SERIOUSLY?!

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."

http://news.yahoo.com/blo...17697.html

I know gas is expensive but that's just taking things too far.

I've called police and reported people at least a half dozen times for allowing their toddlers in the front seat (a violation in Florida), letting their toddlers run around inside the backseat of cars, and all manner of other things.

people are so ghetto

dang. that's not right

Aww look at the lil' gas can.. Looking hella cute when he sleeping.

ZombieKitten said:

Hopefully a case of beer in a baby carriage is breaking no laws

It depends if they are on the baby's lap or not

Hot ass mess...

i guess they were more concerned about losing $5 worth of petrol

A seat belt reduces the likelihood and severity of injury in a traffic collision by stopping the vehicle occupant from hitting hard against interior elements of the vehicle or other passengers, by keeping occupants positioned correctly for maximum benefit from the airbag, if the vehicle is so equipped, and by preventing occupants being ejected from the vehicle. Thus, Michigan police seat belt...ts results. Word went out to the public from their local law enforcement agencies that verbal warnings just weren’t changing behavior so tickets would be written.