Forget the Law… What About the Children?
Whilst Andrella was initially pulled over for driving an unregistered vehicle, a different type of traffic infringement was quickly brought to officer Zimmerman’s attention. In the state of Wisconsin, there are strict and clear rules when it comes to driving with young children in the car. Any other policeman would have started writing Andrella a ticket at this point, but Kevin refrained.
It was more important for Kevin to understand why the children weren’t sitting in car seats than it was to give Andrella a penalty for doing so. Something about seeing these children without car seats struck a chord with officer Zimmerman. He believed that each child has the right to be safe when traveling in a vehicle, and that’s what upset Kevin.