Posted on 05/05/2020 2:19:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The boy said he left home with only $3 in his pocket after an argument with his mom because she refused to buy a sports car, the Utah Highway Patrol said.
A 5-year-old boy from Utah wanted his mother to buy him a Lamborghini, and since she refused, he got in her car and attempted to drive to California himself to purchase one.
The child's planned multistate journey, however, ended roughly five minutes after he took the car when a Utah Highway Patrol trooper pulled him over on the freeway Monday around noon.
In a dash-cam video released by the department, the SUV the boy is driving is seen weaving across the freeway as cars and semi-trucks whizz past. The child pulls over to the shoulder of the road after the trooper activates his sirens.
"How old are you? You're 5 years old?" the trooper is heard saying. "Wow ... Where did you learn to drive a car?"
The boy said he had left his home in Ogden after he got into an argument with his mother because he wanted a Lamborghini and she told him no, according to a tweet by the highway patrol.
"He decided he'd take the car and go to California to buy one himself. He might have been short on the purchase amount, as he only had $3 dollars in his wallet," the tweet read. The luxurious sports cars can start as low as $200,000, depending on the model.
Highway Patrol Lt. Nick Street told NBC affiliate KSL in Salt Lake City that when trooper Rick Morgan stopped the vehicle he thought it was going to be an impaired driver, not a child.
Morgan said when he approached the SUV, the little boy was sitting on the edge of the seat so he could reach the pedals. His head barely reached the headrest behind the steering wheel.The child only drove for about five minutes from his home to the freeway when he was stopped, KSL reported.
"I helped him get the car into park, shut the vehicle down and then we started to look for means to contact his parents," the trooper said.
The Highway Patrol was able to reach the boy's family, who said his parents were at work and had left him in the care of a sibling.
Street said no one was hurt and it's not believed that any property was damaged, but the boy's parents could still face charges.
"We're counting our blessings (nobody was hurt) but that doesn't mean a high-risk situation that put a lot of people's lives in jeopardy (didn't occur)," he said. "Based on that, we'll talk with the county attorney and see what charges they would like filed or screened with them and we'll do that."
This kid has some loose screws rattling around in his head.
I would soooo love to walk out into my garage and see that..
He looks more like 12 than 5.
They did a great job too!
“When he finally goes back to school, this story will make him
famous.”
“My Summer Vacation”..
You know what? You’re right.
It’s an ADORABLE story.
And I can see that kid’s doing GREAT!
My pappy said, ‘Son, you’re gonna’ drive me to drinkin’ if you don’t stop drivin’ that Hot. Rod. Lincoln.’
LOVED the beginning of that movie. I thought I was really going to dislike it, but I ended up loving it. :)
I’m a real loser...what movie ?
I hope they don’t come down too hard on the parents-they have their hands full with that kid...
Some people forget that some kids are born intelligent and precocious-the kid called the barefoot bandit comes to mind-a kid like that is going to be a real headache-an expensive one, too-if they are not given activities that challenge them mentally and physically, and are not spoiled and given their own way by parents and siblings. If they can be kept from doing dangerous and illegal things, they will probably be the next tech wizard, rocket scientist who discovers warp drive, archeologist who discovers important ruins, etc...
A friend of mine had her last of 4 kids in her late 30’s-a boy who was a like that-he also had a tested IQ well above genius level-by the time he was 8, he’d taken his dad’s truck for a drive twice and disabled a neighbor’s security cameras as well as hacking into the e-mail of the neighbor who snitched on him-is now in the astronaut program as an engineer...
Jeez, with a face like that he’d need a Lambo to get
any girls.
“And ARE spoiled-not are not spoiled”-duh!
Corvette scene with young Kirk
Sorry about the foreign captioning.
(I'd NEVER call you a loser!)
I’ve been a Star Trek fan since my teens, when the original series came out-the new 1st Star Trek movie ended up being one of my favs as well...
Agreed! When I was still at home, you did NOT bother my Dad when ‘Star Trek’ was on. You just didn’t.
I ended up being an early fan, too. ;)
I agree. People around here forget that kids are creative, troublesome at times, and actually do things like this more than one would think. We now hear about it but not the background via internet.
After the fourth movie Star Trek failed to remain Star Trek. Old School here.
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