A child sitting on the lap of a woman texting while driving on the Southern Motorway. Photo / Supplied
A child sitting on the lap of a woman texting while driving on the Southern Motorway. Photo / Supplied
A motorist has shared her disbelief after witnessing what appeared to be a preschooler steering a on Auckland's Southern Motorway in peak hour traffic today.
The woman, who asked not to be named, said she saw an adult female - head down and on a phone - with the childsat on her lap.
Photos supplied to the Herald appear to show the child with both hands on the steering wheel.
The child was seen with both hands on the wheel. Photo / Supplied
"I was following behind her and saw this kid jumping around on the front seat," the motorist said.
"He's jumping around and she's play-fighting and next thing he disappeared and I saw him jump into the driver's seat.
"She moved into the left lane and I got alongside her and I saw her texting on the phone and the kid driving the car, she wasn't even holding the steering wheel."
The motorist said the incident occurred in the Manukau area about 5pm.
Peak hour traffic was moving slowly intially, but "it cleared up and all of a sudden everyone was starting to do 60, 70, 80 [km/h]," the woman said.
