'Unbelievable stupidity' - Occupants of overloaded car fined for not wearing seatbelts

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The driver was fined €120 and received three penalty points

A driver has received multiple fines for having a child in the back of the car with no seatbealt. 

Sharing a post to X, a spokesperson for An Garda Síochána said: "The driver was fined €120 and received three penalty points. They received a subsequent fine for also having a child in the back without a seatbelt.

"The other two adult passengers have received a €120 fine each for being without a seatbelt.

"This car was stopped by Gardaí at a checkpoint in Glendalough , Co Wicklow this afternoon - the driver's four passengers including a child were all travelling without seatbelts."

The post have had a lot of reaction in the comments, one user said: "Unbelievable stupidity."

Another user said: "The lunacy of this action."

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