Jonathan Takes the Wheel
January 30, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Safety
Jonathan Anderson is 9 years old and has Asperger Syndrome—-when his mother, Marion Anderson, blacked out while driving on the highway, he avoided a crash by grabbing the steering wheel, pulling on the handbrake, and driving the car across three lanes of rush-hour traffic at Plympton, Devon, the January 31st Daily Mail reports. Jonathan and his mother were both uninjured: “‘It was scary because I’ve never driven a car before,’” he was quoted as saying. Sounds like he knew what to do, and at the right time—bravo.
Jeff Stimpson
Jill Cornfield
Very smart kid. I don’t want to think about what might happen if I were ever to be in that situation.
He should get an award. The kid’s a hero.
WOW! what an amazing kid!
Wow, that is incredible! I don’t know if *I* could do that *now*.
Kristen
That is the power of being a visual learner!