The Civil Guard has arrested a 44-year-old man who was surprised when he was the co-driver in a car driven by his 13-year-old son in the town of Talayuela (Cáceres). The father is considered an alleged “necessary collaborator” in the commission of a crime against road safety.
The agents of the armed institute observed how a car, which was circulating on the roads of the industrial estate, was driven by the minor, barely 13 years old.
As they approached and after the occupants noticed the police presence, father and son tried, in a “hastily manner,” to “exchange seats to no avail.”
Once the age of the driver, a 13-year-old young man, and that the co-pilot was his father had been verified, the father was arrested as a necessary collaborator in the alleged commission of a crime against road safety, by allowing his son, minor, driving a motor vehicle.
In a press release, the Civil Guard regrets that it is “a somewhat common practice”, to which “due importance is not given nor is the possible consequences that may arise from allowing a minor who does not have qualification to drive a motor vehicle and, therefore, does not have the knowledge, maturity and experience requirements, to drive it.
Now, he points out that the consequences that parents, guardians or guardians of a minor who, knowingly, allow him to drive a vehicle may face, “are not limited to administrative infractions, since this would result in a crime against road safety.” for becoming a necessary cooperator”.
Furthermore, the armed institute highlights the possible accidents that may arise from this action, with harm, not only to the occupants of the vehicle, but also to the rest of the road users and pedestrians.
For all these reasons, the body appeals to “responsibility and caution” of adults in the face of this practice, previously assessing the possible legal and personal consequences that this type of actions may entail.
