Grandbaby, You can drive my car, sez grannie: Police
NOT THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE DRAWER: Joan Joseph, 74, took 10-year-old granddaughter to a McDonald’s in Quincy and (allegedly) let her take her car for a spin in the parking lot as a special treat, The Boston Globe reports:.
While driving, the little girl hit three cars. …
After the accident, the two had switched seats.
The grandmother initially told police that the accidents occurred when she mistook the gas pedal for the brake.
But when police told her they had a video of the episode and witness accounts saying that her granddaughter was in the front seat, initiallty she denied it, police said, and then said the child was on her lap.
Fortunately, no one was injured, and none of the three cars the girl hit were seriously damaged. Walsh was cited for letting an unlicensed person operate a vehicle.
In addition to her serious lapse in common sense, this grandmother taught her granddaughter by example that when you do something wrong that results in harm to another the first thing you should do is try to cover up the extent of your misdeed and the next thing is lie about it. Guess Joseph has never heard of The Golden Rule.
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