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Australian fined for buckling in beer, not child
AP on Yahoo ^
| 5/13/08
| AP
Posted on 05/13/2008 11:14:28 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
DARWIN, Australia - An Australian man has been fined after buckling in a case of beer with a seat belt but leaving a 5-year-old child to sit on the car's floor, police said Tuesday.
Constable Wayne Burnett said he was "shocked and appalled" when he pulled over the unregistered car Friday in the central Australian town of Alice Springs.
The 30-can beer case was strapped in between two adults sitting in the back seat of the car. The child was also in back, but on the car'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 750 Australian dollars — about $710 — for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle and for failing to ensure a child was wearing a safety belt.
TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: australian; beer; buckling; fined; priorities
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To: NormsRevenge
It’s the dumb ones that are always the evidence in favor of “hold my hand” laws.
To: republicanequestrian
DARWIN, Australia
Home of the Darwin Award?
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posted on
05/13/2008 11:18:00 AM PDT
by
dblshot
To: NormsRevenge
Didn’t we hear a similar story to this here in the states? A few months back?
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posted on
05/13/2008 11:18:12 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
To: NormsRevenge
5
posted on
05/13/2008 11:18:42 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: NormsRevenge
6
posted on
05/13/2008 11:19:06 AM PDT
by
scottinoc
To: dblshot
Exactly.
Some people are wasting their time trying to reproduce.
7
posted on
05/13/2008 11:20:24 AM PDT
by
Mrs.Z
("...you're a Democrat. You're expected to complain and offer no solutions." Denny Crane)
To: NormsRevenge
“Hold my beer. Watch this!”
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posted on
05/13/2008 11:27:31 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't Blame Me, I voted for Kodos!)
To: NormsRevenge
Was it Foster’s?
Because Foster’s IS pretty darn good beer.
;^)
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posted on
05/13/2008 11:28:24 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't Blame Me, I voted for Kodos!)
To: NormsRevenge
A man has got to have his priorities......
“Sorry Junior, it is a case of Guiness”
10
posted on
05/13/2008 11:29:43 AM PDT
by
nevergore
("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
05/13/2008 11:30:29 AM PDT
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: NormsRevenge
The 30-can beer case was strapped in between two adults sitting in the back seat of the car. The child was also in back, but on the car's floor.Wait. A case has 30 cans in Australia?
I got no time to worry about some damn kid. I'm moving to Austalia!
To: southernnorthcarolina
I'm moving to Austalia!Or better yet, Australia!
To: southernnorthcarolina
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posted on
05/13/2008 11:36:00 AM PDT
by
thulldud
(Insanity: Electing John McCain again and expecting a different result.)
To: swain_forkbeard
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posted on
05/13/2008 11:36:19 AM PDT
by
Duck Fan
To: Corin Stormhands
Near Sacramento a couple of months back, there was a guy who was injured when he drove his car into a tree. He wasn’t wearing a seatbelt but his 12-pack was buckled in. I don’t think the story made it out of town...
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posted on
05/13/2008 11:39:36 AM PDT
by
steveo
(Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
To: dblshot
All I could think of was Icanhascheeseburger.com:
Darwin award
UR doin it wrong!
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posted on
05/13/2008 11:41:24 AM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery. - ejonesie22)
To: NormsRevenge
“It’s all about the beer!”
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posted on
05/13/2008 11:41:46 AM PDT
by
AU72
To: thulldud
Starting early?It's 5:00 somewhere...
To: NormsRevenge
How to speak Australian:
Children.
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posted on
05/13/2008 11:44:56 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Go Stars!)
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