Mother of kid filmed riding in car roof rack pleads guilty, banned from driving
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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 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.
The court heard she drove for about 13 kilometres over 18 minutes with the boy in the roof rack, and was not aware of other motorists trying to get her attention to tell her what has happening.
Some witnesses had described seeing the boy losing his grip and coming out of the roof rack, before Shadforth stopped at an intersection in Harrisdale where she put the boy in the car unrestrained.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-05/erica-shadforth-guilty-dangerous-driving-son-on-car-roof-rack/10872964
how hard is it to get banned from driving?
Is it easier in australia vs the usa?
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'm sorry but how the fuck do you not notice the kid ON TOP OF THE CAR as you're walking towards it, and then when getting in the car not actually check to see if the kid is in the car?
Probably looking at her phone.
I think every parent has at some point in time joked about making their kids sit on the roof but holy fuckles talk about going full hog.
It's pretty difficult in the USA because driving is a big source of income out of people. Insurance, Tag renewals, license renewals, tickets, parking fees, toll roads. Probably averages about $1600 a year per person in Florida just to keep your car road legal
it should be easier to be banned. Though I know of a lot of people who drive with a suspended licence.
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