Unlicensed driver charged, cops almost $7k in fines after five unrestrained children found in car by police

Key points

• A Queensland woman has been fined $6993 and lost 23 demerit points after police stopped her car in Redbank. Police allege she was travelling at 77km/h in a 60km/h zone.
• Five children, aged between four months and nine years, were in the back without proper restraints, including a four-month-old held by a five-year-old. The woman has been charged with driving without a licence and will appear in Ipswich Magistrates Court on October 29.
• Police say an unrestrained child is extremely vulnerable in a crash.