Posted on 05/10/2005 1:47:03 PM PDT by Pylon
A 54-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of public drunkenness and child endangerment after authorities found his 9-year-old son behind the wheel of his car in Clairemont, San Diego police said Tuesday.
An officer spotted billowing smoke from an overheated car near the intersection of Balboa and Genesee avenues around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, police spokesman David Cohen said.
Behind the wheel was a boy who appeared too young to be driving, Cohen said.
The officer pulled the car over, but the siren apparently flustered the boy and he drove up on a curb and stopped just before hitting a telephone pole, 10News reported.
The young driver and his 6-year-old brother were crying as they and their father got out of the car, Cohen said.
The boy told police that he was driving because his father was too drunk, Cohen said.
The man was arrested on suspicion of public drunkenness and child endangerment, Cohen said.
The boys were released to their mother, he said. The couple is divorced.
Kids, don't let your Dad drive drunk!
I wonder why?
One gutsy little 9 year old.
still disturbing but you have to give the child some credit.
Poor little guy!
Kids, don't let your brothers drive drunk!
Yeah, but at least he has a nice son who drives him home.
My sons are 3 & 1. I was certainly hoping I'd have a designated driver in 6 years.
Not sure if I can hold off on my binge-drinking much longer than that.
Ronald Reagan had similar experiences as a child with his own drunken father.
Oooooohhhhh!
That's gonna leave a mark!
What a loser for a father. I would be surprised to find out that the mother is much better. I pray that God watches over these children...no telling what they have seen in their young lives.
It always amazes me how loyal little kids are to their stupid fool parents. This little guy was probably more worried about that drunken ass than his own safety.
I would've gladly gotten my father drunk if I could've driven the car at 9yrs old.
Father, dear father, come home with me now!
The clock in the steeple strikes one;
You said you were coming right home from the shop,
As soon as your day's work was done.
Our fire has gone out our house is all dark
And mother's been watching since tea,
-- With poor brother Benny so sick in her arms,
And no one to help her but me. -
Come home! come home! come home!
Please, father, dear father, come home.
[Chorus] Hear the sweet voice of the child
Which the night winds repeat as they roam!
Oh who could resist this most plaintive of prayers?
"Please, father, dear father, come home."
[Solo] Father, dear father, come home with me now!
The clock in the steeple strikes two;
The night has grown colder, and Benny is worse
But he has been calling for you.
Indeed he is worse Ma says he will die,
Perhaps before morning shall dawn;
And this is the message she sent me to bring
"Come quickly, or he will be gone."
Come home! come home! come home!
Please, father, dear father, come home.
[Chorus] Hear the sweet voice of the child
Which the night winds repeat as they roam!
Oh who could resist this most plaintive of prayers?
"Please, father, dear father, come home."
[Solo] Father, dear father, come home with me now!
The clock in the steeple strikes three;
Our house is so lonely the hours are so long
For poor weeping mother and me.
Yes, we are alone poor Benny is dead,
And gone with the angels of light;
And these were the very last words that he said
"I want to kiss Papa good night."
Come home! come home! come home! -
Please, father, dear father, come home.
[Chorus] Hear the sweet voice of the child
Which the night winds repeat as they roam!
Oh who could resist this most plaintive of prayers?
"Please, father, dear father, come home."
Was this you?
Simple.
Dad needs to have his a$$ kicked to next Sunday
Maybe Dad has learned his lesson and next time will let the 6 year old drive /sarcasm
We can hope.
Also be grateful that someone wasnt killed.
This may disturb some, but keep in mind that this was in the middle of the Nevada desert, about 250 miles from nowhere, close to where they torched off A-bombs.
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