Andrea Rosebrock 
Sorry, this is just too funny and not the first time I have reported a dog driving a vehicle either!
Seems Charles McCowan left his truck with Max, his 80 lb Boxer in the passenger seat, parked at a convenience store. After getting his coffee, he came back out the truck and Max were missing. Assuming the obvious, McCowan called the police to report his truck stolen. So far so good, no big surprises. We’d all probably assume the same thing under the circumstances.
When the police arrived and took a look around, they found the ’stolen’ truck across the
street in a at a gas station, Max safely ensconced inside, with no idea how it got there.
After reviewing a video surveillance tape the answer was pretty clear and pretty funny too.
When McCowen left the truck, he turned off the 
engine, set it in neutral and even set the parking brake but that didn’t stop the rowdy Max from setting things in motion.
The video shows the truck rolling backwards into oncoming traffic. The truck even went over a center divider and eventually ended up in the gas station across the street.
Amazingly, no one was hurt and the vehicle wasn’t damaged.
“I saw Max, though, when I went to the car over there,” laughed McCowan. “I said, ‘Are you all right?’ He just goes [imitating dog panting]. Yeah, so I know he was fine.”
Guess McCowen will be thinking twice about leaving Max unattended in his truck in the future, who knows where the adventurous pooch may take off for next time! 
Believe it or not, this actually happened to me many years ago with my 90 pound german shepherd. I had left her in the car (a 1965 dodge dart) parked in the shaded area of a large mall parking lot. The spot was located at the high end of the lot where the trees were. I found her where she apparently managed to curl up -on the floor in the drivers side behind the steering wheel all cozy and cool. In the process of getting there she knocked the parking brake out and the center mounted gear shift out of PARK. I too panicked when I returned to find my car not where I left it – thinking that both my car and precious dog had been stolen. However, I looked around hoping beyond hope that I was mistaken and the car must be there somewhere – I realized that the car was behind me. It was ‘parked’ in the aisle behind me. Closer examination revealed that the car was not so well parked but actually crashed into the car in front of it. A rather nasty note was on the windshield which said that my information as well as my ‘reckless driving’ had been recorded and I had better report to the store where the owner worked to exchange information! As I recall, I doubt that they actually believed my story but as long as my dog was okay that was all that mattered. I too refer to the incident as the day my Serena drove my car. I never again brought her shopping with me to any mall ever. I now realize our dogs are so much safer left at home…unless it is a drive ‘to the park’ to play.
cute