In Mordecai v. Hollis (50 Misc 2d 248), the court refused to allow the plaintiff to recover against the owner of an automobile for injuries sustained by her two infant children who were passengers in an automobile negligently operated by plaintiff. The court explained that section 388 "does not give the operator a cause of action against the owner for his, the driver's, own negligence." ( Mordecai v. Hollis, supra, 50 Misc 2d, at 249.)