Singapore — A 17-year-old boy managed to learn how to drive through YouTube videos and booked a rental car on eight occasions using his father’s identification.
The teen, who cannot be named as he was underage at the time of the offences and therefore protected under the Children and Young Persons Act, applied for an account online with local car rental company Tribecar on Sept 24, 2020.report, he used his father’s details, such as the photos on his identity card and driving licence.After the application was successful, he rented vehicles from the company on eight occasions between Sept 24 and Oct 7 without his father’s knowledge.
It was not mentioned how the passengers were acquainted with the boy. However, they were eventually stopped by the Ang Mo Kio North Neighbourhood Police Centre officers at a roadblock on the Central Expressway slip road towards Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 at around 3 am. “The accused admitted that he drove the rented vehicles on all of the eight occasions despite being only 17 years of age. He highlighted that he had learnt his driving skills via the YouTube video application,” said DPP Chia.teaching viewers how to drive manual or automatic cars, many of which have millions of views.
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