We've all heard the warning...if you're out drinking, find a designating driver. Thing is, you might want to make sure your DD is old enough to drive. You also want to make sure your driver isn't in elementary school.

Police say an intoxicated New York state man made his 10-year-old child drive his pickup truck while he was sitting in the passenger seat. The Times Union of Albany reports police in Saratoga County were notified by a motorist on Saturday who saw the child driving the truck on Route 9P.  Police say officers pulled over the truck and found that the 10-year-old boy was behind the wheel. The boy's father, 46-year-old John Barling of Saratoga Springs, was intoxicated in the passenger seat, says police.

Police say the child was picked up by a relative and Barling was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and permitting unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. Saratoga County Child Protective Services was contacted by police, according to the Times Union of Albany.

 

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