Did you hear the one about the six-year-old boy from Virginia who crashed the family sedan on his way to school?

Yep, and he even told police he learned to drive playing games like Grand Theft Auto and Monster Truck Jam.

Apparently he wanted breakfast and didn’t want to miss Phys Ed, so he took the family’s ‘05 Ford Taurus and started her up, driving six miles before running the car off the road, hitting a utility pole and an embankment. He was roughly a mile and a half from school.

Northumberland County Sheriff Chuck Wilkins had this to say about the incident:

“He was very intent on getting to school… When he got out of the car, he started walking to school.

And where was good ol’ mum during this whole ordeal? Asleep.

And this is why I hate when parents blame video games for their children’s behavior.

The boy only suffered minor injuries, thankfully. Also, the parents are being charged with child endangerment, with the boy and his four-year-old brother being held in protective custody.

Granted, I’m sure I don’t know the specifics family’s situation, but if you’re sleeping instead of helping your kid get to school in the morning, you’re obviously doing something wrong.

My other issue is as follows: why are you letting your six-year-old play Grand Theft Auto in the first place? I’m not one for censorship, but unless you’re attentively playing the game with your child, explaining why violence, racism, and drugs are bad, a kindergartner shouldn’t be touching an M-rated game. And I highly doubt these are the kind of people who do that sort of thing.

This really makes my blood boil.

Thanks go out to GamePolitics.

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