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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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1 posted on 05/13/2008 11:14:29 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

It’s the dumb ones that are always the evidence in favor of “hold my hand” laws.


2 posted on 05/13/2008 11:16:14 AM PDT by republicanequestrian
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To: republicanequestrian

DARWIN, Australia

Home of the Darwin Award?


3 posted on 05/13/2008 11:18:00 AM PDT by dblshot
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To: NormsRevenge

Didn’t we hear a similar story to this here in the states? A few months back?


4 posted on 05/13/2008 11:18:12 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
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To: NormsRevenge

5 posted on 05/13/2008 11:18:42 AM PDT by Borges
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To: NormsRevenge

Australian for stupid


6 posted on 05/13/2008 11:19:06 AM PDT by scottinoc
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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)
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To: NormsRevenge

“Hold my beer. Watch this!”


8 posted on 05/13/2008 11:27:31 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't Blame Me, I voted for Kodos!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Was it Foster’s?

Because Foster’s IS pretty darn good beer.

;^)


9 posted on 05/13/2008 11:28:24 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't Blame Me, I voted for Kodos!)
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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.")
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To: NormsRevenge

Priorities.


11 posted on 05/13/2008 11:30:29 AM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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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!

12 posted on 05/13/2008 11:31:26 AM PDT by southernnorthcarolina (May contain traces of tree nuts.)
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I'm moving to Austalia!

Or better yet, Australia!

13 posted on 05/13/2008 11:34:57 AM PDT by southernnorthcarolina (May contain traces of tree nuts.)
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To: southernnorthcarolina

Starting early?


14 posted on 05/13/2008 11:36:00 AM PDT by thulldud (Insanity: Electing John McCain again and expecting a different result.)
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To: swain_forkbeard

Damn, beat me to it. :-)


15 posted on 05/13/2008 11:36:19 AM PDT by Duck Fan
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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...


16 posted on 05/13/2008 11:39:36 AM PDT by steveo (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
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To: dblshot

All I could think of was Icanhascheeseburger.com:

Darwin award

UR doin it wrong!


17 posted on 05/13/2008 11:41:24 AM PDT by Ingtar (Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery. - ejonesie22)
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To: NormsRevenge

“It’s all about the beer!”


18 posted on 05/13/2008 11:41:46 AM PDT by AU72
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To: thulldud
Starting early?

It's 5:00 somewhere...


19 posted on 05/13/2008 11:43:41 AM PDT by southernnorthcarolina (May contain traces of tree nuts.)
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To: NormsRevenge
How to speak Australian:

Children.

20 posted on 05/13/2008 11:44:56 AM PDT by dfwgator (Go Stars!)
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