John
04-08-2009, 08:55 AM
Driver caught breastfeeding at wheel
Police in Australia arrested a teenage mum - for breastfeeding while driving her car.
Just before she was pulled over in Alice Springs, the 19-year-old mum almost crashed into a police car, reports The Sun.
She was so drunk she couldn't give a breath test - and already banned from driving from a previous offence.
Apart from driving while disqualified, the woman was also driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle.
Northern Territory Duty Superintendent Jamie Chalker said police were "absolutely outraged".
He said: "A five-month-old child was placed at significant risk, and had the police officers not been able to brake to avoid the collision, then the outcome could've been even more horrific."
Supt Chalker said this was the first time he had ever heard of a mother being caught driving while breastfeeding.
"It just challenges the mind that people can choose to be so flippant about road laws and people's lives, particularly their young children," he said.
The baby was placed in the care of relatives.
The young mum was charged with failing to provide a breath sample, driving while disqualified in an unregistered and uninsured car, failing to give way and driving with an unrestrained child.
Police in Australia arrested a teenage mum - for breastfeeding while driving her car.
Just before she was pulled over in Alice Springs, the 19-year-old mum almost crashed into a police car, reports The Sun.
She was so drunk she couldn't give a breath test - and already banned from driving from a previous offence.
Apart from driving while disqualified, the woman was also driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle.
Northern Territory Duty Superintendent Jamie Chalker said police were "absolutely outraged".
He said: "A five-month-old child was placed at significant risk, and had the police officers not been able to brake to avoid the collision, then the outcome could've been even more horrific."
Supt Chalker said this was the first time he had ever heard of a mother being caught driving while breastfeeding.
"It just challenges the mind that people can choose to be so flippant about road laws and people's lives, particularly their young children," he said.
The baby was placed in the care of relatives.
The young mum was charged with failing to provide a breath sample, driving while disqualified in an unregistered and uninsured car, failing to give way and driving with an unrestrained child.