[Red Badger]

[GOPsterinMA]

I have more respect for most dogs than I do for Rats.

[Red Badger]

[sinanju]

I dunno, on one level, this kind of makes sense. You shouldn’t drive with the dog in the front seat and/or with head hanging out of window. That said, I, for one do not want to be legally required to strap in Fido. My pooch stays on the floor under the dash.

[fr_freak]

Under a bill sponsored by Rep. Jim Cobb, dogs or other animals must be restrained while in the interior of a motor vehicle in motion.

This idiot needs to be removed from office immediately.

[x1stcav]

Jim Cobb is an idiot and needs to retire before he imposes more silliness on his constituents.

We’ve become a silly country.

[bgill]

And if Fido chews through it?

[digger48]

You mean that Fifi won’t be able stand on Mumsies lap and help steer while slobbering out the drivers window anymore?

[dead]

Bitch. Bitch. Bitch. How about you stop trying to mother me and mind your own business?

[bareford101]

oh my goodness! That’s gonna leave a mark :)

No more letting Precious sit in your lap while you try to see how to steer the car!!

[x1stcav]

Jim Cobb is an idiot and needs to retire before he imposes more silliness on his constituents.

We’ve become a silly country.

[digger48]

didn't Tennessee also go hands-free on cell phones?

[lurk]

Mr Cobb, unaware that state funds are billions in deficit, focused like a laser on matters of historic significance.

This guy ought to show up in a Dilbert cartoon.

[C210N]

If TN votes for this, I propose a requirement that TN lawmakers need to be restrained with appropriate restraints while they are in session. Gagging would help too.

This is clearly Nanny-statism on steroids.

[paulycy]

I’m deeply concerned about proper hamster restraints.

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.

[jagusafr]

Nothing annoys me more while driving than seeing some driver with a dog on his/her lap. I don’t care how cute little Prissy is, IT’S DANGEROUS.

Colonel, USAFR

[ICE-FLYER]

The idiot representative needs to be laughed at publically. Run out of office. Never given authority again and held as an example of power run amok!

[Joe 6-pack]

IIRC, it was Tennessee where, a few years ago a family on vacation was pulled over because their vehicle matched the description of a robbery suspect. The family was hauled out of the car and placed on the ground with the vehicle doors left open. The family begged the police to close the doors so their dog wouldn't jump out. Their dog, a boxer, (id'd by the police as a "pit bull" of course) jumped out of the car and was shot.

So I suppose by that precedent, restraining your dog in the car is actually more hazardous to the animal since it's harder to hit a moving target.

[Texas resident]

Ok now if they are going to treat dogs as humans, who gets the ticket?

I saw a picture of a billboard up in Canada years ago.

“If you love your children, belt them.”

classic.