Most people know that they either click it or ticket, but should the failure to buckle up your pets lead to a fine as large as $1,000? That's the question facing New Jersey, where a mandatory pet seat belt bill has been proposed:
Assemblywoman L. Grace Spencer, a Newark Democrat who owns a Pomeranian named A.J. along with five cats and a rabbit, has introduced a bill to require motorists to secure dogs and felines with a seatbelt-like harness if they?re not being transported in crates. Violators would get a $25 ticket that might escalate to an animal-cruelty charge with a fine of as much as $1,000 in extreme cases, such as having an unrestrained pet in the bed of a pickup.
Not everyone agrees, however:
Her proposal riles Assemblyman Jay Webber, a Morris Plains Republican who calls the bill ?busybody government at its best.? Webber, whose family when he was a child had a Lhasa apso, introduced a measure to clarify that failure to restrain an animal isn?t equivalent to inhumane treatment. He also said New Jersey is grappling with bigger issues, including a budget deficit and a stagnant economy.
Bloomberg has the story: Link
Source: http://www.neatorama.com/2012/09/25/Should-Seat-Belts-for-Pets-be-Mandatory/
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