Pa. Lawmaker Submits Dog Seatbelt Bill
Bill Would Require Drivers To Keep Dogs' Heads
Inside Car
POSTED: 10:06 am EDT July 5, 2005
UPDATED: 10:14 am EDT July 5, 2005

GREEN TREE, Pa. -- A Pittsburgh-area
lawmaker is taking an 11-year-old boy's bright
idea to Harrisburg -- what about seat belts for
dogs?

Marc McCann of Green Tree came up with the
idea as part of state Representative Tom
Stevenson's annual "There Ought to be a Law"
contest.

Stevenson submitted a bill to the House
Transportation Committee in June that would
require drivers to keep their dogs' heads inside
the vehicle at all times -- instead of letting the
animals ride along with their heads out in the
breeze.

McCann also proposes restraining the animals
-- either with some kind of modified seat belt or
in some sort of crate or carrier box.

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