Tuesday, May 13, 2008

[beer safe] buckle up now campaign

People are asking a lot of questions about this:

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.

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


Here are some of the questions:

1. Was it XXXX or VB in the car?

2. Is Alice really going dry and where will people get their beer from?

3. Why was the slab unopened and buckled in? Why wasn't anyone drinking at the time?

4. Was the boy mistreated or was he hiding from the heat down there?

Personally, my drop of choice is lower right.

8 comments:

  1. I posted on this story as well. I took the view that it is another case where adults put drink before child safety, eg McCanns.

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  2. VB is the cheapest of Australia's mass market beers, aimed at the lowest of the low brow end of the ocker beer drinking market, so it's hardly surprising that beer safety came before child safety.

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  3. Well that is not surprising, especially in the Northern Territory.

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  4. Separate issue, James.

    Thanks for using the blue button.

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  5. Old Peculiar is a little hevy for my taste but I am now in the mood for a pint of Greene King Abbot... and a bottle or two of Coppers Sparkling ale (if I can find some)....

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  6. Thanks John, MJW, Uber, Nunyaa, Calum and Cherie.

    Jams - XB was my tipple.

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