MedicCook
09-02-2006, 02:05 AM
Deaf Boy, 8, Ticketed For Driving Car
He isn't even old enough to have a license, but authorities said an eight-year-old deaf boy got a traffic ticket for taking a family car for a joyride in Brooksville.
Kobie Stires, who has been deaf since birth, was ticketed for driving without a license by the Hernando County Sheriff's Office after borrowing a car his mother had been driving.
Stires took the keys from his mother's purse while she slept. Witnesses said he drove about two miles and ran over a street sign before returning the car.
The four-foot-tall Stires caused about $5,000 in damage. The car's wheels were bent and the front right wheel damaged.
Individuals who are deaf or hearing impaired can get a license in Florida but must have an outside rearview mirror mounted on the left hand side of the vehicle. Individuals as young as 15 can be issued a learner's license to drive in the state.
Stires is due in court October 4.
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He isn't even old enough to have a license, but authorities said an eight-year-old deaf boy got a traffic ticket for taking a family car for a joyride in Brooksville.
Kobie Stires, who has been deaf since birth, was ticketed for driving without a license by the Hernando County Sheriff's Office after borrowing a car his mother had been driving.
Stires took the keys from his mother's purse while she slept. Witnesses said he drove about two miles and ran over a street sign before returning the car.
The four-foot-tall Stires caused about $5,000 in damage. The car's wheels were bent and the front right wheel damaged.
Individuals who are deaf or hearing impaired can get a license in Florida but must have an outside rearview mirror mounted on the left hand side of the vehicle. Individuals as young as 15 can be issued a learner's license to drive in the state.
Stires is due in court October 4.
http://www.davesdaily.com/out.php?id=19915&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wftv.com%2Firresistible%2F977 4467%2Fdetail.html