Licenses to Breed...
In Fayetteville NC the Child Seatbelt / Safety Seat law states that under 5 years old or 50 lbs your child must be restrained by a child safety seat and seat belt.
On Fort Bragg NC the law is 8 years old and 80 pounds (older children may use a Booster Seat instead of a 'Child Safety Seat'.
SO... a carfull of young women come in, and the driver hands me 2 NC ID cards, a Spouse card, and tells me that all she has is her birth certificate because her military ID is on post. Firstly I chide her for driving without a driver's license on her person, which (though it can be looked up by a law enforcement official) is technically illegal. I have her swap with the Spouse card, and turn them around so they can drop her off on the Blvd, and return to enter and retrieve the Mil ID card from post.
Only, when they rolled up the second time, I now saw a small boy in the back seat. I waved to him and asked his age. Three. Well, this tiny three year old boy I did not see before has no carseat. In fact, I didn't see him the first time because he was sitting between the No ID and an NC ID in the backseat!! I tell them there's no way they're going anywhere like that, and pull them to the side so Spouse Card can walk to her car (which was abandoned the other night because she was drunk), retrieve her carseat, and presumeably come back to get the car, child, and then the Mil ID. Sgt instructs me to run the tag on my way over, no biggie. Cept when I called it in I was interupted by a 14yo boy having a seizure (elsewhere) and had to wait for the channel to clear. When their tag FINALLY got cleared, a patrol just happened to wander up and get curious anyway.
Spouse Card wants to know why she can't just turn around and drop the 3-yo off with the chick (oh using this term so loosely you have no idea) down by the Blvd. Um... because that would require DRIVING with the 3-yo in no carseat.. again? Ok.. so MPs get curious, then furious. Spouse card's getting a ticket for no safety seat, and they contemplate giving No ID one too as she was the original driver. All is said and done, Spouse-Card Mom got to walk the 3-yo down to Bragg Blvd and drop him with her girlfriend aaaaand then walk to get the carseat and her car; one of the other women apparently had an NC DL so she could drive the other car away. Ah... justice is served. Cept that three-year old still has a drunk moron for a mother.
On Fort Bragg NC the law is 8 years old and 80 pounds (older children may use a Booster Seat instead of a 'Child Safety Seat'.
SO... a carfull of young women come in, and the driver hands me 2 NC ID cards, a Spouse card, and tells me that all she has is her birth certificate because her military ID is on post. Firstly I chide her for driving without a driver's license on her person, which (though it can be looked up by a law enforcement official) is technically illegal. I have her swap with the Spouse card, and turn them around so they can drop her off on the Blvd, and return to enter and retrieve the Mil ID card from post.
Only, when they rolled up the second time, I now saw a small boy in the back seat. I waved to him and asked his age. Three. Well, this tiny three year old boy I did not see before has no carseat. In fact, I didn't see him the first time because he was sitting between the No ID and an NC ID in the backseat!! I tell them there's no way they're going anywhere like that, and pull them to the side so Spouse Card can walk to her car (which was abandoned the other night because she was drunk), retrieve her carseat, and presumeably come back to get the car, child, and then the Mil ID. Sgt instructs me to run the tag on my way over, no biggie. Cept when I called it in I was interupted by a 14yo boy having a seizure (elsewhere) and had to wait for the channel to clear. When their tag FINALLY got cleared, a patrol just happened to wander up and get curious anyway.
Spouse Card wants to know why she can't just turn around and drop the 3-yo off with the chick (oh using this term so loosely you have no idea) down by the Blvd. Um... because that would require DRIVING with the 3-yo in no carseat.. again? Ok.. so MPs get curious, then furious. Spouse card's getting a ticket for no safety seat, and they contemplate giving No ID one too as she was the original driver. All is said and done, Spouse-Card Mom got to walk the 3-yo down to Bragg Blvd and drop him with her girlfriend aaaaand then walk to get the carseat and her car; one of the other women apparently had an NC DL so she could drive the other car away. Ah... justice is served. Cept that three-year old still has a drunk moron for a mother.
Um...
A. Maybe you shouldn't be getting drunk with the lesbian you're cheatin on your hubby with, when you have a three-year-old boy.
B. WHERE was the three-year-old boy at the time??
C. WHY didn't someone grab the carseat when they grabbed your drunk self and the boy?
D. Why don't we require IQ tests, background checks, and licenses to breed?
I look forward to reading your blogs. :D
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