Police spot toddler steering car on German autobahn
Police officers in western Germany made a shock discovery after they noticed a woman using her phone in the driver's seat. It turned out that someone else was behind the wheel.
A police patrol in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate made a shocking discovery after they came across a driver who appeared to be typing on her mobile phone.
While such behaviour would already be hazardous, what they saw on closer inspection stunned officers. A toddler, less than two years old, was sitting on her lap with both hands on the steering wheel.
According to police, the woman showed no understanding of the risk. She insisted that the child had not been feeling well and that she was simply driving to a fast-food restaurant.
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I see toddlers driving cars around me on a daily basis.
Sensationalism.
So there's really two egregious things here only:
Based on the headline and first paragraph I was imagining a scenario where the toddler was driving the car with auto-pilot on while the woman was on her phone playing Balatro.
Edit: re-reading the German article, she was indeed driving to a fast food restaurant because the kid didn't feel well. Understandable though. Döner withdrawal symptoms are life threatening.
Excuse me? They were driving on the Autobahn, this type of street with speed limits between 60 (when there's building taking place) and unlimited. Also no article states that she was still steering the vehicle or even still had one hand on the wheel.
This could have ended in a horrific accident, no sensationalism about it.
Even a minor collsion would have crushed the child in her lap.
So? No article states that she wasn't an alien from outer space steering the car with telekinesis either, but it doesn't make sense to operate under the assumption that she was.
"Not feeling well? I'll give you something to not feel well!"
Gotta have that emergency döner
In France, children get watered-down wine with their dinner. In Germany, instead, this happens.
Fairly sure children in Germany can have beer at home too (SOME of them), but this one is a toddler lol
A solution to the toddler unemployment crisis!
Well they didn't cause an accident which is better than many drivers 🤷
They aren't as distracted by their phones yet. Once they get Tiktok, all bets are off.
Americans: let them drive!
Automation, I like it! /s