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6yr old kid misses school bus, nicks car - Nsar
Er....points for endeavour?

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7816511.stm


slight subject line tweak - I thought it was a 6 year old wife !

Edited by Pugugly on 08/01/2009 at 17:21

6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - wazza
Must been hard for him to see over the wheel and reach the pedal.

Was surprised to see that the kids have been taken into custody. Everyone leaves their keys lying around and don't expect the kids to 'borrow' them. Better put mine in a safe when i come home.

Edited by wazza on 08/01/2009 at 00:42

6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - billy25
As usual there must be more to this story! - seems harsh to split a family for something the lad did off his own bat whilst his parents were unaware. unusual for a six year old to even be able to reach and use the pedals whilst still being able to see out the screen! must be a tall lad for his age!
6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - welshlad
i agree the reaction is a bit extreme there must be more to it then just the lad taking the car for the kids to be taken away .......surely.

afterall even if your childproofing a house a high hook for your car keys so little tommy doesnt nick your car i dont think would cross the minds of 99.9% of parents
6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - daveyjp
According to the report he looked out of the drivers door window, not the windscreen.

Full marks for endeavour and depseration to actually want to get to school.
6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - L'escargot
Full marks for endeavour and depseration to actually want to get to school.


Those factors are completely negated, and then some, by the deaths he could have caused. He's in serious need of some corrective treatment. At the very least he's seriously delinquent.
6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - L'escargot
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - Armitage Shanks {p}
Use the rod and get taken to court! This is PC 2009!
6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - Westpig
how about the angle of a 6 year old having to get up on his own, get dressed, leave the house and enter the big wide world........(and steal the car after he's missed the bus)... all whilst the parents are too lazy to get up and properly look after him

I think the car is a sideline, albeit an important one.

It would be different if he was up earlier than his parents on a non school day, was playing in his room (or so they thought) and unknown to them sneaked into thre garage and stole the car unexpectedly.. but this little lad was expected to sort himself out on a a school day.. and 6 is still quite young
6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - NorfolkDriver
Im with WestPig on this one.

Mum was still in bed, too lazy to take child to school.

6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - mfarrow
Mum was still in bed too lazy to take child to school.


And the dad was...? The kid could have got up and dressed with his dad's supervision before he left for work.
6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - zookeeper
>> Mum was still in bed too lazy to take child to school.
And the dad was...? The kid could have got up and dressed with his dad's
supervision before he left for work.



the really annoying thing about it is the parents didnt even have to do him any breakfast
6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - Westpig
i was under the impression the breakfast at school thing was designed for kids who's parents went to work early and weren't available to feed them....not those too lazy to get up and ensure their kids are properly looked after. Maybe it's different in the States and there is a whole culture thing with the kids having breakfast with their mates etc.. but i'm sceptical
6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - L'escargot
the really annoying thing about it is the parents didnt even have to do
him any breakfast


It was good thinking. If the child had been killed in an accident the breakfast would have been wasted.
;-)
6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - oldtoffee
>>It was good thinking. If the child had been killed in an accident the breakfast would have been wasted.

The selfish brat could have got up ten minutes earlier and made his poor mum breakfast, inconsiderate or what? Kids today eh.
6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - L'escargot
Use the rod and get taken to court! This is PC 2009!


More's the pity.
6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - Ian (Cape Town)
>> Use the rod and get taken to court! This is PC 2009!
>>
More's the pity.


The presidency of the FIA is yours for the asking!
6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - Bagpuss
In the US, it is illegal to leave a child under the age of 11 unsupervised. The authorities are very strict on "child neglect" and in such cases will immediately take the children into care and then ask questions later.
6yr old misses school bus, nicks car - movilogo
Had it been a manual car, could he drive it so easily?

:)