found this on www.cnn.com
DARWIN, Australia (AP) — An Australian driver who secured a carton of beer in his car with a seat belt but left a 5-year-old child unrestrained was fined 750 Australian dollars ($710; €460), police said Tuesday.
Constable Wayne Burnett said he was “shocked and appalled” when he pulled over the unregistered car on Friday in the central Australian town of Alice Springs.
The 30-can carton was strapped in between the two adults sitting in the back seat of the car. The child was also in back, on the vehicle’s floor.
“The child was sitting in the lump in the center, unrestrained,” Burnett told reporters Tuesday.
“I haven’t ever seen something like this before,” he said. “This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child.”
The driver was fined for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle, and for failing to ensure a child was wearing a seat belt.
Alice Springs Police Superintendent Sean Parnell expressed shock at the incident in a statement released Tuesday.
“This serves as a timely reminder to all drivers to ensure they wear seat belts and ensure as is their responsibility that all passengers in their vehicle are secured in the appropriate manner,” he said.
This guy really went for broke on this one. I think his personal motto is something like, “Unregistered, uninsured, unsafe and irresponsible”. Then again, you’ve got to hand it to him…he really has his priorities.
13/05/2008 at 7:57 am Permalink
Obviously his mind was on the Alice Springs Chicken he was eating in the “outback” later that night! At least now i know where Outback gets the name of my favorite dish from.
If he would have been a truely responsible adult he would have had the kid in the front seat and the bear buckled in in the back. Everybody knows the backseat is much safer then the front. Or may he puts them both in the back so the kid can hand him one while he is driving….
These are the kind of things you think of as a responsible adult. Its just all part of growing up.
13/05/2008 at 8:11 am Permalink
So it isn’t ok to prioritize your beer over your child. Ok, check.
13/05/2008 at 9:49 am Permalink
The most ironic part of this story is the fact that it happened in Darwin, Australia. This guy is a prime example of how Darwinism will wipe out himself and his entire family.