Driver's Training Outing Ends Inside Mall

Driver's Training Outing Ends Inside Mall
Lexus SUV Barely Misses Hitting Store Clerk

POSTED: 4:19 pm EST February 17, 2005
UPDATED: 7:50 pm EST February 17, 2005

CINCINNATI -- A 15-year-old girl taking a driving lesson crashed a Lexus SUV into a vacant storefront in Symmes Township Thursday afternoon.

The SUV stopped when it crashed partly through the wall of an adjacent Mattress Warehouse store, barely missing a clerk.

This happened in a strip mall at 12096 Montgomery Road.

Police said it was a case of an inexperienced driver stepping on the gas instead of the brake.

The girl and her passenger were not injured, police said.

A Mattress Warehouse employee was sitting on the other side of the wall reading a newspaper when the vehicle crashed, News 5's Emily Longnecker reported.

http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/4209181/detail.html

Note to girls parents: next time use an older sedan to train new drivers.

LOL, my daughter's first time out driving was with her aunt. She got pulled over for DWI. No ticket, as soon as he talked with her the trooper realized the problem. After warning her about trying to drive straight, he let her go. I tease her about that now whenever she gets too cocky about what a good driver she is.