Five police cars and a police helicopter were required to halt the progress of a 13 year old boy who stole vehicle in the British city of Hull. During the pursuit the boy drove the VW people carrier at speeds of up to 178km/h and only stopped when he crashed the vehicle into three parked cars. During the pursuit the boy sped through Hull city centre and then took to the M180 motorway. While driving at high speed, the boy overtook other vehicles using the motorway's hard shoulder and finally veered off at an
Police in the US state of Michigan recently managed to stop a vehicle that had been taken without its owner's consent, with a seven year old boy at the wheel. The boy was dressed only in pyjamas and took his mother's Pontiac for a 32km drive before the police were able to apprehend him. The boy had been staying at his mother's house and decided he wanted to go and see his father, so he took the keys and the car. A member of the public saw the boy driving the car and alerted the police who gave pursuit. The
A Chinese child has been given stern advice on road safetyfollowing an impromptu journey he made recently. The boy rode his motorised tricycle across a busy junction at Wenzou in Eastern China. His journey was viewed live
on traffic cameras as the boy crossed the junction, apparently unconcerned at the rush hour traffic all around him. Footage that would turn any parent prematurely grey showed the boy happily driving his tricycle through the melee, as buses and cars roared past. The boy was being looked af
