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Video posted of 7 year old driving an SUV - criminal charges likely
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article published on 8 August, 2009
In yet another example of how law enforcement can use online video and other content to find criminal or dangerous behavior and then do something about it in the "real world", a police investigation has been launched by Quebec provincial police over a YouTube video which shows a 7 year old driving an SUV.
The kid is in the driving seat cruising along a country road as he is cheered on ... [ read the full article ]
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8. August 2009 @ 11:00 |
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who cares? i was driving when i was eight around home.
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varnull
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8. August 2009 @ 11:09 |
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It's a public highway.. different.. what if these idiots had been involved in an accident and landed somebody in hospital seriously injured? .. That isn't an insured driver. And the brat isn't wearing his seat belt even.. I believe that's also illegal in Canada.
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8. August 2009 @ 11:18 |
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the article stated it was on a county road, which is where i learned how to drive. i remember it fondly, passed one of my best friends who was also my age doing farm chores. hell, i drove back from detroit michigan to by house (about 6 hours) by myself when i was 15 when we went up and bought a car.
and he didnt cause anyone to end up in the hospital, so why bother wasting tax payers money on something so stupid when it could be spent on better things, like oh i dont know, catching the real killers/rapists/drug dealers.
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varnull
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8. August 2009 @ 11:27 |
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As somebody who grew up in the country I can categorically state that narrow country roads are probably among the most dangerous places to pull this kind of stunt.. animals, walkers and farm vehicles abound.. along with blind corners and high hedges.
Just because nothing happened doesn't make this any less of a crime.. they have helpfully provided the evidence of aiding and abetting an uninsured and unlicensed driver to drive at speed.. did they have learner plates on the vehicle? .. does the kid have a learners license? .. err.. NO .. uninsured and unlicensed drivers are responsible for a high percentage of road accidents. It's almost a shame they didn't wrap up and kill themselves.. the coroner would have put it down as gross stupidity and misadventure.. and the insurance companies would have refused to pay out.
So you support unlicensed and uninsured drivers careering around the roads without any control? I bet you won't feel the same if one of them crashed into you and you had to pay all your medical bills and an increased insurance premium for your vehicle.. It's fine to sit there saying it's ok to pull stunts like this.. but really it isn't. People are hurt and killed every day by illegal drivers.. I fully support the police and the courts getting them off the roads. I don't think in many cases the penalties are high enough.
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8. August 2009 @ 11:37 |
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i actually have been hit by an unlicensed, uninsured person. she was going to see their dope dealing murder husband in the prison close to my home. luckily in indiana at the time, not sure if there still is, a way to force to her to pay for the damages done. so my premiums did not increase at all since she was a complete retard and ran into the side of my truck.
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varnull
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8. August 2009 @ 11:49 |
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I was cut down by a hit and run by an unregistered vehicle. They never traced the owner or the driver.. they never found the car either. It was nice losing my job and home as a result of my injuries.
You were lucky with your insurance.. sounds like a decent company. Over here they tend to laugh, refuse to pay out.. or if they do then rack up your premiums by 25%
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8. August 2009 @ 12:13 |
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the way i got the money wasnt through my insurance though. it was through a state program that covers you in case you get hit someone that doesnt have insurance. i think the program was started due the high influx of mexican immigrants that started moving here a few years ago. and about 90% of these people were illegals, that didnt have insurance, a license or anything at all. so instead of just deporting these people and saying, hey tough crap, go back to mexico until you get your stuff in order, they just use tax payers money to pay the people they, or any other uninsured person they hit.
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8. August 2009 @ 12:14 |
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Originally posted by wabashman:
who cares? i was driving when i was eight around home.
the point is they where stupid enough to post it on younoob.
i started driving when i was 8 but there where rules. you did what was said not what you did.
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varnull
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8. August 2009 @ 12:18 |
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I learned to drive farm machinery off road. Legal and safe... if a tractor on a hill is ever safe XD
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8. August 2009 @ 12:25 |
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Originally posted by varnull:
I learned to drive farm machinery off road. Legal and safe... if a tractor on a hill is ever safe XD
lol. i still hate driving tractors sideways on hills. come to think of it, i dont even like mowing on a hill.
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8. August 2009 @ 14:50 |
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Always use Tor if youre going to post something illegal on the net..pics/vids, doesnt matter.
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Mysttic
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8. August 2009 @ 22:35 |
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the point is they where stupid enough to post it on younoob.
That is the first thing I told my wife when I read about it. My dad let me drive his car when I was young, but it was like a block and then told to park it in the driveway. He wasn't dumb enough to record it, and he made me where a seat belt; but in society's eyes it's still wrong.
If the guy was even an inch smart, I know at least in Ontario, Canada if you drive in a parking lot, its not illegal no matter how old or if you carry a valid license. You don't need to own the vehicle either, just the owner needs to be there, meaning he should have taken his kid to a lot if he didn't want to face charges. Personally just for posting this vid on youtube, he deserves whatever he gets.
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chris4160
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9. August 2009 @ 00:43 |
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I first drove when I was 9, but that was on an empty parking lot, and not with my young brothers or sisters in the back, and it was not filmed. Imagine the guilt that kid would of faced if he crashed and his whole family was killed except for himself, could you live with that?
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 14. August 2009 @ 02:02
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riggarob
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13. August 2009 @ 23:01 |
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If, if, if........If a frog had wings, it wouldn't bump it's a$$ when it jumped. I startd driving when I was 10, been drivin' now for 50 years. Next time maybe the dopes will wear masks when they post on the largest video site in the world !!!
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