Siena:
Glad the lad is safe.

One thing puzzles me though - why didn't you smash a rear window immediately?

Lionhearted:
'by the way the boy is fast...'

You sound kinda proud of what the boy did.

Next time intervene your self by breaking a window immediately. Don't wait for God's intervention. What if the boy move the car and possibly crashes it?

Too a great a risk you took by doing nothing for almost 20mins.

refreshrate:
What i dont get is how does a 2 year old engage the gear to drive without stepping on the brake pedal?

makavele:


Only one way . . gear was left in neutral . . cannot go into Reverse without stepping on the brake pedals . but can go into Drive . . .

Willdidi:


Car was left in park position, the car was driven to that position without switching off the engine hence you can change the gear position if you want to move again without stepping on brakes since the hand break was on. But if I am to start the engine and even release the hand brake I still need to step on the brakes before changing the gear.

makavele:


i dont know what car u drive . . but in all d cars av driven .. u need to step on the brake pedal whether the hand brake is pulled up or not . .
different makes i guess . . . as a matter of fact, i just went to confirm now, and still couldnt shift gears without depressing d brake pedal
while simulating your pattern

refreshrate:
What i dont get is how does a 2 year old engage the gear to drive without stepping on the brake pedal?

Very Intelligent question, God bless you for that. Op's response doesn't add up! Maybe story was culled from a Nollywood movie

Willdidi:

Car was left in park position, the car was driven to that position without switching off the engine hence you can change the gear position if you want to move again without stepping on brakes since the hand break was on. But if I am to start the engine and even release the hand brake I still need to step on the brakes before changing the gear.

dude which car are we talking here

Willdidi:
This might be a bit long so bear with me. A very scary incident happened on Sunday on my way to Church, I have this routine where I empty my trash every Sunday on my way to church because a dump truck is always parked close to it, so just my son and i went to church this Sunday madam wasn't feeling too well so we left her behind. We got to the spot I parked the car pull the hand brake on open the trunk of the car and left the car running since I needed just less than 15 second to do what I needed to do, went out open the trunk empty the trash and close the trunk, about to enter but the doors were locked, that was how my problem started, my son had moved from his sit into the drivers sit and engaged the gear to drive hence the doors locked automatically, I was confused and scared, my two year old son was locked in the car with car gear in drive, he was just smiling at me and turning the steering as if he was driving, the MP 3 was playing I couldn't speak to him and all the glasses were up, immediately I got some stones to wedge the tyres so the car couldn't move and was trying to signs him to open the door or window for where the guy just they smile give me while still turning the car steering, I was confused thinking of what to do, either the break the window open or find a means of forcing the door open. It took about 20 minutes and God's intervention before the guy just open the door by himself, I immediately rush the the open and got in, all this was happening while the car was running, windows up, music up and worse off the AC was off, heat exhaustion can lead to dead or he could step on the gas and put the car in motion. I just thank God non of this happened we got to church and attended mass.
Lessons learnt never leave a child alone without adult supervision, don't leave a car running with a child inside without an adult, don't keep key in ignition with a child around. I know I made a serious mistake which lead to all this but lessons learnt, by the way that boy is fast with the short period of time he left his sit to mine and engaged the gear.

Willdidi:


As a dad you are always proud if your child can learn things faster than his or her age group, in this case he has been watching me drive and hence wanted to try it himself (bad idea) he also learnt how to open the doors himself (good idea), as I said not happy about what happened or justifying my major errors just thanking God nothing bad happened.

colossus2:
Fake story
Your child put the car on drive, tell me how
His hand was strong enough to push the knob on the gear shift or he was able to move it down to drive for the maze-like gear shifts.
Car was on drive and a stone was already waiting by your side which you could use as a wedge.

Willdidi:


Is not a most to comment on the topic, I have simple explained what happened if you don't believe it your problem not mine, I want to believe you have driven all types of automatic car and know how all their gear stick work (not all gears are in the maze format some are actually on a straight line), the only reason for posting the topic was for others to learn and not make such mistake, when some of you make comments it amazes me as if my coming to post the topic one gets a medal or cash payment hence everything you read most be a lie, car talk I believe is a forum for serious minded people who share things related to their to cars. Have a lovely day.

GAZZUZZ:
hyundai tucson, kia sportage 07-10 you don't need to press brakes to release from park

colossus2:

Is this the gear lever? It has a knob. A 2 year old can't press and downshift.
If it is maze-like, a 2 year old can't move it to drive.

And chief, who leaves a car running with AC turned off while windows were wound up. OP must be living in North Pole.

Siena:


You'll be surprised. My 2-year-old son can shift my Audi A8 4.2 V8 TDI Quattro from neutral to drive. It's a straight gate with a button. Which means if I disabled the brake pedal-activated safety solenoid, he could equally shift from park to drive.

Kids aren't thick, instinctively most toddlers will know to grab the shift, pressing the release button into the lever and pulling it through the gate. At least mine does. My 5-year-old daughter can also move my manual gear lever through the H-shift pattern, with the exception of reverse, which has an interlock which means the lever has to be pushed down before reverse can be selected.

bigt2:

Nice.
Please do you deal with bikes too

Bikes, or parts for bikes?

timilehing:
I can't just believe this story..

You're driving without AC & all windows wound up
You waited 20mins for the boy to open the door himself, that's more than enough minutes for him to suffocate

Most importantly, Why are you not telling us the make and model of your car

Willdidi:


I drive to work every day and depending on the weather and time I leave for work I might decide not to use my AC because the weather outside is cold, as I stated earlier we were on our way to Sunday Mass which is in the early hours of the day and a mere 3 minutes or less from my house to church so no need for AC or for me to wind down the Windows, as for the make of the car I will advice you check my previous topics where I stated my car make. Thank you

timilehing:
Toyota Camry 03?

Car was left in park position, the car was driven to that position without switching off the engine hence you can change the gear position if you want to move again without stepping on brakes since the hand break was on.