[Shannon]

why wasn’t the 5 yr old kid in a car seat?

That was my exact thought. The child couldn't possibly have been properly restrained.

Did the father report it to the press hoping to get sympathy or make the police look bad? He deserved those tickets.

[Diggity]

I agree totally.

[stormer]

None of this smells right. A kid who should have been strapped in gets out above a 35 foot cliff where they were going to feed the ducks? Frankly, if a car can roll down the hill into the water and still start, it’s not exactly a steep, life threatening drop - more like the kind of thing I’d have jumped off at that age just for fun. I’ll bet a dollar the guy either forgot to put it in park or set the brake and he cooked up this story to save face. “Just don’t tell mommy...”