Police in Blackpool have found an 11-year-old boy driving a car with his parents who were "trying to stop him playing Grand Theft Auto all day".
A member of the boy's family told cops that they were so fed up with him playing the video game, that they decided to give the child a driving lesson.
Officers from Lancashire police stopped the red Vauxhall Astra in a car park in Blackpool town centre and have reported the adult for a series of traffic offences.
Posting on Twitter, a spokesperson for police wrote: "The driver of this car was 11-years-old. Yes, eleven.
"A family member was fed up with the child playing Grand Theft Auto all day on the Playstation, so brought him out to practice driving on a car park in Blackpool.
"The adult has been reported for traffic offences."
Staggeringly, some people saw no issue with the boy driving.
One man wrote: "Back in the day this was normal, apart from the gaming bit."
But he was called out by another Twitter user, who said: "Seriously 11? Really don't get why an eleven year old was behind the wheel."
On Facebook, someone wrote: "They do driving lessons for children aged 10 and over in Bolton. He should have booked the kid on one of those."
In the UK, you can apply for a provisional driving licence when you are 15 years old and nine months. You can start driving when you're 17.
You can drive a car when you are 16 if you get, or have applied for, the enhanced rate of the mobility component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
Drivers under 17 are able to learn the basics of driving, with qualified instructors, on private land.
The courses are much safer than public roads and are also available to nervous learner drivers over 17.
