‘Press accelerator harder’: Chinese parents who let 5-year-old girl drive car around city at night fined after sharing video online
- A couple in China let their five-year-old daughter drive their car while filming her and posted the video online, claiming it was a ‘driving lesson’
- After the parents posted the video of the girl behind the wheel on social media it was reported to police by shocked internet users
A couple in China have been fined after posting on social media a video of their five-year-old daughter behind the wheel of their car and driving on the road during what they claimed was a “lesson”.
The parents from Zhuzhou in Hunan, central China, let their daughter drive their car around in a built-up area in late September while filming her on a smartphone, people.cn reported.
A video published online shows the car driving along a road at a modest speed, the father, surnamed Kuang, is in the driver’s seat with his daughter on his lap steering the car.
“Press on the accelerator a little harder,” the father tells the girl.
The girl can be seen gripping the steering wheel and turning it every now and then.
The girl’s mother was in the passenger seat while filming her daughter driving.
“You are driving very well,” the mother said.