Beer...or...child?

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

From the BBC news today in Australia:


[quote]The car was pulled over on the Ross Highway, south of Alice Springs. Police said they were "shocked and appalled" when they pulled over the car south of Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory.

They said the 30-can pack of beer was strapped down between two adults in the back, with the five-year-old child unrestrained on the floor.

The driver was handed a fine of A$750 (US$709; £362).

The fine was for failing to ensure a child was wearing a seatbelt as well as driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle.

Constable Wayne Burnett said: "I haven't ever seen something like this before.

"This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child... The child was sitting in the lump in the centre, unrestrained."

When Constable Burnett handed over the fine he said the driver "just looked at me blankly".

"He didn't get it," Constable Burnett said.

"I asked him about the fact the child was unrestrained and the beer was, and he said he didn't know anything about it."

Superintendent Sean Parnell of Alice Springs police said the incident was a "timely reminder" to ensure "all passengers are secured".

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

Believe it was Fosters

[adrian]

Nothing for the Sheilas?

[Ivor]

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 397867.stm

[Andrew G]

Put the beer on the kid's lap and the seatbelt around both of them, what's the problem?

[jon avery]

Beer or child? What a stupid question, no competition beer every time!!

[jon avery]

Hic!!

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

[quote="jon avery"]Beer or child? What a stupid question, no competition beer every time!!