AP – Pull over and put down the dog. A California lawmaker wants to ban motorists from holding pets on their laps while driving and getting caught can net a $35 fine. The bill passed the Assembly on a 44-11 vote on Monday, and heads to the Senate.”

(Via Yahoo! News: Top Stories.)

Here’s my view on this….

A $35 dollar fine means that this is intended as a revenue gathering scheme instead of actually attempting to stop people from driving with their pets unsecured.

Quite simply most people that drive with their pets unsecured are not going to worry about a $35 fine, until it occurs. Even then, they may stop for a short while after being caught, but will probably not stop in the long term.

Here’s the California government attempting to mandate common sense. It just doesn’t work…

(More on FrontRow with Indigo later….)