11-Year-Old Boy Chased By Cops In His Parents' Minivan After Being 'Inspired' By GTA
Most of us can successfully tell the difference between Grand Theft Auto and real life. The way we drive in GTA, for example, isn’t exactly the way we do it on our way to work.
But that didn’t stop one 11-year-old kid from trying it anyway. He was caught driving his parents’ minivan ‘erratically’ through traffic near Toronto, Canada. His reason for taking the risk? He claims to have been inspired to see what driving a real car was like after finishing a session on GTA. Wow.
The child had no previous driving experience, which makes it even more incredible that he managed not to hit anything solid.
He was caught on Highway 400. Apparently plenty of other motorists were trying to get the boy to stop after witnessing him “travelling all over the highway; in and out of lanes, up and down on speeds,” traffic officer Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said.
11 year old boy returned to parents after failing to stop for police on Hwy400... Wanted to drive after playing #GrandTheftAuto;— opp_hsd
When the police caught up with him the boy tried to speed away from the pursuit, then stopped at the roadside before making a break for it when an officer tried to approach on foot. He was caught soon afterwards.
Now we’re not naive enough to question why an 11-year-old was playing an 18-rated game. We’ve probably all been there, or have siblings who have. But to take inspiration from GTA and to then go out and give it a try in the real world? Let’s be thankful no one was hurt and hope the kid has learned his lesson.
Comments
I think he was curious if GTA 5 scenes were real to life
It says 18+/M for Mature on the box for f*ck’s sake.
Im 12 and i have been playing since 11. Yes, it is a really bad game for children. However, ratings for games are not even right. Minecraft for example, has a E+10 on the box. Your going to make me wait until im 10 to play Minecraft?? Im pretty sure a 16 or 14 year old would do just fine for gta
When i was 11 i plated gta 4 and didn’t want to go steal a car
Now if that kid had been playing either Gran Turismo or Assetto Corsa things could have been a lot different
Yeah he would of crashed after the first turn
I’m sorry but it’s the parents fault I’m fed up of these media sites blaming rockstar games when it’s their bad parenting
Where do they blame rockstar?
This is why there should be a legal and illegal age limit for GTA.. Smh. Parents need to keep a tighter leash on him
All we need now is someone inspired by top gear
Atleast he drove instead of shot
Driving his parents minivan and trying to outrun the cops,thats ambitious
Oh yeah, I’ve heard about this on news. Amazing the kid even knew to make a turn in an industrial zone and not across yellow lines.