Remember when you were six and all you wanted was for your parents to let you drive to the mall so you could hang out and smoke cigarettes? Oh right, that was when you were 16. At six, you were more concerned with naptime and "G.I. Joe."One Virginia six-year-old, however, knew enough about driving to pilot his parents' Ford Taurus about 10 miles toward his school. The boy weaved in and out of oncoming traffic and finally slammed into a utility pole. After emerging unscathed, he explained to authorities that he had missed the school bus and didn't want to go without breakfast and gym class. The boy also said he learned how to drive from playing video games like "Grand Theft Auto."
"It's a miracle that somebody didn't get killed," said Northumberland County Sheriff Chuck Wilkins. "We're a rural area, but if we do have a rush hour, that's it." The boy's parents were arrested and charged with felony child endangerment. The little joyrider was back in school (and gym class) by the afternoon.
Though it wasn't mentioned in the original report, we assume the "Grand Theft Auto"-playing boy expressed disappointment that real driving has far fewer opportunities for meaningless incidents of vehicular homicide.
Check out our gallery of epic car crashes people walked away from after the jump.
Epic Vehicle Crashes
Local fire crews seem to be trying to figure out if this is some kind of art installation.
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Creative parking. You could fit a MINI Cooper and two Smart cars in that extra space.
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This is why you never want bay windows when you live around the corner from the local pub.
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"Ice Road Truckers" would be our favorite show if this happened at some point in every episode.
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Finally, Tacos Jalisco got the drive-through they always wanted.
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Here's one of those wrecks where you wish your car was equipped with a ladder, rather than airbags.
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This trucker got one too many speeding tickets.
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Listen up, drug dealers -- when you're waiting for the importer to bring in your shipment, don't park right on the airstrip.
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A tornado caused this vehicle to experience two new kinds of AC -- an extra fan from a high-school gym and permanently opened windows.
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He used to skateboard. Now he can grind the rails in his Honda Pilot.
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Thursday 08 January
By Alex
What dumb fucking piece o shit, doesn't deserve to give birth, lame-brained douche-bag asshole parent buys Grand Theft Auto for their SIX YEAR OLD?? It says on the GODDAM FRONT OF THE BOX; 17 OR OLDER! I can understand getting it at 15, 16, hell maybe even 13 if your child is mature enough, BUT 6? Those parents don't just deserve a child endangerment charge, the government should make them wear mandatory signs that say "I'm a Dumbass", castrate the father, and get the mom's tubes tied so they may never have children again!
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Thursday 08 January
By lawls
i swear, if anybody actually says "SEE VIDEO GAMES ARE RUINING CHILDRENS MINDS" ill lose it.
hes 6 and his parents bought the game for him. If he was 15 then he wouldnt have thought he could actually drive. ALL KIDS when they are 6 think everything is real because they are just kids.
Tuesday 13 January
By Mr McGriddlecakes
It's glad to see someone thought the exact same thing I thought and decided to post it to save me some typing. What stupid fucking parents. They should get slapped with a 2x4. Repeatedly.
Also...why the hell does he even have a PS3 or 360?
Fuck.
Thursday 08 January
By razerGT
I'd like to see the parents try to sue Take-Two Interactive for this one... If they do I hope they get laughed out of the courtroom.
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Friday 09 January
By Fed
yes because an analog controller is exactly the same as a steering wheel, acceleration/brake pedals and stick in a car.
bullshit, the kid just learned from watching the parents drive.
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Friday 09 January
By fuck alex
i think this guy alex should go fuck himself for being such a little bitch about it.
P.S. fuck alex
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Tuesday 13 January
By candy alkaabi
Umm why arrest the parents when it was th echild that did this and how do we know it was the parents that gave him the game? mabey an aunt or cousin or uncle or someone else gave the kid the game or he played it with the babysitter they didn not give details if he had siblings otr not so mabey they own the game and let him play!! and the 17 or olde ris for the person buying it the game people have no liability after the sale the parents or teen that buys it is to be the responsable party also we have played driveing games from the time they came out with sega and the game machines you put your money into to play!! the child belongs in juvy and the parents belong goin gto parenting classes not subject to going to jail for a rare occurence!! for every 1 child that does something like this there are thousands mabey millions that play the games that wouldnt do something lik ethis!
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Thursday 15 January
By Forzin
It's quite obvious why we arrest the parents. Regardless of who gave it to him (WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?!), the parents are to blame for letting him play it. A six-year old hardly knows the difference between virtual and real. Well, most do. Then there are those freaky mature kids. *shudders*
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Sunday 18 January
By Willis
I found it is best to keep your pie hole shut till you have heard the entire story/truth. How many six year olds do you know that have a creative imaginantion and may not tell the entire story.Yes, maybe he did learn basic driving skills from a video game, my 19 month old learned to say shut up just recently.......at day care!!!!!!! So before you dim wits cuss and swear at the parents wait till it is all put on the table and then yell and cuss at them if it was them that purchased the game for him.
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Wednesday 21 January
By Richard
All of you people that are bitching about this, get a freaking clue. They have a steering wheel that comes epuiped with a clutch, turn signal switch, head light switch, horn, brake and gas pedals. If you play any kind of game that has you drive a car, and you use the steering wheel, its no longer a game, its a damn simulator. My second important point is, how do we know the kid owns the game and not the parents? I'm 30, and I still play video games. Finally, the parents should be held responsible for two reasons. First reason is the PS2, PS3, XBox and XBox 360 all have parental locks, and if they were being used, they child would have only seen his parents play the game. Second reason, the parents own the vehicle their child drove.... How did he gain access to the keys? At this time in the morning, where were the parents? At work? If they left a 6 yr old unatended at home, that would constitute child neglect and endangerment.
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