Boy, 8, Steers Car Out of Danger, Saves Lives

This woman is a basic idiot child and hopefully HRS will step in and why her license in Fl was not suspended is beyond me.

I watched this on the news as I live in that county. Why does this woman have a FL driver license? Hero kid? More like Super Stupid Mom. She sould have been arrested, charged for the accident and held responsible for the damages caused. The media needed a story to fill the newscast gaps between the destroyed water in our Gulf and troops killed overseas. Sorry media slugs, this horrifying story failed to cover up anything. Now we have to worry about drunks, druggers, illegals and medically unsound persons on the road. NICE........

That is a very sad story, but I have to say she probably didnt lock the doors, my f 150 auto locks all the doors after driving for about 5 feet. and after reading what you posted, I think its time for me to figure out how to undo that mech. yes I tend to be a nervous person, and my first th ought was god what if I have a wreck with my kids, and I get knocked out or something and cant unlock the doors for people to get to my kids. I live in a tiny area where we dont need auto locks just to drive down the street anyway. thanks for pointing that out!

Everyone is using stories of others that have seizures and would never get behind a wheel or people who have and have hurt others, but the difference between them and this lady is that all of the examples that i have been reading on this post are of people with a diagnosed disorder or people with a history of seizures. This lady had ONE! and the doctors don't know why or if it would ever happen again. everyone please stop judging!!! You don't know this women's life. you don't know if the doctor's told her that it's ok to drive, you don't know if they told her this will never happen again, you are not her doctor so don't act like you have all of the medical and moral answers.

Wow, this must have indeed set off some personal reactions; completely understandable. the difference here is that this woman had only 1 previous seizure, a week before, and had discussed emergency procedures with her children (no mention of a husband in the article). I agree with you in theory, but we cannot be sure of all the factors here.
I imagine the mom was still trying to “get her ducks in a row” regarding transportation options and hopefully had been driving less than regularly. (I would have told my son that he would have to take a weeks or two off from the reading group until we could arrange alternative transportation, but getting to work or food shopping would most likely have been necessary should the budget be tight and pubic transit hard to reach—and if she had been in the car alone the situation could have been much worse.)
She did discuss the potential effects on her own family, and kudos to her for doing so; if she didn't realize the potential dangers to others, she certainly does now, and her injuries will allow her time for diagnosis before the question of driving comes up again—now in the hands of the medical profession.
It is too bad that it had to transpire as it did, and perhaps unnecessary, but congratulations to the boy who was able to minimize the impact.

I had a seizure and went to the hospital immediately, being a mother, the only reason I could see her not seeking medical attention is maybe because she had drugs in her system??? How is this story being reported as heartwarming and heroic??? The mother was negligent and lucky that she didn't kill her child or other motorists!!!

the mom quite simply is the real child here. they should arrest her for child endangerment/

In Fl once you have a seizure you don't drive but its usually common sense that tells you not to drive.

Amen. Things are rarely as simple as they seem in articles. While this would not be the scenario any of us would put ourselves in given a choice, we don't know what her choices were. There are plenty of people out there quick to suck their teeth and wag their fingers but very few who are willing to help. Clearly, she needed some help that she didn't receive. Hurray to her for preparing her kids.

She has 2 broken legs - she can't drive - when they heal she will drive, license or not.

Wow! How far did u spread your genes in the stupid pool? There is a long list of things that can cause seizures, and usually, the cause cannot be determined! There is no test that can be done to determine if her children may one day have seizures. It blows my mind that everyone on here is so quick to generalize and discriminate against people with epilepsy! I have a spotless driving record. How many non-epileptic people here can say that? I guess if someone wants to volunteer to pay all my bills, so I dont have to work, and take me and my kids everywhere we need to go, I wouldn't have to drive anymore. Until then, I guess I will keep driving, and do my best to avoid all the truly unsafe drivers who are talking or texting when they should be driving!!