Posted on 06/04/2012 2:33:29 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
NJ: Buckle up Your Dog & Cat or Face Fines
Jun 4, 2012
By Todd Starnes
Garden State drivers who fail to buckle up their cat or dog could face criminal charges as well as fines totaling up to $1,000, according to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
“You should not be driving down the road under any circumstances with a dog driving the car,” said Elyse Coffey, a spokesperson for the New Jersey MVC. “We don’t want dogs driving with the steering wheel and we don’t want cats who sit on the dashboard.”
State officials are teaming up with the NJ Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to enforce laws requiring motorists to “properly restrain their pets.”
The law forbids dogs from hanging out windows – and also from riding in the bed of a pickup truck.
Drivers who fail to do so could face fines from $250 to $1,000 – for each offense. They could also be charged with disorderly conduct under New Jersey’s animal cruelty statutes.
“As your family gets ready to embark on their family vacation, you take the time to buckle up your kids because you love them,” Coffey told Fox News Radio. “It’s also time to take a look at your furry family members.”
She said driving with a distracted animal in the car could be dangerous not only for the family pet, but also for other motorists.
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My chihuahua is always in his carrier when in the car. Otherwise, he will be running around getting himself into trouble in the car.
I live in NJ. This place in insane. ROFLMAO
Also, blow in the cats nose. Cat has to swallow to breathe. Heck of a lot easier than your list. LOL
Laughing hysterically here, been through that many a time, then had a brainwave, crush the tablet up with the back of a spoon, mix it into some minced beef, and bingo, it’s all gone.
Also, blow in the cats nose. Cat has to swallow to breathe. Heck of a lot easier than your list. LOL
A woman whose little dog was loose under her feet decided to *not* stomp the brakes, just in in case she might hurt her dog and ran over 2 of my dear friends, instead.
I’ll never forget the woman friend lying in the roadway, blood spouting out of her mouth as her crushed internal organs drowned her nor the sight of his boots sticking out from under her front wheels.
My dogs are always belted in, for their safety, my safety and the safety of other innocent drivers.
Just a lousy ten feet would’ve made the difference between them living or dying.
Finally getting the pill down kitty’s throat, notice it a little later carefully puked out in a pool of slime. None of the kitty’s recently eaten supper shows up in it. Somehow kitty is able to selectively puke out just the pill. Pretty talented kitty!
Anything’s easier that that “list from hell”. LOL.
My cat smells the meds, and won’t touch the food. Alas, I have to have the vet mildly “sedate” him (and me) to get it down his throat. LOL.
I hope you’re not the heartless ignorant monster you portray yourself to be.
Seems redundant to me.
but they aren’t real good drivers!
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If only they had thumbs—
They (cats & dogs) would rule the world.
What you read is sarcasm designed to point out another in a long list of stupid liberal consequences. I'd use the word "unintended" in there but I've decided that liberals want to destroy the World, and thus must be driven by evil itself (if such a thing truly and concretely exists), thus the consequences are desired.
Now before you think I'm a cat lover... no, I don't like them except for those that live outside and prey upon vermin. Cats on a farm = good. Cats in my car = fugettaboutit.
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