A Perth mother who drove with her four-year-old son on the roof rack of her car for 18 minutes on busy suburban roads, at speeds of up to 100 kilometres per hour, has been fined and had her licence disqualified.Erica Shadforth reached speeds of up to 100 kilometres per hour with her son on the roofMagistrate Steven Malley called the incident"carelessness in the extreme"
Erica Shadforth pleaded guilty today in the Armadale Magistrates Court to charges of driving dangerously and failing to ensure that a child was properly restrained. The mother-of-six was charged in January after other motorists saw the boy on top of the car as she drove along roads including Ranford Road and Tonkin Highway, where the speed limits vary from 80 to 100 kilometres per hour.
The court was told Shadforth was driving to a friend's house in Piara Waters from her home in Camillo, where she had put the child in the driver's seat before going back inside. When she came back out to the car, she presumed the child had jumped into the rear seats where two of her other children — a two-year-old girl and a two-month-old boy — were strapped into their child restraints.
I love how she is enjoying all the attention.
So is she being prosecuted for not having a kid in child restraint or for an unsecured load? Or is it both?
So is she being prosecuted for not having a kid in child restraint or for an insecure load? Or is it both?
Unreal - no words...
Is that all she got....FFS
It’s no problem as long as you tie them down front and back
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