Yahoo Autos Florida Wants to Outlaw Dogs Riding Up Front on Motorcycles
Riding up front on a motorcycle: banned.
What kind of activities do you like doing with your dogs? Are you the kind of person who cycles with their dog running alongside them, or are you someone that prefers to snuggle up on the couch with them? Well, if you’re the kind of thrill seeker that used to take their dogs out on the open road for a drive, I’ve got some bad news for you.
A new bill in Florida is looking to cut down the kind of things you can do with your dog in a car or motorcycle. The proposal is part of an attempt to improve animal welfare across the state, and specifically looks to ban people from driving with their dogs on their laps, or from riding a motorcycle with a dog sitting in front of you.
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The bill, catchily titled SB 932: Animal Welfare, looks at clamping down on the way we travel with our pets. It includes measures that would outlaw people from driving with a dog on their lap in a way that “interferes with the person’s control.”
It would also strive to ban people from riding a motorcycle with a “dog positioned in front of him or her,” and prevents people from transporting a dog “at any time on the running board, fender, hood, or roof of a motor vehicle.” Dogs would also be banned from riding in the trunk of your car, or in any trailer “that is being towed by a motor vehicle.”
Hanging out the car window: not quite fully banned.
All of those measures do sound like good steps that could help keep your pooch safe on the road. But, there is one aspect of the proposed law that angered dog owners across the state.
In its current form, the bill also includes language that would prevent people from letting their furry friends hang their heads out the window of a moving car. But, following pushback of the proposed ruling, Florida state senator Lauren Book said this aspect could be amended out of the bill.
