You can’t teach an old dog new tricks – but in the case of one canine on Florida’s Treasure Coast, you can teach them how to drive a car.
Officers were called to a neighborhood in Port St. Lucie on Thursday when residents spotted a car spinning in reverse, going in circles. When they looked inside, they saw a black labrador in the driver’s seat.
“I figured ‘how the heck did they manage to do that?’” neighbor Anna Sabol told NBC affiliate WPTV-TV.
"The dog named MAX accidentally hit the shifter into reverse causing the car to circle the cul-de-sac, leaving the owner locked out of the car," Port St. Lucie Police said in a statement posted to Facebook.
The owner, who told police he'd stepped out of his car after realizing he had taken a wrong turn, gave officers an extra car fob to try to get the door open, but its battery was dead.
Police were able to punch a code into the driver’s side door and stop the vehicle – but not before the car took out a mailbox, a trash can and moved some bricks.
Luckily, no one was hurt. The car sustained minor damage. Max, police said, "was fine, healthy and happy!"
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“I saw the dog jump out of the car, wagging his tail. I was like 'Okay, good driving,’” Sabol said.
