May 14 2008
Is the beer strapped in?
A constable made an unusual discovery after pulling over a man in Darwin, Australia. In the back seat of his car was a 30-can case of beer strapped down by a seat belt in between two adults. If that was not unusual enough, there was a 5 year old child sitting on the floor in the back seat! I guess the father was more concerned for the safety of his beer than his own child!
The driver was fined 750 Australian Dollars (around 710 USD) for driving without registration, insurance, and common sense for failing to put a seat belt on a child. The valuable lesson to be learned here is that an idea that sounds good in your head doesn’t mean that it really is - throw the beer in the trunk and put a seat belt on your kid!
Wow. I heard this story while driving to work yesterday, but I didn’t understand that there WAS A KID IN THE BACKSEAT TOO! I thought the guy just had his beer strapped in.
This guy should be put in jail!