Beer gets buckled in, kid rides the hump
Categories: Preschoolers, Kids 5-7, Health & safety, Weird but true, Alcohol & drugs
In an extreme case of misplaced priorities, an Australian man has been fined for failing to safely secure a five-year-old child in his vehicle. It isn't that he didn't have seat belts in his car, it's just that there weren't any available after all the adults and a 30-can case of beer were buckled in.
Alice Springs constable Wayne Burnett was understandably "shocked and appalled" when he pulled over the unregistered vehicle and discovered the backseat full of safely secured adults and beer and a child perched on the hump of the back seat floor. "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."
Oh, but it isn't. Earlier this year, a woman in Florida was arrested for essentially the same thing. She had a case of beer buckled in the front passenger seat and a sixteen-month-old child unrestrained the the back.
As bad as this is, I suppose it could have been worse. At least these children weren't made to ride in the trunk - where the beer should been in the first place. And what is with all this buckling up of beer? It has never occurred to me to strap in my purchases when driving home. Do normal people do this?
Alice Springs constable Wayne Burnett was understandably "shocked and appalled" when he pulled over the unregistered vehicle and discovered the backseat full of safely secured adults and beer and a child perched on the hump of the back seat floor. "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."
Oh, but it isn't. Earlier this year, a woman in Florida was arrested for essentially the same thing. She had a case of beer buckled in the front passenger seat and a sixteen-month-old child unrestrained the the back.
As bad as this is, I suppose it could have been worse. At least these children weren't made to ride in the trunk - where the beer should been in the first place. And what is with all this buckling up of beer? It has never occurred to me to strap in my purchases when driving home. Do normal people do this?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
pbhj 5-14-2008 @ 12:38PM
>>> Do normal people do this?
I do, but that doesn't really answer your question.
It's one of my [many] bete-noires unrestrained kids in cars. You seem them a lot in our city standing on the part between the front seats.
Idiot parents.
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Jenni 5-14-2008 @ 2:57PM
Buckle in beer? No. But I do buckle in other things that I don't want sliding around. It doesn't take priority of a child in my car. But, if I safely buckle an item in, I don't have to worry about it sliding around while I'm driving.
I actually do this more with animal cages (pet rats, gecko, birds, etc...); but I have done it with store bought items as well.
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aprilkelm 5-14-2008 @ 3:08PM
My friend was recently admiring a vase at her friend's house. She always commented how much she liked it. The other day when she came out from work, the vase was strapped in her baby's carseat. We thought it was hilarious. However, when she picked up the baby, the vase got the boot.
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