7 year old Michigan boy drives to see father

7-year-old driver: Police question how he got so far, who taught him how
10:59 PM, Jun. 21, 2011
BY TAMMY STABLES BATTAGLIA AND ELISHA ANDERSON
DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS

Barefoot and wearing pajamas, the boy was too small to even see over the steering wheel of the car.

But that didn't stop him. The 7-year-old Sheridan Township boy reportedly stood up on the floorboard of his stepfather's red Pontiac Sunfire, gripping the wheel with his hands and accelerating with one foot on the gas pedal.

The boy's jaw-dropping 20-mile ride, which ended when police got him to stop by boxing him in near the bridge over the Pigeon River outside Caseville, was all motivated by one thing according to police.

"He was crying and just kept saying he wanted to go to his dad's," Caseville Police Chief Jamie Learman said. "That was pretty much it: He just wanted to go to his dad's."

....The officers calmed the boy down by talking to him through the window. Eventually, the boy was able to unlock the car and Britt quickly put it in park.

Police then called his mother.

"She was frantic," Huron County Sheriff Kelly Hanson said. "And when the deputy went down to pick her up and take her to the scene, she was pretty upset."

The mother and boy immediately went to the county's department of human services. Hanson said he will ask Huron County Prosecutor Timothy Rutkowski to review the case and determine whether charges should be filed.

"Throwing the book at a 7-year-old driver isn't our intent. It's, 'Why did this occur?' " Hanson said. FULL STORY

Duh, the kid said he wanted to go to his dad's.  Mystery solved.  They will probably end up blaming dad.  What do you want to bet?