It is always good to have parental guidance on a new venture.
But as the saying goes, there’s always a right time and a right place.
A child, only at the height of his mother’s waist, taking the driving wheel of a car?
That’s most definitely not okay.
Alas, this pair of parents did it anyway.
A Driver’s Seat Not For Two
In the video’s description on SG Road Vigilante’s Facebook Page, apparently a father is teaching her child how to drive their blue BMW as the mother sits in the shotgun and films.
The short 44-second video starts off with the mother in a yellow shirt-dress with her baby son, hand in hand.
It might have started out as a cute home video of sorts, but the video takes a questionable turn.
The child is now seated on his father’s lap, smaller hands grasping the driving wheel while a larger set of hands overlaps his.
The father sounds audibly amused as he says, “Whoa, why [are] you so good? Can teach me?”
The mother appears to be playing along too, as she remarks, “Wah, cannot go so fast, I very scared.”
Woman, I’m more scared for the child and father, considering how there doesn’t seem to be a seatbelt over the boy.
The incident took place along Goodman Road, starting from around Chelsea Lodge before the vehicle slows down at the T-junction up ahead.
The huge red block is a huge landmark in the area apparently and flashing road signs are a godsend.
Although it’s hard to perceive, the speed-o-meter shows that the BMW was going as fast as 63km/hr before it decelerated to 7km/hr.
That’s a fairly high speed on a normal road, even if it’s rather empty of traffic, to say nothing of the fact that there’s a child in his lap.
Precious cargo isn’t meant to be treated like that.
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Negative Response from Netizens
As of the time of writing this article, the video has been viewed at least 115,000 on Facebook.
Most of the comments admonish the parents are being so irresponsible and stupid—and that’s to put it mildly—because the family are putting themselves at risk.
They criticise the parents for teaching the child the wrong things, such as giving him the false belief that he “can” drive even though he doesn’t have the proper training or licence, which might lead to disastrous consequences later in his life.
Some worry that it might cause an accident. (Touchwood.)
If something bad actually happens, the boy will either take the brunt of the airbag, which can be a very painful experience due to the explosive expansion of the safety device even if it can help cushion the impact, or he will fly out of the windscreen because he’s not being tied down.
They worry for the safety of the pedestrians and other drivers too, as the parents are more fixated on their child than the road itself.
Other netizens are raising their figurative pitchforks, tagging and asking the traffic police and Land Transport Authority to revoke the parents’ licence for this brash act, or at the very least, fine them.
Something needs to be done, the netizens declare, or else others might learn from their example and endanger themselves.
Apart from that, people are amazed at the videographer’s stupidity for posting it on social media where everyone can see it, like they are asking to be caught by the police.
Some netizens even argue that they should be fined for their stupidity instead.
Honestly, they’re just short of giving away their car plate number to make the police officers’ investigation easier, though it might not take that much time to track them down because the names of the father and son are written in the description, and it was initially posted on their own personal social media account before SG Road Vigilante snagged it.
If you want to let your child experience driving for the first time, take him to bumper cars or those moveable animal rides or something, there’s no need to put everyone at risk.
Parents, please be careful and be wary of what you teach your impressionable children!
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