Driver Buckles Beer in Car, Not Child

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    DARWIN, Australia (AP) — An Australian driver who secured a carton of beer in his car with a seat belt but left a 5-year-old child unrestrained was fined $710.<br />
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    Constable Wayne Burnett said he was &quot;shocked and appalled&quot; when he pulled over the unregistered car on Friday in the central Australian town of Alice Springs.<br />
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    The 30-can carton was strapped in between the two adults sitting in the back seat of the car. The child was also in back, on the vehicle’s floor.<br />
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    &quot;The child was sitting in the lump in the center, unrestrained,&quot; Burnett told reporters Tuesday.<br />
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    &quot;I haven’t ever seen something like this before,&quot; he said. &quot;This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child.&quot;<br />
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    From <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/australia.driver.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview"><strong>CNN.com</strong></a&gt;

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