And next to him in the front seat was the little driver’s younger brother.
Who among us has not sat on Dad’s lap, trying to steer the car? The only thing was in the parked car, but if we were driving, then somewhere in the village, along a country road.
But there was such a dad who decided to teach the child to drive right away on the high-speed highway – the ring road in St. Petersburg. There, for reference, it is allowed to drive up to 110 km / h, but the drivers drive all 130-150 km.
A boy of 7–8 years old seemed to be sitting on his father’s lap. Squinting from the sun, his nose buried in the steering wheel, he tried to steer. What a child seat there is! He wasn’t even wearing his seatbelt. And at this time, the father, keeping an eye on the road, still managed to smoke. Nearby, in the front passenger seat, was another child – apparently the younger brother of the young driver.
“I was alarmed that the car was wobbling from side to side,” said the driver Irina Fedoseyeva in the VKontakte group. – Having approached closer, they saw that a child was driving. At first, they drove for 15 minutes in the far left lane at a speed of 140 km / h. Then, by some miracle, the car went into the right lane.
Irina’s passenger managed to photograph the unfortunate family.
“I’m going to transfer these shots to the appropriate authorities,” the driver assured.
– Training driving is prohibited on highways, – comments auto instructor Alexey Poptsov. – Beginners with instructors travel only around the city. And if the student is not 18 years old, then he will be allowed to drive only in a closed area. In this case, the training vehicle must be equipped with additional gas and brake pedals. Under such conditions, some driving schools even take children 6-7 years old for training. At the same time, the instructor will never put the student on his knees, he always sits next to him – in the passenger seat. Here the child is not fastened, sits right next to the steering wheel. In the event of sudden braking, such a ride will end for the boy with serious injuries or even death. The child’s father also risks the lives of other road users – a sharp turn, and a serious accident on the highway cannot be avoided.