Law Proposed for Animal Restraints in Vehicles

(Santa Fe, New Mexico) A while back, I predicted that some politician with too much time would try to put pets in seat belts. Accordingly, Santa Fe City Councilor Karen Heldmeyer proposed just such a law. According to a report on Newsmax.com, pet owners will have the following options.

A "pet safety sitter" ($13.69 to $21.69) that straps Fido's chest to the seat.

A restraint with a loop that attaches to a seat belt.

"Pickup tie-outs" that attach to Muttley's collar to keep it from jumping out of a pickup's bed.

A little booster seat so Puff can see out the window.

However, after this was reported, Councilor Heldmeyer backtracked and stated that she only wanted the law to apply to pickup trucks. Specifically, an animal carried in a truck bed "shall be crated or restrained upon a nonmetal mat so it cannot fall or jump from the truck or be strangled."

You know, Santa Fe sits about 7,000 feet above sea level with thin air and oxygen deprivation has been proven to affect rational thought. Maybe Councilor Heldmeyer should occasionally come down off the mountain.