SAINT-PETERSBURG: Police in Russia’s northwestern city of Saint Petersburg have launched a probe after a video of an eight-year-old girl driving 100 kilometres per hour (60mph) through snowy scenery went viral on the Internet.
The clip of Karina Mikulchik driving was shot by her mother Yelena from the back seat.
The clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvCHei7UTBE) has been viewed nearly 500,000 times on YouTube.
The little girl seems unperturbed handling the Audi to the sounds of techno music from the stereo.
A man sitting in the passenger seat, apparently her father, tells her: “Come on! Accelerate! At least to 100! Don’t be afraid.”
The camera zooms in to show the speed creeping up to 100 kilometres. “If Nastya saw me drive a car, she’d pass out right away!” the smiling girl says at one point. — AFP