I've only seen that one link that david put up, but from the posts here, it would seem there are conflicting stories.
I have to agree with Lyndal that you wouldn't know if a child 'liked' to ride up there unless they had done it before.
But I am having trouble believing it had been done before, or at least, been done on busy roads, as I think we would have seen reports of it. Or, after this hit the news, other previous facebook comments & discussions would have surfaced. People saying-we saw that same thing last week etc
I also have a problem believing a young child was able to climb out of a moving car & up onto the roof rack without a bit of effort or anyone noticing or saying anything. But I notice there were 3 kids in the car at the time & 2 were in child restraints. So I am assuming they were younger, under 4 years of age. If I had to guess, I'd say the youngest might only have been one year old and not up to talking and even the second one might only be 2.
I do believe though the 4 year old wanted to be there. But the thing is, when police stopped the car, he wasn't in any sort of restraint at all. And there is the crux of the problem, because he most definitely should have been. He is obviously a handful, let's be honest here. No 4 year old would generally climb up onto the roof rack by himself or be happy being up there. No sensible mother would put him there, even if he whinged to have a go (which may have happened).
Bottom line, he should have been in a suitable child restraint so the parents do deserve a fine.
