A MOTHER had the fright of her life when she saw the family car disappear down the driveway with her two-year-old son behind the wheel.

Althea Nicol of Rockhampton in central coastal Queensland said today her son Ethan escaped without a scratch despite the car being written-off after crashing through the front fence of the family home and smashing into two other vehicles.

Mrs Nicol said she was standing in her kitchen with a friend when she saw the car go past with Ethan, the youngest of seven children, standing behind the wheel.

"I just started screaming because I knew that even if I ran outside and caught up to it I'd never be able to stop it," Mrs Nicol said.

"We have a steep driveway, the car went down that, smashed through a picket fence, turned in a big arc on the roadway, smashed into a neighbour's parked Commodore, bounced off that then hit a van parked two doors down the street.

News.com.au

Very lucky that the kid survived. even thought the other cars were parked, it's a two year old...I'm happy for them.

But what I think is really stupid why was the mother inside in the kitchen and the kid was outside in the car? That ticks me off that people don't watch their children. I could see if the child was older, but a two years? That just shows how stupid the parent or parents are. Sorry that sounded rather mean.

Hope that didn't offend anyone...It's just my opinion(which is usually incoherent blabbering) anyway.