Police arrested a Michigan father, Shawn Weimer, 39, for using his 9-year-old daughter as a designated driver when he had too much to drink the night of October 8.
“What did you stop me for?” the 9-year-old allegedly told Brownstone Township police who pulled her over, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Photo: Gas Station Surveillance Video Clip Via Detroit Free Press
Gas Station Surveillance Video Clip Via Detroit Free Press
Gas Station Surveillance Video Clip Via Detroit Free Press (Medical Daily Gas Station Surveillance Video Clip Via Detroit Free Press)
“I was driving good,” she said.
The little girl who was sitting on a booster seat behind the wheel of Weimer’s red van, may have been driving pretty well for a 9-year-old but police say her father put his young daughter and himself in a life threatening situation.
Surveillance video from the gas station shows the man bragging that his daughter was only 9 and drove all the way to the gas station on her own.
“And I parked,” chanted the 9-year-old.
Someone near the gas station who watched the girl get behind the wheel phoned 9/11 to let them know the dangerous situation.
“She’s driving pretty good, I’m telling ya, I can’t believe it,” the 9/11 caller told the emergency dispatcher.
Weimer now faces charges of felony child abuse and being a habitual offender from previous convictions unrelated to the latest incident.
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