UlrikeDG
Admin - CPS Technician Emeritus
Heard this on the radio Thursday.
Calif. Lawmaker Seeks Law to Ban Lapdogs in Cars
by Karen Grigsby Bates
All Things Considered, April 24, 2008
And, the response:
Letters: Have Pet, Will Travel ... Safely
by Robert Siegel
All Things Considered, April 25, 2008
Calif. Lawmaker Seeks Law to Ban Lapdogs in Cars
by Karen Grigsby Bates
All Things Considered, April 24, 2008
...State Assemblyman Bill Maze (R-Visalia) wants to ban pet owners from driving with animals on their laps. Last week, a bill that would do just that passed the state's Assembly Committee on Transportation. The state Assembly may take up the measure, which Maze wrote, next week.
Maze says pets are a distraction that could put motorists at risk, much like talking on a cell phone....
...The bill does not specify how drivers should keep their pets in place....
And, the response:
Letters: Have Pet, Will Travel ... Safely
by Robert Siegel
All Things Considered, April 25, 2008
Pet owners respond to a California proposal that would make driving with a dog in your lap illegal. Two women describe accidents involving their dogs: One was restrained and the other was not.