Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe LOS LUNAS, N.M., April 9 (UPI) -- A New Mexico judge ordered a 6-year-old boy to attend traffic school after his mother was ticketed for driving while his seat belt was unbuckled. The boy's mother, who was identified only as Jessica, asked Los Lunas Magistrate Judge John Sanchez to help her teach her son the importance of seat belt wearing when she appeared in court on a citation for failing to restrain her child, KRQE-TV, Albuquerque, reported Thursday. Advertisement The mother told the judge that she has been unable to convince her son to keep his seat belt on while in the car. "He took off his seat belt, I pulled over again and put it on and he took it off right in front of the cop," she said. Sanchez worked with Los Lunas driver's education instructor Avilio Chavez to design a program that the judge called "full seat belt school." "Having somebody that young is an interesting concept," Chavez said. Sanchez said future offenders who appear before him for failing to restrain their children may be sent to the same class with their kids. "We just want to make sure everyone's safe," Sanchez said. Advertisement
