Australian sense of priorities!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7397867.stm

Aussie straps in beer, not child


The car was pulled over on the Ross Highway, south of Alice Springs


A car driver in Australia has been fined for strapping down his beer rather than his young child.
Police said they were "shocked and appalled" when they pulled over the car south of Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory.
They said the 30-can pack of beer was strapped down between two adults in the back, with the five-year-old child unrestrained on the floor.
The driver was handed a fine of A$750 (US$709; £362).
The fine was for failing to ensure a child was wearing a seatbelt as well as driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle.
'Blank' look
The car was pulled over on the Ross Highway last Friday.


Constable Wayne Burnett said: "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."
When Constable Burnett handed over the fine he said the driver "just looked at me blankly".
"He didn't get it," Constable Burnett said. "I asked him about the fact the child was unrestrained and the beer was, and he said he didn't know anything about it." Superintendent Sean Parnell of Alice Springs police said the incident was a "timely reminder" to ensure "all passengers are secured".

Aussies couldnt give a XXXX for anything but beer :rolleyes: (new mk3)

Davidius

Australia is like some sort of alternate reality I hear.

Sherifu

A child can be replaced.

KnifeWRENCH

In fairness, it was only one child. There's 30 cans of beer to protect.
Majority rules and all that.

Overheal

How to Speak Australian:

Baby.

Fosters. Australian for beer.

KnifeWRENCH

^^^ :D:D
those ads were brilliant!!! pity they're not on anymore
(do they still make fosters??)

Davidius

square_igloo wrote: »

In fairness, it was only one child. There's 30 cans of beer to protect.
Majority rules and all that.

Australia know how to do democracy alright.

leninbenjamin

hmmm... 30 tinney's unrestrained could do a lot more damage than a baby in car crash. arguably the threat to all passengers of the car would have increased in the event of a crash.

Run_to_da_hills

Were they Green cans?

Mahatma coat

fvckn tinny drinkin bogens deserved what they got, now stubbies (glass bottles) on the other hand would be parfectly acceptable to strap down instead of child.

anyway they should be glad that the child was inside the vehicle not on the tray of a ute

kram_araman

square_igloo wrote: »

(do they still make fosters??)

Of course they still make fosters...its the cheap drink of choice for most UL students!!

Xavi6

Fosters - Australian for piss

Very hard to get over here and no Aussies would ever admit to drinking it. Was a big fan of it in my college days back home.

chopperbyrne

Fosters is a good pint on tap, but I'd never drink it from cans.

c - 13

What a ****ing idiot. He should have just put it in the boot ... and warned it to stay quiet.

Spud83

Xavi6 wrote: »

Fosters - Australian for piss

Very hard to get over here and no Aussies would ever admit to drinking it. Was a big fan of it in my college days back home.

Was just about to say, never seen it on tap and very rarely in the bottle shops. The Australians dont like Fosters and it isn't seen as being Australian at all. One girl went into a bar and asked for it, she was told I'm not selling you that, she just looked blankly at the barman. The barman was like I will sell you any other beer, but that. They dont like tourists thinking that is Australian. Didn't even see an ad for it.

Its XXXX, VB, Carlton, plus many more of there. Each state nearly has its own brand.

Splinter

c - 13 wrote: »

What a ****ing idiot. He should have just put it in the boot ... and warned it to stay quiet.

HA! nice