Australian Driver Seatbelts Beer But Not Child
AUSTRALIAN police were “shocked and appalled” when they pulled over the car south of Alice Springs in Australia’s Northern Territory and found a 30-can pack of beer strapped down between two adults in the back, and a five-year-old child unrestrained on the floor.
Of course, what the police meant to says is that they were delighted and relieved that among all the yoga-practising, alcohol-abstaining, veggie-munching, self-righteous, tree-huggers in the land Down Under they found a true stereotypical Aussie.
The driver was handed a fine of A$750 (US$709; £362) for failing to ensure a child was wearing a seatbelt. The driver was driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle.
Says Constable Wayne Burnett, using words that will sound like nectar to the Australian Tourist Board trying to bolster a flagging image in the face of some much sanctimony: “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.”
Burnett says when challenged the driver “just looked at me blankly”.
Like a true Aussie…
May 13th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Go on then I’ll start with my original
‘It was probably only his Fosters child’
Next!
May 14th, 2008 at 1:06 am
A case of priorities!
May 14th, 2008 at 7:32 am
I wont have a bad thing said against australians!
At least she was IN the car!
May 14th, 2008 at 11:14 am
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brandon flours Says:
May 14th, 2008 at 7:32 am
I wont have a bad thing said against australians!
You haven’t actually gone and doen it have you?
May 14th, 2008 at 11:30 am
4 Lone Pigeon
It probably happened in the Outback of Australia. Alice Springs is very remote and has dirt roads and bush tracks. There are vehicles held together by rope, and some are very old too. It is not unusual to see a wreck being drive without proper seats. This incident probably happened in the Bush where a lot of accidents do happen. There is always a crackdown going on somewhere out there.
May 14th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
lyn
so where the bloody hell are you? Alice Springs has sealed roads.
Heaps more accidents in the city than the bush. Why just the other day I spilled my soy latte whilst reverse parking the Landrover in Sydney.
First they crack down then they crack open a coldie