6-year-old tries to drive to restaurant

[HopJokey]

Heh, this is a funny story I saw on yahoo:

BROOMFIELD, Colo. - A hungry 6-year-old grabbed his grandmother's car keys, positioned his child seat behind the steering wheel and tried to drive himself to an Applebee's restaurant.

He didn't get far.

Unable to take the car out of reverse, the boy backed up 75 feet from her house into a transformer Tuesday, knocking out electricity and phone service to dozens of townhouses in this suburb north of Denver.

No one was injured and the boy, whose name was not released, got out of his car and told his grandmother what happened.

"He proceeded to start the car and started backing up," said Sgt. Colleen O'Connell of the Broomfield Police Department. "He went backward about 47 feet, hit the curb, then went backward another 29 feet."

Investigators couldn't figure out how the boy reached the accelerator.

No charges will be filed.

"I have five children of my own, so I know you cannot watch them every minute they're awake," said nearby resident Nancy Hollis, whose power was knocked out by the accident.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200..._on_fe_st/odd_joy_ride

 

[MegaVovaN]

rofl, shoulda walked.

 

[jagec]

Who says he had to reach the accelerator? Once it was in R, it would keep going.

 

[potoba]

lol, it's actually impressive. I'll hire the boy when he grows up.

 

[Ricemarine]

I remember a couple years back a kid tried to drive to the local grocery store for cheerios...

He crashed the car...
but got a free bike from cheerios.

 

[Tiamat]

lol, thats pretty rad.

The kid had the right ideas...

1. Hungry (check)
2. keys to car to drive to restaurant (check)
3. safety seat because safety comes first! (check)

implementation needs a little bit of work, but that comes with practice

 

[rocadelpunk]

should've had powerwheels.

 

[Mallarddrake44]

haha tiamat thats pretty good thinking for a kid i would say!

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
lol, thats pretty rad.

The kid had the right ideas...

1. Hungry (check)
2. keys to car to drive to restaurant (check)
3. safety seat because safety comes first! (check)

implementation needs a little bit of work, but that comes with practice

4. Mad leet skillz to operate car. (pending)

 

[Leros]

Applebees should turn this into an ad.

 

[TehMac]

lol

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: Leros
Applebees should turn this into an ad.

:thumbsup: