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Mon Jun 12, 2006. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Two Australian boys aged 10 and 6 who decided to pay their grandfather a surprise visit drove almost 62 miles along a busy highway before they were pulled over, police said Monday.
A number of startled truck drivers contacted police on Sunday after seeing the two boys driving a red stationwagon along the Newell Highway in the rural north of New South Wales state.
Police caught up with the unidentified boys after they had traveled about 53 miles at speeds of up to 90 kmh (55 mph) from Boggabilla on the way to Moree, a spokeswoman said.
Knowing they were in trouble, the brothers quickly jumped into their normal spots in the back seat of their grandmother's car after they pulled over.
But the 10-year-old forgot to put the car's automatic transmission into park and the car rolled off again down the highway, so he promptly jumped back into the driver's seat and applied the brakes.
Police said the remorseful boys were given a stern talking to before they were reunited with their grandparents.
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