Because his mother doesn't want to buy him a Lamborghini, a five-year-old American grabs his parents' car. Defiantly, he sets off to buy a sports car himself - his jaunt ends on the highway.
Washington (dpa) - The police in the US state of Utah stopped a five-year-old driver on a freeway who wanted to drive to California in his parents' car.
The boy said he had previously argued with his mother about not wanting to buy him a Lamborghini sports car, the Utah freeway police said on Twitter. "He decided to take the car and go to California to buy one himself. He may have missed the purchase because he only had $ 3 in his wallet." The cheapest Lamborghinis cost around $ 200,000.
The police said it was estimated that the boy had come three to five kilometers. Policeman Rick Morgan was actually behind a car that was driving too fast when he saw another car that had trouble keeping on track. He then decided to let the speedster get away and stop the other driver.
A shot of the police car's dash cam shows the boy changing lanes uncertainly and finally stopping after the siren sounds. The police said that Morgan initially assumed that the driver had a medical problem or was under the influence of alcohol. The policeman approached the stopped vehicle from behind and wondered why he could not see the driver's head through the rear window.
Morgan had finally found that a young child was the driver and sole occupant of the car. It was a five-year-old. The shot of the dash cam captured how the policeman said, "How old are you? You are five years old? Wow." And further: "Where did you learn to drive a car?" Morgan told local broadcaster KSL that the boy was sitting on the edge of the driver's seat to reach the foot pedals. The child's parents said they had never driven a car.
The boy had told him that he was on the way to his sister in California. After his arrival, he wanted to buy a Lamborghini. He was under the supervision of an older sibling when he set out. "He grabbed the keys and was gone." Police noted that the boy turned south from the family home in Ogden onto Interstate-15 - "the right way to California".
After the story became known, the local broadcaster KUTV reported that numerous offers had been received that the boy could go with a Lamborghini. The family had already met a Lamborghini owner so Adrian could enjoy a ride in one of the exclusive sports cars.
A police spokesman told KSL that the son's jaunt could have legal consequences for the parents. They were very happy that nobody was harmed. But that does not mean that human lives were not endangered. Parents should make sure that their car keys are not easily accessible to children.
