Driving miss crazy

A Canadian woman became drunk at a party and decided that as a result, it would be safest to ask her nine year old daughter to drive the family car home. Police spotted the vehicle being driven slowly along a country road and when they saw how small the driver was, pulled the car over. The woman was charged although the daughter has escaped a fine for driving without a licence.
July 17, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A Canadian woman became drunk at a party and decided that as a result, it would be safest to ask her nine year old daughter to drive the family car home. Police spotted the vehicle being driven slowly along a country road and when they saw how small the driver was, pulled the car over. The woman was charged although the daughter has escaped a fine for driving without a licence.

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