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Initech

(102,826 posts) Wed Aug 19, 2015, 11:58 PM Aug 2015

Dumb Criminals: DUI Suspect Makes 10 Year Old Designated Driver (No, Not That State)

STILLWATER — Town police said a Saratoga Springs man had his 10-year-old drive his pick-up truck while he was sitting drunk in the passenger seat.

Stillwater police said they were contacted by someone on Saturday who saw a young child driving a truck on Route 9P. The truck pulled over for police, and it was found that a 10-year-old was driving while his father, John H. Barling, 46, was allegedly intoxicated in the passenger seat. The child was picked up by a family member, and Barling was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, and permitting unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a traffic infraction.

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Police-Drunk-man-has-10-year-old-drive-truck-6447347.php

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Dumb Criminals: DUI Suspect Makes 10 Year Old Designated Driver (No, Not That State) (Original Post) Initech Aug 2015 OP

I guess he never heard about this wonderful service called "taxi" or Uber. 4lbs Aug 2015 #1

I like a dad who does stuff with his kid. lob1 Aug 2015 #2

Just like my hometown... Mopar151 Oct 2015 #3

My driver's ed teacher told a story one time... 47of74 Oct 2015 #4

4lbs

(7,395 posts)

1. I guess he never heard about this wonderful service called "taxi" or Uber.

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 01:50 AM

Aug 2015

Yeah, it would have cost about $10.

Instead, he gets to pay thousands in fines and a court date.

lob1

(3,820 posts)

2. I like a dad who does stuff with his kid.

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Thu Aug 20, 2015, 02:40 AM

Aug 2015

Mopar151

(10,194 posts)

3. Just like my hometown...

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 07:31 PM

Oct 2015

Happened with a kid I was in 5th grade with....

47of74

(18,470 posts)

4. My driver's ed teacher told a story one time...

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Thu Oct 8, 2015, 07:58 PM

Oct 2015

There was this family at a party. The dad was hammered and the mother did not know how to drive. The kid at the time only had a learner's permit. The mother and the kid got the dad into the back seat to start sleeping off the party and the kid drove home. As luck would have it the kid got pulled over on the way home. We all thought the kid was up shit creek. But the teacher then revealed the cop was quite understanding once he and mom explained the situation to him and he let them go on their way to take the dad home.

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