A Northern Territory driver has been fined by police after he strapped a seatbelt around a carton of beer but left a 5-year-old child to sit on the floor of his car. The man was pulled over on the Ross Highway, south of Alice Springs, about 3.30 pm 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. The carton of beer was buckled safely in the rear centre seat between two of the adults, while the 5-year-old boy crouched on the floor. "The concern is about people's priorities," a Northern Territory police spokesperson said. "You get a lot of people riding around without seat belts in remote communities here but it is very unusual to see someone go to the trouble of strapping in a carton of beer instead of a small child. (Author/publisher).
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