Motorist belts up beer rather than child

You have to wonder about the priorities of an Australian motorist who this week was fined for putting a seatbelt around a case of beer in the back seat of his car and leaving a five-year-old unprotected.

Constable Wayne Burnett pulled the driver over near Alice Springs. He found a case of beer on the back seat securely fasted with a seat belt, but a five-year-old boy was just bouncing around on the back seat.

'I haven't ever seen something like this before,' Constable Burnett who was checking cars going into the Aboriginal community area where alcohol is prohibited. 'Sure, we get beer out of vehicles that is being taken into Sure, we get beer out of vehicles that is being taken into restricted areas but this is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child.'

The driver was fined $750 dollars for failing to ensure his child passenger was wearing a seatbelt.

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