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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11:46 AM on 06.24.2008
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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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLeVlBca5lg
After watching that, you'll defantly be pro beating children.
The car must have had an analogue stick instead of a steering wheel and an X button instead of an accelerator.
Facepalm Vamp does not approve
But in all seriousness: /facepalm
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.
@mushman
I love the in-game camera.
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!
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.
wow, this kid does need a major beating!
Hopefully this will work:
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i blame the bumper cars, go-karts and the little rascals.
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"
But this is one of those articles that is so retarded its funny.
"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.
REMIX!!!!!lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-R6kE82d_A
http://kidswheels.com/12/24-Volt-High-Performance-Machines/12-Volt-Little-Tikes-Hummer-H2-Yellow.html
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 :|
The war in Iraq is because of video games.