An Australian driver was fined $650 for putting a seat belt around his beer rather than his five-year-old child. Constable Wayne Burnett said he was "shocked and appalled" when he pulled over the unregistered car. The 30-can box was strapped in between the two adults sitting in the back of the car. The child was with them - sitting on the floor. "The child was sitting in the lump in the centre, unrestrained," PC Burnett said. "I've never seen anythig like this before. This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child," he said. PC Burnett pulled the car over near the Australian town of Alice Springs to check if alcohol was being smuggled into an aboriginal settlement where it is prohibited. The man was fined for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle, and for failing to ensure a child was wearing a seat belt. "The concern is about people's priorities," a police spokesman said. "
It is very unusual to see someone strapping in beer."
Wrong again, liberal news media! This is NOT unusual. It happened to 46 year old Tina Williams of Florida. The glassy-eyed Williams, who reeked of alcohol and subsequently failed a series of field sobriety tests, was traveling with two passengers in the back seat of her 1982 Ford station wagon: a 20-year-old woman and a 16-month-old infant, who was neither in a car seat nor somehow belted in. However, Williams did make sure to secure the vehicle's other precious cargo. As noted in the below St. John's County Sheriff's Office report, deputies discovered that a 24-pack of Busch beer was placed in the front passenger seat and "was seat belted in." Williams, who was charged with drunk driving and child endangerment, said, "I don't know," when deputies asked why the child was not safely restrained. She claimed to have "had a few" when asked if she had been drinking. And when asked for her license, Williams replied, "I never had one."
An Australian driver was fined $650 for putting a seat belt around his beer rather than his five-year-old child. Constable Wayne Burnett said he was "shocked and appalled" when he pulled over the unregistered car. The 30-can box was strapped in between the two adults sitting in the back of the car. The child was with them - sitting on the floor. "The child was sitting in the lump in the centre, unrestrained," PC Burnett said. "I've never seen anythig like this before. This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child," he said. PC Burnett pulled the car over near the Australian town of Alice Springs to check if alcohol was being smuggled into an aboriginal settlement where it is prohibited. The man was fined for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle, and for failing to ensure a child was wearing a seat belt. "The concern is about people's priorities," a police spokesman said. "It is very unusual to see someone strapping in beer."
Wrong again, liberal news media! This is NOT unusual. It happened to 46 year old Tina Williams of Florida. The glassy-eyed Williams, who reeked of alcohol and subsequently failed a series of field sobriety tests, was traveling with two passengers in the back seat of her 1982 Ford station wagon: a 20-year-old woman and a 16-month-old infant, who was neither in a car seat nor somehow belted in. However, Williams did make sure to secure the vehicle's other precious cargo. As noted in the below St. John's County Sheriff's Office report, deputies discovered that a 24-pack of Busch beer was placed in the front passenger seat and "was seat belted in." Williams, who was charged with drunk driving and child endangerment, said, "I don't know," when deputies asked why the child was not safely restrained. She claimed to have "had a few" when asked if she had been drinking. And when asked for her license, Williams replied, "I never had one."
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