What’s worse; being charged with DUI or with second- and fourth-degree child abuse? Shawn Weimer was too drunk to know he couldn’t drive, but not to realize the serious difference between the two.
Detroit police arrested Weimer last week after watching a surveillance video of the 39-year-old man making his 9-year-old daughter drive his GMC Safari to the local gas station at…3 a.m. in the morning.
“I got, I got a designated driver. Nine Years old. Nine! Dad’s drinking. Listen, we’re leaving and she’s driving. She drove all the way here” said Weimer, who already has prior convictions, while the little girl add “And I parked!”
The person who called 911 was also stunned: “I just watched a van pull out of the CITGO gas station. A 7-year-old girl is driving, and her dad is drunk and in the passenger seat. She’s driving really good, I tell you… I can’t believe it.”
Detective Lt. Robert Grant says the girl was actually surprised when he made her stop the car: “What did you stop me for? I’m driving good”, she told him.
“She’s a sweet girl. She was under the impression that she’s a good driver and that it was OK”, says Grant. She later told the police that this was not the first time her father had let her drive his car.
Story References: The Detroit News via Jalopnik
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