Father Fined For Buckling in Beer Instead of Boy Beer before boy? An Australian police officer pulled over an unregistered and uninsured car on Friday only to find the driver, a dad, had seat belted his beer in, but failed to secure his son. The case of beer sat between two adult passengers in the backseat, while the 5-year-old road on the lump of the car's floor. According to ABC news: "I haven't ever seen something like this before," he said. "This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child."