Woman In Accident After Teaching Dog To Drive
BEIJING –A woman in Hohhot, the capital of north China’s Inner Mongolia region, crashed her car while giving her dog a driving lesson, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday.
“It’s these learner drivers,” said a witness. “They’re always turning left after they signal right.”
No injuries were reported although both vehicles were slightly damaged, it said.
The woman, identified only be her surname, Li, said her dog “was fond of crouching on the steering wheel and often watched her drive,” according to Xinhua.
“She thought she would let the dog ‘have a try’ while she operated the accelerator and brake,” the report said. “They did not make it far before crashing into an oncoming car.”
Friends say that the dog had watched the pod-racing scene in ‘Star Wars: Episode I’ too many times.
Xinhua did not say what kind of dog or vehicles were involved but Li paid for repairs.
Radioactive Jam said,
August 31, 2006 @ 3:18 am
Heh. Too much pod race watching. Maybe someone can sue George Lucas over this.
anaglyph said,
September 1, 2006 @ 1:56 am
I know some dogs who would be better drivers than some people…