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8-Year-Old Hits 112mph on Second Freeway Drive
Newser ^ | 08/25/2019 | Editors

Posted on 08/26/2019 12:25:05 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

His mom had told him not to ride on the autobahn

(Newser) – An 8-year-old boy got a stern talking-to earlier this week when he took his mom's Volkswagen for a joyride on the German autobahn, but after pulling the stunt again—hitting speeds 112 mph—he's been put into psychological counselling, the AP reports. Dortmund police said Friday the grade-schooler stole the keys to the Golf around midnight and drove from his hometown Soest to Dortmund, about 30 miles away. Police say another motorist reported the child driving at high speeds in the city, saying "red lights and driving regulations did not seem to interest" him. As police searched for the vehicle, the boy drove out of town and crashed into the rear of a parked truck at a rest stop. Nobody was injured but the Golf was badly damaged.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: autobahn; automotive; europe; germany
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"...he's been put into psychological counseling..."??
1 posted on 08/26/2019 12:25:05 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

And what did his dad say? Or do I already know the answer to that?


2 posted on 08/26/2019 12:27:11 PM PDT by fluffy
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To: Responsibility2nd

Someone sign this kid up for some Formula 1...


3 posted on 08/26/2019 12:27:14 PM PDT by TomServo
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Hard to believe an 8 yo would drive that fast. Harder to believe a Golf could go that fast.


4 posted on 08/26/2019 12:27:31 PM PDT by o-n-money
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’d try to get him into a transmission kart.


5 posted on 08/26/2019 12:27:53 PM PDT by VietVet876
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hard to believe it was reported in mph, and not kmh


6 posted on 08/26/2019 12:29:00 PM PDT by SGCOS
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To: fluffy

7 posted on 08/26/2019 12:29:14 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Responsibility2nd

“My name is James Tiberius Kirk!”


8 posted on 08/26/2019 12:29:37 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (“They are openly planning to murder you. Prep if you want to live.”)
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To: Responsibility2nd

NASCAR on line one!...........


9 posted on 08/26/2019 12:30:22 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: o-n-money

That’s a European Golf. If it was a US Golf that would be amazing.


10 posted on 08/26/2019 12:30:22 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Im The s)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Lewis Hamilton’s kid?


11 posted on 08/26/2019 12:30:23 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Sirius Lee

Good call!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeRghYqi090


12 posted on 08/26/2019 12:34:11 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Responsibility2nd

He was heading over to his hot teachers house for some afternoon delight


13 posted on 08/26/2019 12:34:50 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Well, a ‘stern talking to’ didn’t seem to do the trick. Maybe better to counsel now than after he kills someone - he’d need a lifetime of it, then.

(IF it’s a true story... you never know anymore.)


14 posted on 08/26/2019 12:34:55 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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saying "red lights and driving regulations did not seem to interest" him.

Any possibility the kid was actually from Taiwan or Thailand?

15 posted on 08/26/2019 12:35:19 PM PDT by PGR88
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Check out the Golf R.

The best and fastest compact hot hatch made today.

Top speed is 155 mph. 0-60 in 4.9

 

 

16 posted on 08/26/2019 12:35:47 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

See post 16.

A Golf R is bad to the bone. Here in the US even.


17 posted on 08/26/2019 12:37:29 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

>>>That’s a European Golf. If it was a US Golf that would be amazing.<<<

I was in Germany in late June. My rental was a Ford Fiesta.

I got it up to 135mph at one point. See video below. Of course, it was a Ford Fiesta ST, around 200hp Turbo and stiff suspension. Was an absolute blast to drive.

Also, the passenger was holding the phone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkZAIEDcVmE


18 posted on 08/26/2019 12:38:09 PM PDT by Malsua
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19 posted on 08/26/2019 12:41:05 PM PDT by bitt (The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.- Ayn)
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I figured the kid’s name would be Spritle. Did he have a monkey sidekick named Chim-Chim?


20 posted on 08/26/2019 12:45:14 PM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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