Careless parents

What's the difference between a parent leaving a loaded gun around the home or the keys to their car? What if these children had run down some pedestrians during this joyride?

It obviously took some time for these kids to drive 8 kilimetres in the car. Why was a 3 and 5 year old not missed around the home during this time? I feel the parent(s) should be charged for neglect.

Two boys borrow mom's van for a ride; one 3 one 5, drove 8 km
at 8:13 on May 3, 2005, EST.

(AP) - Chase and Chandler Bright borrowed their mother's van the other night for a little ride in norther Indiana.

But the brothers don't have licenses. In fact, they can't even reach the pedals.

You see, the boys are just three and five years old.

Their mother, Heather Bright, says the toddlers drove about eight kilometres before crashing into a pile of dirt.

But the boys emerged without a scratch.

The van had a flat tire and some minor damage.

Bright says she can't figure out how the kids managed to step on the gas.

She adds their home is now "locked down like Fort Knox."