Internet Backs Dad Threatening to Call Cops Over Stepdad Using Son’s Car

The online has appear to the protection of a person who claimed in a now-viral publish that he lately threatened to connect with the cops on his son’s stepdad for driving his son’s motor vehicle without the need of permission.

Posting in Reddit’s “Am I The A**gap” (AITA) discussion board on Thursday less than the username u/dontdrivethecar, the person discussed that he’d formerly told his ex-wife and her new spouse that “no 1 moreover [his son] was to travel the auto.” The submit has earned additional than 11,000 upvotes and above 1,800 reviews from Redditors who slammed the son’s “entitled” stepdad.

At the commencing of his post, the male spelled out that he shares custody of his son, Andy, with his ex-spouse Eliza. Regretably, both of those parents, along with Eliza’s present-day husband Scott, “have continual conflict over Andy.”

“Eliza and Scott do not make a lot of cash,” the guy wrote. “We ended up in court docket above no matter if Andy was to show up at personal school and I won, but in addition to spending for the school, I also had to be the 1 to supply transportation to and from faculty. So I was relieved when Andy became previous sufficient to drive and served him get his license as quickly as he could.”

So, the guy purchased Andy a car, and told Scott and Eliza that “no a single in addition to Andy was to travel the auto.”

Very last week, having said that, Scott and Eliza informed Andy he wasn’t authorized to travel, and Scott took Andy’s vehicle to do the job. When Andy’s father discovered out Scott took Andy’s car without the need of permission, he was furious.

“The upcoming day I purposefully drove by and observed the auto was not in the driveway. I named Andy and requested him if Scott had taken the car or truck yet again and he claimed of course. I termed Eliza and informed her that she [had] one particular hour to get Andy’s auto back again in the driveway or I was contacting the police and reporting it stolen,” the guy wrote.

Scott, Eliza and even Andy all instructed the gentleman that he went “as well much” by threatening to involve the law enforcement. Redditors, on the other hand, believed the man was ideal to threaten Scott.

“NTA [not the a**hole]. It is really a large legal responsibility for you if Scott has an incident in that car or truck. But aside from that, they have no enterprise touching a car or truck they’ve contributed very little to. They sound tremendous entitled and terrible,” wrote u/winsomebunny.

“You managed it beautifully…Your ex and her husband are not entitled to use the car or truck,” stated u/UnderbridgeTollman.

Redditor u/tygrebryte included: “Yeah, I’m assuming you might be in the U.S., and dependent on how you’ve acquired the automobile insured, if Scott got into an accident, it could result in you severe challenges. NTA.”

When it arrives to figuring out who’d be held liable in the theoretical occasion in which Scott crashes Andy’s vehicle, Allstate suggests there are a few elements to think about.

“If a friend or spouse and children member takes your vehicle without the need of your consent, you may well not be held accountable for damage if an incident takes place…your friend’s insurance coverage may perhaps be thought of main protection,” Allstate stated.

“However, if your pal does not have insurance, you could continue to have to file a assert with your individual coverage firm to assist deal with the incident. Or, if a thief normally takes your car or truck for a joyride and crashes into an additional automobile, you likely will not be liable for damage and repairs to the other car or truck,” the insurance coverage agency ongoing.

Who pays for an accident also depends on the legislation of the state in which the incident occurs and no matter if or not any one is injured in the accident.

Newsweek has arrived at out to u/dontdrivethecar for comment.

Of system, u/dontdrivethecar isn’t the initially Redditor to go viral not too long ago. On Friday, a female went viral for sharing that her brother arrived out as homosexual during her wedding—a shift that a lot of commenters criticized.

On Thursday, another woman garnered online attention for admitting that she not long ago refused to lend her associate $30,000 for his daughter’s journey to Europe.

And last 7 days, a girl was slammed by Redditors for refusing to invite her “drug addict” brother to her wedding ceremony.