Father: Letting 9-Year-Old Drive Was a 'Mistake'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich.-- A suburban Detroit man says letting his 9-year-old daughter drive him around after he had been drinking was a bad idea that grew out of good memories from his youth.
Shawn Weimer tells the Detroit Free Press for a story Saturday that he made a mistake asking his daughter to drive in the early morning of Oct. 8. He faces trial on a felony child abuse charge.
The 39-year-old says he wanted to share the experience of driving with his daughter. His family owned a junkyard and he had access to many vehicles at her age.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police arrested Weimer after pulling over the van and finding his daughter behind the wheel near their home. Surveillance video from a Brownstown Township gas station shows Weimer bragging about her driving skills.