I think he looks a little like Looter Guy...
Posted on 02/08/2006 4:34:51 AM PST by BulletBobCo
Briney Spears is in controversy again, and this time its her driving skills which has put her in a state of bother. Photos published on Tuesday showed Spears driving around her SUV with her son, Sean Preston on her lap rather than strapped into a car seat. Spears apparently was avoiding the paparazzi, who stalked her when she sent her minder into a coffee shop for some drinks.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Diane Hecht said Tuesday that deputies went to Spears’ home to collect information for the county Department of Family and Children Services. A DCFS spokesman declined to offer specifics about the incident.
"We don’t say who, what or if we’re investigating," department spokesman Stu Riskin said.
The sheriff’s department won’t pursue any charges, Deputy Luis Castro said.
"I had a horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi while I was with my baby," she said in a statement. "Because of a recent incident when I was trapped in my car without my baby by a throng of paparazzi, I was terrified that this time the physically aggressive paparazzi would put both me and my baby in danger. I instinctively took measures to get my baby and me out of harm’s way."
Meanwhile, Spears issued a statement insisting that she is a good mother and that incident in question was the result of a "frightful encounter with the paparazzi."
"I instinctively took measures to get my baby and me out of harm’s way, but the paparazzi continued to stalk us, and took photos of us which were sold to the media.
"I love my child and would do anything to protect him."
As a toddler, I remember standing up on the pickup seat, next to my dad. Of course that was the late 60's.
Following the rules
Why couldn't HE hold the baby? Britney's son could have been killed by the steering wheel from a 10 mph collision. She could have easily passed the baby to the back seat or to the passenger. She should be jailed for 30 days minimum.
Did you try calling the cops?
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ROFLMAO
I AGREE! AS if the California Child Protecive servioces have nothing better to do.
*rolls eyes*
oops meant 'services'
"When driving with an infant on your lap merits a visit from Child Protective Services, I think we've gone Nanny State insane."
I totally agree with you. Grandparents are perfectly capable of holding a child in their arms when they have a senior driving moment crash. /sarcasm
From this link:
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among children in the United States. In the United States during 2002, 1,543 children age 14 years or younger died as occupants in motor vehicle crashes and about 227,000 were injured. That’s an average of 4 deaths and 622 injuries each day (NHTSA 2003a). Of the children age 4 years and younger who were fatally injured in 2002, 50% were unrestrained (NHTSA 2003a).
"For the childrrrrrrunnnnn" has been used as another excuse by liberals and "law 'n' order" types to expand the power of government at the expense of individual liberty.
if she was so scared for her and her babies safety, why leave the window down? Notice in the picture the windows is half open?
And apparently this happened while she was driving on PCH!! Pacific Coast Highway is mostly winding and at times, edged by a cliff! It's bad enough she's driving with her baby on her lap, where it could be killed by an airbag, but on PCH? And she claims this was to PROTECT HER BABY?!
Spears incident draws attention of child welfare By Steve Gorman
Wed Feb 8, 12:42 AM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Photographs showing pop star Britney Spears driving a car with her infant son in her lap, in apparent violation of motor safety laws, caught the attention of child welfare authorities and ignited a media uproar on Tuesday.
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A spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said a deputy paid a visit to Spears' home in Malibu to obtain "contact information" at the request of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
"We were contacted by DCFS to obtain contact information from the Spears for them," said the spokesman, Luis Castro. "What they're going to do with the information we don't know. It's not our investigation."
A spokeswoman for the Family Services Department, Louise Grasmehr, declined comment on the Spears incident. But she said her agency routinely sends social workers to any homes where a child has been reported to be placed in danger, including the failure to properly restrain a baby in a moving car.
Meanwhile, Spears, 24, issued a statement insisting that she is a good mother and that incident in question was the result of a "frightful encounter with the paparazzi."
Pictures published in the New York Post and elsewhere on Tuesday showed Spears at the wheel of her sport utility vehicle, holding her 5-month-old baby, Sean, on her lap. A man identified as her bodyguard is shown next to her in the front passenger seat.
According to the Post, Spears drove for at least two miles along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on Monday.
A source close to Spears told Reuters that the incident occurred after the singer had driven to a Starbucks shop with her son strapped into his car seat in the back of her SUV.
She moved the baby to her lap after stopping at the coffee shop to let her bodyguard go inside, then became unnerved as photographers swarmed around the vehicle as she waited for him to return, the source said. When the bodyguard got back in the car, Spears quickly drove off with her son still in her lap.
"I had a horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi while I was with my baby," Spears said in a statement issued through her publicist. She said Monday's episode reminded her of an incident last summer in which she was "trapped" in her car by a throng of photographers.
"I instinctively took measures to get my baby and me out of harm's way, but the paparazzi continued to stalk us, and took photos of us which were sold to the media," she said. "I love my child and would do anything to protect him."
Under California law, automobile passengers are required to be secured in a child-safety seat or booster seat until they are at least 6 years old or weigh at least 60 pounds.
The photos of Spears and her baby drew widespread media attention, even becoming a subject of discussion on the popular morning television show "Live with Regis and Kelly."
Spears, who has kept a relatively low profile since marrying dancer Kevin Federline in September 2004, is planning to return to the spotlight this spring with a guest appearance on the NBC television sitcom "Will & Grace."
What better way for her baby to die than to be crushed between 3 airbags.
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