JONATHAN TURLEY

For Sale: 4dr Sedan, Radio, and Rope Pull . . .

Some might think that a driver with driving violations might be able to “work something out” in a town called “Bribie,” but this is not that type of place, this was not that type of officer, and most certainly this was not just any violation. The officer saw a door flapping on a car and discovered that it was just held shut with a rope.

Bribis Island police in Australia had to post this one as one of the car pulled over in a crackdown on unsafe vehicles. That would certainly fit the bill.

Bribie Island Police ­station officer-in-charge Senior Sergeant Dave Crawford-Raby said that the rope was tied to the other side of the car and the 46-year-old driver from Bellara was fined $117. I assume he could keep the rope but had to leave the car.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/bribie-island-police-left-stunned-after-finding-car-with-door-held-shut-with-piece-of-rope/story-fnjwucvh-1227510785394