[LordOpie]

DARWIN, Australia (AP) -- An Australian driver who secured a carton of beer in his car with a seat belt but left a 5-year-old child unrestrained was fined 750 Australian dollars ($710; €460), police said Tuesday.

Constable Wayne Burnett said he was "shocked and appalled" when he pulled over the unregistered car on Friday in the central Australian town of Alice Springs.

The 30-can carton was strapped in between the two adults sitting in the back seat of the car. The child was also in back, on the vehicle'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 for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle, and for failing to ensure a child was wearing a seat belt.

Alice Springs Police Superintendent Sean Parnell expressed shock at the incident in a statement released Tuesday.

"This serves as a timely reminder to all drivers to ensure they wear seat belts and ensure as is their responsibility that all passengers in their vehicle are secured in the appropriate manner," he said.

I hope it was at least good beer.

 

[Red Rabbit]

Smells like repost.

 

[stosh]

The have good chicken in Alice Springs.

 

[LordOpie]

Check out this video -- http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=248745#videoid=248745 -- the irony happens half way through.

 

[I Are Baboon]

The 30-can carton

Good beer does not come in 30 packs of cans.

 

[stevew]

I hope it was at least good beer.

Australia, doubt it.

 

[JohnE]

Smells like prioritization...you can always get another kid.
What happened to the days of riding in the back of a pick up truck, flying down the highway at 75, flinging beer cans out as you go? Now those were the good old days...

 

[LordOpie]

Good beer does not come in 30 packs of cans.

Good point!

 

[BurlyShirley]

Smells like prioritization...you can always get another kid.
What happened to the days of riding in the back of a pick up truck, flying down the highway at 75, flinging beer cans out as you go? Now those were the good old days...

Sounds like an ordinary day in my neck of the woods.

BTW, Im enjoying a nice beer right now. About to start painting some trim though. lthumbsdown:

 

[stevew]

Good beer does not come in 30 packs of cans.

Technically, not even in 6 packs.

 

[LordOpie]

About to start painting some trim though.

Nice! irate2:

 

[MTBstud12]

Check out this video -- http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=248745#videoid=248745 -- the irony happens half way through.

Only in america..How about that guy performing a self tracheotomy

 

[LordOpie]

Check out this video -- http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=248745#videoid=248745 -- the irony happens half way through.

For those who didn't catch it, it's a video about a mom giving weed to her 2yo. They interviewed other mom's, one said it was horrible to do that to your child, meanwhile, she and her two kids were obese and shoving an ice cream cone down their pie-hold. Ironic stupid bitch.

 

[jimmydean]

Fosters, Australian for Budweiser.

 

[stevew]

Check out this video -- http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=248745#videoid=248745 -- the irony happens half way through.

They like their ice cream.

 

[Red Rabbit]

Round here we consider MGD good & Natural Light acceptable. If we are feeling spending we buy some Heineken. Heineken is considered awesome.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Round here we consider MGD good & Natural Light acceptable. If we are feeling spending we buy some Heineken. Heineken is considered awesome.

You need to get out more.

 

[$tinkle]

If we are feeling spending we buy some Heineken. Heineken is considered awesome.

i'm going to have frank booth send you a love letter.

 

[submarinemike]

all they did was fine the driver? wtf? no one thought it would be a good idea to call child protective survices? Australia is f-ed up. and when it comes to my beer i prefer not to buy anything that comes in a can unless im broke and desperate. and hefeweizens rule.

 

[ire]

Check out this video -- http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=248745#videoid=248745 -- the irony happens half way through.

 

[valve bouncer]

They take their grog seriously up there. Was probably a slab of Darwin Stubbies