In a peculiar recent incident, a mother from Illinois, 49-year-old Jennifer A. Janus Yeager has been charged with endangering the safety of her children, after she was arrested for driving with an inflatable pool on top of her car.
As it turned out, the pool was actually occupied — by her two young daughters.
Oddly enough, the charges brought against the woman seem relatively mild in contrast to what she had done — reports indicate that she will have to face penalties for driving her kids without seatbelts.
Another charge that may be brought up against the woman involves allowing her children near a pool without supervision.
However, all things considered, it does not look like the law was very well prepared for an incident of this sort.
Many people have been sharing the story in a humorous tone, pointing out the ridiculous nature of it.
Others have been disappointed and even angry with the woman, claiming that she was not far away from causing a major incident involving the lives of her children.
The strange scene was first reported by a citizen who had spotted the vehicle with the kids riding on top, and alerted authorities.
The woman’s car was stopped by police shortly after, leading to her immediate arrest.
The official explanation given to the arresting officers was that the woman had no other way of fixing the pool to her car “safely,” so she asked her children to hold it down while she drove home.
It is not clear if there was more to the story at this point, as official reports have been relatively scarce.
Yeager, who did not have any run-in with the law before this incident, other than a speeding ticket in 2012; has sparked a lot of reactions online and people are split when it comes to her behavior.
Her defenders say she might have been trying to entertain the children and her actions do not necessarily mean that she is a bad parent.
