8 year old drives to Maccy D's

Avenged7Fold · 13 Apr 2017 at 15:40

A story which did not end in disaster.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39587853

Drove himself and his sister to McDonalds successfully after watching some youtube. Parents were asleep and obviously left the keys in an easy to reach place.

I am going to take a guess and say it was likely an automatic. Surely now that he has done it once successfully, the temptation to do it again is much greater!

JBuk · 13 Apr 2017 at 15:42

Probably a better driver than most

glenimp617 · 13 Apr 2017 at 15:43

shouldn't laugh, but

they must have really wanted a mcdonalds

meths · 13 Apr 2017 at 15:43

Fair play to them. Top marks for effort.

Rroff · 13 Apr 2017 at 15:46

Quite a good chance it was auto being the US - I've got a setup here for playing racing games (wheel, peddles, etc.) my 7 year old nephew is quite capable of driving i.e. free roam in TDU2, etc. without hitting anything/mostly following basic road rules aside from when he gets impatient/frustrated.

Avenged7Fold · 13 Apr 2017 at 15:53

JBuk said:
Probably a better driver than most

Yup, i hope they release CCTV footage because i would really like to see how the drive was.

The boy obeyed all traffic lights and laws, witnesses said.

"He didn't hit a single thing on the way there. It was unreal,"

The boy drove 1.5 miles (2.4km), covering four intersections, railway tracks, and several turns, Mr Koehler told Cleveland news outlet Fox8.

glenimp617 · 13 Apr 2017 at 16:09

My lad did the legoland karts when he was six. Shocking how well he handled the traffic lights and roundabouts.

Can just imagine an eight year old driving down to mcdonalds lol - having his little sister with him makes it even funnier.

/Not funny though!

Psycho Sonny · 13 Apr 2017 at 16:23

both parents were asleep. so unless they were junkies that means it was very late @ night. less traffic on the roads, etc. he could have went that full journey with only 2-3 other cars on the same roads. i'm guessing it's obviously an automatic. so the only hard part would be steering and braking.

Avenged7Fold · 13 Apr 2017 at 16:26

Psycho Sonny said:
so the only hard part would be steering and braking.

Koehler points out that the van the boy was driving was not a newer model with power steering, which means he had to put some muscle into it to even turn the steering wheel.

The fact it was an old van makes it funnier if it wasn't a 'mini-van'

V F · 13 Apr 2017 at 16:29

glen8 said:
shouldn't laugh, but

they must have really wanted a mcdonalds

LOL! Seems to be a very funny day today.

ttaskmaster · 13 Apr 2017 at 16:30

Staff at the restaurant thought they were the victims of a prank when the underage pair stopped at the drive-through window, the paper added.

I assume that's their excuse for just mindlessly serving them and not calling the cops, or something?

adolf hamster · 13 Apr 2017 at 17:00

Jesus what are parents raising their kids to these days!? Maccy d's indeed....

Trusty · 13 Apr 2017 at 17:19

Get him into karting, now!

PardonTheWait · 13 Apr 2017 at 18:11

ttaskmaster said:
I assume that's their excuse for just mindlessly serving them and not calling the cops, or something?

I really liked the bit in the article where it described how that happened

MooMoo444 · 13 Apr 2017 at 18:18

They'd probably still be there trying to get out of the driveway in a manual

Marky · 13 Apr 2017 at 18:56

As mad and as scared I'd be if it was my kid... A hint of pride would definitely hit me

Eyewitnesses say he kept to the speed limit and rules of the road!

dowie · 13 Apr 2017 at 22:15

adolf hamster said:
Jesus what are parents raising their kids to these days!? Maccy d's indeed....

This is what happens when Tesco run out of potato alphabets. Not only are they starving kids they're also responsible for joy riding!