I had to read this news article with absolute disgust. Constable Sheryll Pearce was astonished to find 13 members of an extended family packed into a seven-seat Nissan last month on Auckland's Northern Motorway. There was a baby among eight unrestrained children travelling inside.

What does she do? Well, instead of fining the hell out of them she gave them two tickets and sent the group across the road to a car shop to buy appropriate child seating.

I think she should have called CYFs. If they have no qualm about endangering their children's lives on their first road-trip sending them to a shop to buy carseats isn't going to make them use them from now.

They don't care about the safety of their kids - full stop. So get the kids taken off them. It should be an easy-to-do immediate action for CYFs.

At least this way they will survive their next car trip. If you can't buckle up your kids you shouldn't be allowed them. End of story.

K Morland, Katikati.