I could not find an online source for this story, so I'm copying and pasting from our own wire service. This is almost too unbelieveable to be true:

Four Year Old Steals Car, Joyrides To Video Store:

Date: 2/6/2005
Title: MI Preschool Driver/Video
Dateline: Sand Lake, MI
Source: NNSWXMI

Early Saturday morning (2/5), a 4 yr-old boy drove to the local video store in his mother's car. The preschooler made it to the store, about a quarter of a mile away, driving under 10 miles an hour.

After noticing that the store was closed, the boy headed home. That's when local police spotted his car. Police say that the car was swerving all over the road, and they didn't see anyone behind the wheel. They followed the car to a nearby apartment complex. Upon entering the complex parking lot, the car hit two parked vehicles. When the car finally came to a stop, it was only a few feet away from the apartment building. The child then put the vehicle into reverse and rammed into the police cruiser that had parked behind it.

Officers couldn't believe who they saw behind the wheel. The mother, alerted by one of the neighbors, said that she had no idea that her son had left. The mother said that her son had tried to drive the car before, but she had stopped him. However, police believe that the mother had unintentionally taught her son how to drive, by letting him sit on her lap while she was driving.

All the damage the 4 yr-old caused amounts to about $600 dollars for the police cruiser and a couple of hundred dollars for the neighbors' cars, but there won't be any charges filed. The mother of the driver was not available for comment.

Do you punish that kid, or just get premium cable and hide the car keys?