NZ police alarmed at breastfeeding motorists
Also stunned at the number of children being transported in car
boots:
New Zealand: New Zealand police said yesterday they were shocked at
the number of mothers they found breastfeeding babies while driving
along motorways in the country's largest city Auckland.
Police said they stopped three breastfeeding drivers this month while
carrying out a 10-day operation aimed at ensuring children were properly
restrained in vehicles.
"They were each driving a vehicle on the motorway. They were stopped
and spoken to," Inspector Shanan Gray said, stressing that the practise
placed both mother and child "in an extremely dangerous situation".
"If they had to stop their vehicle suddenly, or they were involved in
a serious crash, the infant would surely be ejected from the vehicle,"
he said.
Gray said police were also stunned at the number of children being
transported in car boots (trunks).
He said the number of children found to be at risk during the
operation was "extremely disappointing". AFP
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