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Child drives car: VIDEOGAMES TO BLAME! photo

Pure hilarity coming out of Muncie today. A 7-year old stole his grandfather's SUV and drove it around town before finally crashing the vehicle at an Outback Steakhouse. 43-year old Matthew Sands followed the red Geo Tracker down Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard after noting that he was "awful small to be driving."

The boy eventually stopped at the steak house after Sands blocked his path and the pint-sized joyrider had no option but to crash into a tree. When Sands got out of his car to deal with the child, he suffered a final act of revenge as the boy reversed right into Sands' car. 

Police are speculating that the boy learned to drive for over a mile from a PlayStation videogame.

I don't even need to go into how retarded that is.


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Spartacus's Avatar
Spartacus at 06/24/2008 11:49
a button =/= stick shifting
Dr Milkdad's Avatar
Dr Milkdad at 06/24/2008 11:53
I blame rock and roll
zombiekiller13's Avatar
zombiekiller13 at 06/24/2008 11:54
Gotta love the awesome investigation skills of the police. "Hmmm...he's 7...he might play video games...I know what the Playstation is...yup, he learned to drive by playing Playstation games."

Because, you know, kids don't pay attention to you when you're driving and don't see you push the gas to go, push the brake to stop, turn the steering wheel in the direction you want to go. Nope, gotta be them thar videea games.

Surprised they didn't blame the theft of the car by the youngin' on GTA.
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eternalplayer2345 at 06/24/2008 11:57
You know this stems from those dime store novels, you just know it.
ShuperShawn's Avatar
ShuperShawn at 06/24/2008 11:57
Ya I checked it out on youtube a while ago. One thing that I gotta say is that little fuckhead of an eight year old needs to hear the crack of the thick leather belt across his fat ass.
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ShuperShawn at 06/24/2008 12:02
O ya, here's a link to the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLeVlBca5lg
After watching that, you'll defantly be pro beating children.
Professor Pew's Avatar
Professor Pew at 06/24/2008 12:03
/facepalm
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greeneggsnsam at 06/24/2008 12:04
I've played Gran Turismo to death and I can't even drive properly.

The car must have had an analogue stick instead of a steering wheel and an X button instead of an accelerator.
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Mushman at 06/24/2008 12:04
*Sigh*, the state of police investigation today is abysmal, this accuastion is laughable to say the least, like Zombiekiller3 said, kids look at how there parents drive, they pick up on the little things. Video games my ass.

Facepalm Vamp does not approve

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TheDreadHawk at 06/24/2008 12:14
Yeah, and I learned how to kill giant walking robots that moo with just my feet. Oh yeah, and wield a sword! And shoot a sniper rifle from over two football fields away and hit my target. And I also learned how to make little people date eachother and go WooHoo in the hot tub. That's what videea gaymes TAUT MEH I DUN KNEED SKOOL!!1 =D

But in all seriousness: /facepalm
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Corak at 06/24/2008 12:16
I blame heavy metal, the devil's music, its warping our children's minds and making them steal cars.
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Chicken008 at 06/24/2008 12:18
You can learn to drive just by sitting next to the drivers seat..
DeusPayne's Avatar
DeusPayne at 06/24/2008 12:18
I blame jazz music
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dtomek at 06/24/2008 12:19
Obviously one or both of his parents must be a paraplegic with a love for the vidya games. Thus the car being retrofitted to be operated via a PS1 controller. It's not much of a stretch to find the connection between the evil's of the vidya games and the evil of toddlers.

On a side note way back when, when my pops was taking me out to teach me some driving skills, he pondered aloud how I was not already a consummate driver after having played as many racing games as I had. I guess old people fail to see the disconnect between real life and games. I'm pretty sure that is where the horror arises from.
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Trev at 06/24/2008 12:19
I'm more impressed that the kid successfully drove and only ended up hitting something after someone cut him off. Video games, helping people drive responsibly.

@mushman
I love the in-game camera.
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Barcode at 06/24/2008 12:22
@chicken008

you can learn the concept of driving from the passenger seat, but you cannot learn to control the vehicle until you drive it. Every car acts a bit different once you drive it.

And as for the story, people are fucking... retarded.

Facepalm!
Mushman's Avatar
Mushman at 06/24/2008 12:26
@TheDreadhawk

UZ GT MAAAAD SKILLZ 2 PLAY DA BILLZ, YO!!!!!

LOL, only joking, nice point by the way.

@Trev
LOL, gotta love the in-game camera, that pic was actually uploaded on photobucket, but I do have a pic of a guy relieving himself on a statue, also a pic of me tebagging some one on MGO, good times I tell ya.
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garrfunkel at 06/24/2008 12:27
Ive played all the GTA's, all the Burnouts, a lot of Need For Speeds and some other driving related games and I cant even start a damn car let alone get it to go somewhere.
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Rucksack at 06/24/2008 12:29
I predict that this will become an internet meme within the week!
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Barcode at 06/24/2008 12:38
@SuperShawn

wow, this kid does need a major beating!

Hopefully this will work:

[embed]92037:12544[/embed]
Barcode's Avatar
Barcode at 06/24/2008 12:39
ok it doesn't, it's the video supershawn posted. It's seriously worth a look.
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CypherVR at 06/24/2008 12:47
Facepalm.

i blame the bumper cars, go-karts and the little rascals.
ShuperShawn's Avatar
ShuperShawn at 06/24/2008 12:50
Ya that video is actually a totally different story but still good, sorry that i got those stories mixed up but they are damn simmilar
CypherVR's Avatar
CypherVR at 06/24/2008 12:51


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ShuperShawn at 06/24/2008 12:55
I blame the parents or whoever is "raising" this kid because I don't know any 7 year olds that would even dare to take there parents/grandparents car.
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DeusPayne at 06/24/2008 12:55
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLeVlBca5lg

I like this one better. "I wanna do it 'cause it's fun. It's fun to do bad things — and drive into a car." "I wanted to do hoodrat stuff with my friend"
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donkeykong at 06/24/2008 12:58
holy eff, when I was learning to drive I blamed video games for making me a WORSE driver, I was always trying to center myself in my lane instead of centering the whole car, and probably other things too. I don't remember very well since I'm such an excellent driver now.
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ace of knaves at 06/24/2008 13:05
I've become so jaded this actually brightened my day.
Yuphrum's Avatar
Yuphrum at 06/24/2008 13:14
Jesus that kid that of very lightly for what he did!
But this is one of those articles that is so retarded its funny.
blehman's Avatar
blehman at 06/24/2008 13:16
I blame Jesus. Wait....
Gibbo's Avatar
Gibbo at 06/24/2008 13:16
I loved in the video how the police were trying to explain to the child about the consequences of driving into cars.
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The-Excel at 06/24/2008 13:17
It's official: vehicle sections in action games need to be banned as of today.
iwontusemyname's Avatar
iwontusemyname at 06/24/2008 13:24
well, to be fair, stick shift sounds remarkably similar to joy stick.
007's Avatar
007 at 06/24/2008 13:26
Fuck leather belts. He needs to be hit with a car. See how that curb liked it. Little shit didn't even look sorry for what he did.
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Tactics at 06/24/2008 13:27
I guess they don't want to blame their NASCAR on this. The lack of guidance and supervision is to be blamed here and not videogames.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 06/24/2008 13:41
I blame God for creating the universe.
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zombiekiller13 at 06/24/2008 14:34
Okay. Just watched the video. His grandmother should be allowed to beat him senseless in front of the reporter, and then the cop should give her an award. Seriously...that little punk needs the fear of God put into him.

"I wanna do it 'cause it's fun, it's fun to do bad things...I want to do hoodrat stuff with my friend."

No hope. Kill it with fire and try again.
Electro Lemon's Avatar
Electro Lemon at 06/24/2008 14:40
This just in: Police know what game is to blame.

CypherVR's Avatar
CypherVR at 06/24/2008 14:51
after seeing the video i remembered watching this before, a couple months ago.

REMIX!!!!!lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-R6kE82d_A
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TheManta at 06/24/2008 15:20
Like kids need video games to teach them how to drive automobiles. Most of them get electric cars when they are no older than 3. My friend's kid has one, and he drives that thing around like a pro. Here's a link to one that looks like a H2 and goes 5mph.

http://kidswheels.com/12/24-Volt-High-Performance-Machines/12-Volt-Little-Tikes-Hummer-H2-Yellow.html
Murumasa123's Avatar
Murumasa123 at 06/24/2008 16:19
Any parent who teaches a child to drive by age seven deserves a medal.
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mistic at 06/24/2008 16:51
if all you americans wouldn't use automatic-gearboxes, this would be a lot less of an issue... I mean I tried on 3 seperate occasions to get away with my fathers car, but thanks to stick-shifting, I only managed to get it right the last time ( by that time i was 12 allready :p )
BlackSunEmpire's Avatar
BlackSunEmpire at 06/24/2008 21:37
I heard they were replacing drivers license tests with playing a few rounds of GT5 when it's released later on this year. It's pretty much the same thing right??
Kalmah's Avatar
Kalmah at 06/24/2008 22:08
Will someone please BAN THIS SICK FILTH?! Why won't anyone think of the children?
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Harkonnen at 06/25/2008 03:10
I'm with mistic, blaming your automatic transmishunz.
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JustLikeBuck at 06/25/2008 03:22
Hahahahahahah! I wish!

It took me three attempts to pass my driving test, and I've played video games since before I could read!

Though playing a driving game before actually driving, I do not recommend :|
daddy gamer's Avatar
daddy gamer at 06/25/2008 09:19
Newflash:

The war in Iraq is because of video games.
GOLD5's Avatar
GOLD5 at 06/25/2008 21:28
Oh man, I totally cheated on my wife with this slutty stripper last night.. Must be GTA4. Yeah, thats the ticket..
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