2008.10.08
Confessions of an 11-year-old driver
Anyone catch the piece in today's paper about a 10-year-old driving as fast as 90 mph before he rolled a van? Seems the kid was pulling designated-driver duty because the old man was riding shotgun, after downing 15 beers. Another passenger, a woman, was popping pills like candy when deputies arrived at the accident scene.
My immediate response was outrage--OUTRAGE, I say!---until I remembered that I began driving when I was 11. Of course, I wasn't doing zero to 60 in six seconds in the family wheels, either. And I was (mostly) confined to cruising quiet neighborhood streets near our house. Besides, the only "holics" my parents could plead guilty to being were WORKaholics.
Fortunately no one was hurt in the Blountsville, Tenn., accident. When arrested on a slew of charges, the male adult (and I use the term loosely) was wearing a T-shirt that said, "Buy this dad a beer."
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Sounds like someone is getting ready to lose their kid.
Comment by Ed S. — October 8, 2008 @ 11:53 am
It was even worse than it sounds. The dad admitted to drinking liquor and 15 beers and his lady friend was consuming pills after exiting the wreckage. There were two other children in the car or van at the time. Only minor injuries suffered, Dad booked for DUI on $10,000 bond. I believe the road surface was gravel also.
Comment by Mike — October 9, 2008 @ 3:15 am