Third-grader takes teacher's van for joyride

[proud2BlibKansan]

Third-grader takes teacher's van for joyride

Thursday, April 20, 2006; Posted: 9:56 a.m. EDT (13:56 GMT)

MODESTO, California (AP) -- An 8-year-old boy swiped his teacher's car keys and took her minivan for a joyride, cruising safely home and into the record books as the city's youngest auto thief, police said.

The third-grader told officers he "just wanted to drive around for a while" when he left the James Marshall School on Monday, officer Michael Amarillas told The Modesto Bee newspaper.

The diminutive driver snatched the keys from teacher Caren Brady's purse when she turned her back to the class. (Watch for the 9-year-old whose dad lets him drive -- 1:42)

In order to operate the Dodge Caravan, he raised the driver's seat, lowered the steering wheel, adjusted the rearview mirror and turned off the radio.

more . . . http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/19/joyride.ap/index.html

[Evoman]

1. Death Penalty

only thing that will teach these kids not to take their teacher's car

[saltpoint]

3. LOL!

[saltpoint]

2. Might just work as a motivation tool. Pass the Geography test,

drive teacher's car.

I loved that explanation the child gave to the cops.

[napi21]

4. Somebody did a really bad job at teaching their kid right and wrong!

I would recommend parental dicipline in any other case, but if they did that bad in teaching him so far, their ability to dicipline him now is highly suspect!

[fortyfeetunder]

5. Where's the Tazer and handcuffs?

Do him in Florida style... :sarcasm: