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Title: Aussie straps in beer, not child
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BBC
URL Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7397867.stm
Published: May 13, 2008
Author: BBC
Post Date: 2008-05-13 16:10:36 by scrapper2
Keywords: parenting priorities in action, beer is to be protected at all
Views: 117
Comments: 7
A car driver in Australia has been fined for strapping down his beer rather than his young child. Police said they were "shocked and appalled" when they pulled over the car south of Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory. They said the 30-can pack of beer was strapped down between two adults in the back, with the five-year-old child unrestrained on the floor. The driver was handed a fine of A$750 (US$709; £362). The fine was for failing to ensure a child was wearing a seatbelt as well as driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle. 'Blank' look The car was pulled over on the Ross Highway last Friday. Constable Wayne Burnett said: "I haven't ever seen something like this before. "This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child... The child was sitting in the lump in the centre, unrestrained." When Constable Burnett handed over the fine he said the driver "just looked at me blankly". "He didn't get it," Constable Burnett said. "I asked him about the fact the child was unrestrained and the beer was, and he said he didn't know anything about it." Superintendent Sean Parnell of Alice Springs police said the incident was a "timely reminder" to ensure "all passengers are secured".
Poster Comment: Maybe this guy was not ready for parenthood, do you think? Or maybe this is how parenting works in Australia - just kidding, tom007.
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#1. To: tom007 (#0)
This article cracked me up. No harm intended with my poster comment, tom.
This article is guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
I dunno, roads are pretty rough up there, and a thirty pack runs about $40.00.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" Oh the horror! Many years ago, when my family went camping, mom, dad, me, and my five siblings would all cram into our pinto. No belts.
let overwrite, let override
let overwrite, let override Did he put a kerosene soaked rag for the gas cap? It teaches children great things. That's the mark of a great father.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" Many years ago, when my family went camping, mom, dad, me, and my five siblings would all cram into our pinto. No belts. Yikes! Not only no seat belts but in a self-exploding Pinto to boot! www.time.com/time/special...1658545_1658498_1657866,0 0.html "The 50 Worst Cars of All Time" They shoot horses, don't they? Well, this is fish in a barrel. Of course the Pinto goes on the Worst list, but not because it was a particularly bad car — not particularly — but because it had a rather volatile nature. The car tended to erupt in flame in rear-end collisions. The Pinto is at the end of one of autodom's most notorious paper trails, the Ford Pinto memo , which ruthlessly calculates the cost of reinforcing the rear end ($121 million) versus the potential payout to victims ($50 million). Conclusion? Let 'em burn.
Just guessing, but Fords BOD prolly didn't get Pintos as their free cars every four months.
"Satan / Cheney in "08"
#2. To: Original_Intent, Everyone with a sense of humor (#0)
#3. To: scrapper2 (#0)
south of Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory.
#4. To: scrapper2 (#0)
The child was sitting in the lump in the centre, unrestrained.
#5. To: Tauzero (#4)
mom, dad, me, and my five siblings would all cram into our pinto. No belts.
#6. To: Tauzero (#4)
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Oh the horror!
#7. To: scrapper2 (#6)
The Pinto is at the end of one of autodom's most notorious paper trails, the Ford Pinto memo , which ruthlessly calculates the cost of reinforcing the rear end ($121 million) versus the potential payout to victims ($50 million). Conclusion? Let 'em burn.
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