What the world coming to.

[shortie]

A Northern Territory driver has been fined by police after he strapped a seatbelt around a carton of beer but left a five-year-old child to sit on the floor of his car.

The man was pulled over on the Ross Highway, south of Alice Springs, about 3.30pm on Friday, when officers on patrol noticed the vehicle was unregistered and uninsured.

But what they found inside the car shocked them.

Four adults occupied the car with two in the front and two in the rear seats.

The carton of beer was buckled safely in the rear centre seat between two of the adults, while the five-year-old boy crouched on the floor.

"The concern is about people's priorities," a Northern Territory police spokesperson said.

"You get a lot of people riding around without seat belts in remote communities here but it is very unusual to see someone go to the trouble of strapping in a carton of beer instead of a small child. That is the shocking thing."

The driver has been fined $750.

/>http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/driver-straps-in-beer-not-toddler/2008/05/13/1210444396258.html

[kriso]

what an absolute germ! thats all i can say without gettin a warning for what i would say!

[Terry H]

wow

[Shrimpo]

What a dickhead, Exspenive carton of beer when u think he coulda put it in the boot.

[werewolf]

That's disgraceful! Only a single seatbelt around the carton? Couldn't it be restained better?

(jokes)

Yeah some people shouldn't be allowed to breed.

[Stinger]

I think this is a good case for forced euthanasia

[Beefa]

The question you have to ask is why did the carton take 4 adults driving down the ross hway out in the middle of whopp whoop so long to drink. They should of had it knocked off km's ago and the kid back in the seat belt well before they were pulled over.

Heath

[shortie]

Beefa wrote:

The question you have to ask is why did the carton take 4 adults driving down the ross hway out in the middle of whopp whoop so long to drink. They should of had it knocked off km's ago and the kid back in the seat belt well before they were pulled over.

Heath

True. But i reckon they were drinking the metho they purchsed first.

[Jordan]

haha good to see they have their priorities streight

[BassTracker]

Yeah thats bad, not to mention that kids live what they learn, hopefully we wont be reading about the exploits of this young fella in a few years time.

[faulked]

BassTracker wrote:

Yeah thats bad, not to mention that kids live what they learn, hopefully we wont be reading about the exploits of this young fella in a few years time.

this kid will have learnt to put his kid in the boot and tell him to shut up if he hears sirens

[brisfisher]

shortie wrote:

Beefa wrote:

The question you have to ask is why did the carton take 4 adults driving down the ross hway out in the middle of whopp whoop so long to drink. They should of had it knocked off km's ago and the kid back in the seat belt well before they were pulled over.

Heath

True. But i reckon they were drinking the metho they purchsed first.

hahahahaha:laugh: :silly: ,they musta had sh1t for brains to put a carton of beer before there kid.appauling:(