to drive playing Grand Theft Auto and Monster Truck Jam video games."

Holy Crap. We are going to get a lot of flak for this incident.

In case you were wondering why I posted it here, Grand Theft Auto is multiplatform.

Thats stupid! why did they get charged with child endangerment? They were asleep and their iddiot son thought he could drive. Genesis940

Unless they mean about the grand theft auto part, what kind of parent buys it for a 6 year old.

Well at least he had some training.wooooode

http://news.aol.com/article/6-year-old-drives-family-car-to-school/295688

"It happened around 7:40 a.m. Monday on Route 360, about 61 miles east of Richmond. The boy, whose name wasn't released, missed the bus, took the keys to

his family's 2005 Ford Taurus and drove nearly six miles toward school while his mother was asleep, police said. He made at least two 90-degree turns, passed

several cars and ran off the rural two-lane road several times before hitting an embankment and utility pole about a mile and a half from school.

The boy told police he learned to drive playing Grand Theft Auto and Monster Truck Jam video games."

Holy Crap. We are going to get a lot of flak for this incident.

In case you were wondering why I posted it here, Grand Theft Auto is multiplatform.

samuraiguns

Yeah, because you learn to shift gears and stuff from pressing a few buttons on a gamepad.nethernova

EDIT: Sarcasm identified

it still doesnt explain why he learned to drive from playing GTA. Seriously how did he know to put it in reverse? Also, did he stop at red lights or he jsut ran straight forward through the urning traffic?Genesis940

I really don't understand what the parents did to deserve being charged. Can anyone explain this?Holyknight_CJ

[QUOTE="wooooode"]Well at least he had some training.Genesis940

Thats stupid! why did they get charged with child endangerment? They were asleep and their iddiot son thought he could drive. Genesis940

The kid was 6 years old...

It was all funny till I got to the part about the parents getting in trouble. They were asleep dangit! :lol:

I usually don't make judgements on people unless I know them but if you expect your 6-year-old to wait for the bus by himself (his mother was asleep) and he's playing GTA so that raises some red flags for me.Boston_Boyy

Yes, blame the video games. Those evil works of Satan. It's NEVER the parent's fault..:roll:

Yes, blame the video games. Those evil works of Satan. It's NEVER the parent's fault..:roll:

Denji

[QUOTE="Denji"]

Yes, blame the video games. Those evil works of Satan. It's NEVER the parent's fault..:roll:

K1LLR3175

No, God and TV are supposed to look after kids remember? If anything goes wrong, it's the CD they bought. Or it's that "damn Grand Theft Auto" they bought. Didn't you know by playing Doom, you can gain skills that rival the likes of a Navy Seal? That six year old boy could be the next Bin Laden because of Grand Theft Auto! Because you can after all, rig and blow up a car in this game. Parents have better things to do than raise their kids...

at least he didn't try and run over prostitutes/the elderly

This is surely a lie . How could a six year old , size of a mini - dwarf even reach the pedals . How can he learn it from GTA ?! In gta you only have X and [ ] buttons . Did he plug the controller in the car and drive ?! WhiteEagle91

lol fords dont come manual, stick is the only way to really drive, anybody could drive an automaticRigga911