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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: Ingtar
21
posted on
05/13/2008 11:45:24 AM PDT
by
dighton
To: NormsRevenge
Darwin Award material should only endeavor to kill itself, never someone else. For instance, this guy has it right:
Three cheers for responsible Darwin Award contestants!
To: NormsRevenge
It can be tough growing up as a Foster’s-child.
To: southernnorthcarolina; fanfan
In Canada, a standard case is 24, pronounced two-four. We have a national holiday in honour of it this coming weekend, known as “May Two-Four”.
The brewers occasionally do a promo where they sell a case of 28 for the same price.
24
posted on
05/13/2008 11:50:44 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(TSA and DHS are jobs programs for people who are not smart enough to flip burgers)
To: Slings and Arrows
25
posted on
05/13/2008 11:53:05 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(TSA and DHS are jobs programs for people who are not smart enough to flip burgers)
To: dighton
Nice red x!
(I’m sure it is the nanny software here at work.)
26
posted on
05/13/2008 11:54:24 AM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery. - ejonesie22)
To: NormsRevenge
Guy’s got his priorities straight I see. Kid was safe on the floor but the beer could have been shaken up excessively. (Sarcasm folks)
27
posted on
05/13/2008 12:13:09 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: Corin Stormhands
Yep. Super Bowl Sunday in Florida.
28
posted on
05/13/2008 12:48:17 PM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: NormsRevenge
“This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child.”
I am not seeing it. How is the beer taking priority? Maybe the child wanted to play on the floor and they strapped the beer so it would not fall and hit the child. I apologize for bringing logic into the thread but this is a unfair attack on the parents.
Maybe they were wrong to not have the child belted (by today’s norms)but that is all. Trying to spin it as Beer>Child makes a “funny” story and all but it is not logical. Does beer like to sit on the seat? Does strapping the beer protect the beer?(How?) or the child sitting in front of it?
To: NormsRevenge; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Now we know what happened to Lootie.
30
posted on
05/13/2008 10:35:24 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Wait. A case has 30 cans in Australia? I think that's one of those metric cases.
}:-)4
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posted on
05/14/2008 5:28:50 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(http://moosedroppings.wordpress.com -- Because 20 million self-important blogs just aren't enough.)
To: NormsRevenge
You can always have another child but beer you have to pay for.
32
posted on
05/14/2008 7:45:07 AM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(Vote for McCain but trust in the Lord)
To: GOP_Raider
33
posted on
05/14/2008 8:32:57 AM PDT
by
The SISU kid
(I feel really homesick all the time & so do all the other aliens.....)
To: Berlin_Freeper
You can always have another child but beer you have to pay for.
—
Good thing they didn’t hit any speedbumps.. a blow’d up diaper is one thing, a blow’d beer quite another.
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posted on
05/14/2008 10:03:22 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline—1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
To: rzeznikj at stout; GOP_Raider; Rodney King; Tainan; Chasaway; SquirrelKing; dynachrome; ...
(At least we don't have to wonder if he had an Obama sticker on his car)
Beer Ping!
A low to medium ping list aimed at all of us who, well, love our beer
FReepmail rzeznikj at stout or GOP_Raider to be added or struck from the list
35
posted on
05/14/2008 12:12:53 PM PDT
by
GOP_Raider
(DU: Standing athwart history yelling "$#@$# you mother$#@$#er!")
To: NormsRevenge
It’s a true wonder that anyone ever lived before mandatory seat belt laws.
36
posted on
05/14/2008 12:20:46 PM PDT
by
alarm rider
(Peace! through superior fire power....)
To: GOP_Raider
uninsured. check
unregistered. check
Beer belted in. check.
Time for a cruise!
37
posted on
05/14/2008 1:37:11 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Socialism is the feudalism of the future.")
To: NormsRevenge
Whats the problem here?
Safety first!
38
posted on
05/14/2008 5:17:52 PM PDT
by
Tainan
(Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
To: NormsRevenge
Australian fined for buckling in beer, not child
Let's not rush to judgment now.
What kind of beer was it?
39
posted on
05/14/2008 5:34:00 PM PDT
by
BJClinton
(I say potatoe, you say 57 states.)
To: NormsRevenge; GOP_Raider
Last year at my house:
Even so, I drove extra careful...
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