Hug a dog -- get a ticket
Don't dog and drive.
Assembly Member Bill Maze, R-Visalia, wants to make it illegal in California to drive with a dog on your lap.
"If you have an animal that gets in your face or gets tangled up in your steering wheel while you're driving, you can't properly control [the car]," he told The Bee's E.J. Schultz.
Seems like common sense to me, what do you think?
Assembly Bill 2233 does not specify how drivers should control their pets in the car, although animal rights advocates say the most humane way to transport animals is in a cage.
The legislation isn't expected to meet up with any big obstacles, though it does seem somewhat inconsistent that Maze is worried about drivers distracted by pets. He voted no on restrictions for hand-held cell phones, which studies have shown to be a factor in many accidents.
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Comments
How about one law for everything but two hands on the wheel instead of these one at a time ripoffs of our freedom.Please, please protect us from ourselves!
Posted by: Brian Murray | February 28, 2008 7:28 AM
I am guilty of having my dog on my leg next to the door and not in the way of my driving with both hands on the wheel however they don't move and are very well behaved. Ultimately they should be transported in a crate or belted in like that would be effective. I am sick of these animal haters trying to take away my joy and rights.
Posted by: Jackie Krage | February 28, 2008 1:18 PM