Woman takes child out of car seat, straps in gas can

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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...132717697.html

Woman takes child out of car seat, straps in gas can
By Dylan Stableford | June 6th, 2012



A Colorado woman was cited for a seat belt violation when the police officer who pulled her over during a routine traffic stop discovered she had removed her child from a car seat to make room for a gas can.

The unidentified female driver was stopped after making an improper turn in Aurora, Colo., on May 30. The woman and her two children—a 14-year-old and the toddler—were not wearing seat belts. But a photo of the back seat taken by the officer for the Aurora Police Department's "Click It or Ticket" campaign shows the gas can was secured with the seat belt meant for the young child.

"This could be one of the extreme incidents we've ever seen," Aurora Police spokesman Frank Fania told the Denver Post.

On Tuesday, the Colorado Department of Transportation posted the photo to its Facebook wall, encouraging users to "share it to remind everyone that life is precious, so please be responsible and make sure children are properly restrained in the appropriate child safety seat."

Many Facebook users thought the photo was staged.

"Anyone dumb or lazy enough to not put kid in car seat wouldn't take time to do it with their gas can," Kristin Sliger wrote. "Probably just a statement about how expensive gas is."

Most, though, were outraged.

"This is ridiculous," Ray Phillips wrote. "Having the child poorly restrained is one thing, but think about the gas fumes!"

"One slam on the brakes and the gas would be all over the car and the kid thru the front window," Jennae Warrick Hunter wrote. "This is so wrong!"

Nancy Chavez added: "At least the kid is IN the car and not on the ROOF!"

The last line of the above story is in reference to this one from a couple days ago:

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/06...ed--76596.html

Mother leaves child on roof of car while driving, gets arrested
June 4, 2012


Catalina Clouser, 19, was arrested because she forgot her newborn on top of her car while driving.

PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix police have arrested a woman who allegedly drove off after forgetting that her 5-week-old baby was in a car seat on the roof of her vehicle.

Officer James Holmes said officers were called out early Saturday after witnesses found a child strapped in a safety seat in the middle of an intersection.

The boy wasn't hurt. He's now in the custody of Arizona Child Protective Services.

Authorities say the child's mother, 19-year-old Catalina Clouser, her boyfriend and their friends had been smoking marijuana earlier in the evening at a nearby park.

Upset that her boyfriend was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence, police say Clouser went to the home of friends and smoked more marijuana.

Clouser left around midnight. Police say she apparently put the sleeping baby on the roof and drove off, forgetting he was there.

[SuperGLS]

The world is full of fun.

[ryanjblajda]

this is my thought on the matter

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[Aintnonerd]

this is my thought on the matter

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Get the hell out of my head.

[Spectre]

It's sad that I'm not surprised.

[silversharkXD2]

civil liberties or none, you should have to have a permit to have a child. clamp all the chicks or snip all the guys that would do anything like that. My son is eight and I wont even let him sit in the fron seat. I used to strap my carseat into the middle of the vehicle but the restraing hooks on newer cars make that difficult. They only put them on both sides and not in the middle

[Aintnonerd]

I used to strap my carseat into the middle of the vehicle but the restraing hooks on newer cars make that difficult. They only put them on both sides and not in the middle

Not on the XD2 hatch...

I agree with you on that, Hell my 10 year old still sits in the back. My really tall 4 year old just sits on a booster now.

And yes they really should put people through some kind of test about having children.

[SuperGLS]

40 years ago kids never used car seats or seat belts. No big deal.

Do I think it's stupid? Of course I do. Is it the end of the world? No.

She should have just had the kid hold the gas tank while he was strapped in, obviously.

[Aintnonerd]

^ yeah an tell him if you're thirsty you have something to drink right there.

[Munky]

I knew the gas prices were crazy...but c'mon!