I’m Lovin’ It! 8 Yr Boy drives Dad’s Car to get Burger at McDonald’s
Mangaluru: Kids these days having so much craving for McDonald’s Hamburger, Cheeseburger or a Happy Meal will go beyond their limits, to get one of their McDonald’s favorites- and here’s one latest story where a 8-year boy along with his 4-yr old sister drove his dad’s van, while he was asleep, to a nearby McDonald’s. This Ohio boy wasn’t letting a little thing like his age stand between him and a cheeseburger.
Story as revealed in the media goes like this- Eight p.m. Sunday in East Palestine, Ohio-USA. Dad is in bed after working all day. Mom, also exhausted, falls asleep on the couch. Even though they’ve had dinner earlier, the 8-year-old son and his 4-year-old sister are hungry — for McDonald’s Cheeseburger. But instead of the waking up his parents, the boy decides this is a problem he can handle by himself.
The boy seated his sister in the back of the father’s work van before he got behind the wheel. He drove about a mile from his house, through four intersections and over railroad tracks. The trip required several right-hand turns and one left-hand turn. Witnesses in other vehicles spotted the underage driver and called police. They reported he obeyed traffic rules, stopped at red lights, adhered to the speed limit and didn’t sideswipe a single garbage can.
After reaching the drive-thru at the fast-food restaurant, the boy paid for the cheeseburgers with money from his piggy bank. The McDonald’s workers thought the kid’s parents were trying to prank them. The workers thought that the parents were in the back, but obviously they weren’t. They quickly called the police. Police arrived, but not before the children got to eat a cheeseburger and chicken nuggets. Meanwhile, the kids were spotted by a family friend who notified their grandparents, who drove to the restaurant to take them home.
How did an 8-year-old learn to drive?, one police Officer who wanted to know asked the boy, “YouTube videos”, the boy responded. No charges were filed by the police. Apparently he was tall enough to reach the pedals. Just an advice to our local moms and dads, with couple of McDonald’s in the City Malls, you better make sure you lock your vehicles or hide the vehicles keys in a safe place- you never know our Mangalorean kids who are much smarter than the American Kids, may also slowly sneak out of the house and drive your Maruti Omni to a nearest Mickey Dee’s (McDonald’s). What a story of this daring 8-year-boy? !’m Lovin’ It!
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