Boy, 13, Kills Father While Parking Porsche Cayenne

[compos mentis]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08192009/news/regionalnews/driver__13__kills_his_dad_185290.htm

My condolences to the family.

Hopefully someone learns from this terrible tragedy to prevent history from repeating itself.

I see so many parents trying to be their kids 'buddy', instead of being the parent and taking some heat temporarily from the kid when you don't grant their unreasonable request.

Now the son has to try and survive what he did. Plus what the the rest of his family has to overcome.

Hopefully some parents/guardians will make a wise decision and say no to the child, or the child says no to those who encourage them to learn to drive at a non-legal age.

Of course many of us drove a car before the legal age, but its high stakes gambling with lives and futures and eventually someone looses... like this family.

[Chevrolaine]

I taught my son around that age also and my daughter is currently 15 and learning at home, but I never let em do it without me in the passenger seat!
Good God, that kid will never be right again. :(

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

thats some f-ed up shizz...

[TonyHuntimer]

The kid will never ever go a day without thinking of that one event. One could almost predict that single split-second misjudgement will lead to that kid being VERY troubled for life.

[tones2SS]

The kid will never ever go a day without thinking of that one event. One could almost predict that single split-second misjudgement will lead to that kid being VERY troubled for life.

Yeah. I agree. I feel bad for the family, but mostly for the kid that killed his own dad. He will be carrying that burden on his back the rest of his life. Sad story.

[mc84_zz4]

Dang that is terrible... I feel so sorry for that poor kid, I am sure that Dad thought it was all under control at the time too.
Sad, Sad... I think a broken leg or so, would be a better lesson than the current outcome.
Send that kid over here, I'll teach him how to drive.

[parsonsj]

Well, I feel badly for the boy, but his father got the worst of it. :)

jp

[Blown353]

Ouch.

I feel bad for the family for sure and feel real bad for the kid... he is probably going to be a head case for the rest of his life. How the hell would you even start to get over something like that?

Makes me glad my first "real car" driving lessons when I was 9 years old or so were out in a wide open graded dirt lot behind the wheel of my dad's bench seat El Camino-- with him sitting in the middle so he could take over the wheel and pedals if he had to! I had driven karts and 3-wheelers well before those first "real car" lessons but my Dad was still savvy enough to make sure he could take control if needed.

I can't even imagine how that kid must feel right now and will for the rest of his life. That's one hell of a burden to carry.

[dadto2jays]

never from the outside of the car, always sitting inside is how I taught my 20 year old son when he was 12....
horrible story..

[406 Q-ship]

Dang that is terrible... I feel so sorry for that poor kid, I am sure that Dad thought it was all under control at the time too.
Sad, Sad... I think a broken leg or so, would be a better lesson than the current outcome.
Send that kid over here, I'll teach him how to drive.


Something tells me that the boy will not want to learn to drive......

I feel bad for the kid and the family....not so much for the father for he was an idiot.

[John Wright]

Sad story indeed. Poor kid, having that memory of his Dad inscribed forever. All it takes is a minute or a second to change our lives forever.

[6'9"Witha69]

I can't even fathom the range of emotions they must be feeling right now.

[formula]

Alright, It may seem like i'm making light of a sh*t situation, but I'm not--this is seriously something I've been wondering about.

...what do with a car like that? I presume the family would want nothing to do with it. But...do you sell it? Do you tell the buyer?

[redhead]

Alright, It may seem like i'm making light of a sh*t situation, but I'm not--this is seriously something I've been wondering about.

...what do with a car like that? I presume the family would want nothing to do with it. But...do you sell it? Do you tell the buyer?

well trade it in for a couple smartcars. I figure they can run you over and you could still walk away.