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Young Pups

In his entertaining “Nanny State Diaries” presentation before the Distracted Driving Summit, Democratic Rep. Steve Farley made an offhand remark that I found curious: Arizona bans dogs from the back of pickup truck beds but not children. I’m not sure I’ve got this correct, or how it works in other states, but it seems a strange distinction.

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3 Responses to “Young Pups”

  1. Peter Smith Says:
    October 6th, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    not sure if this is why — but dogs can and do attack people. and even if they don’t, they intimidate and scare the #*#* out of people.

  2. Ed Says:
    October 6th, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    I can vouch for the part about children — there are no rules prohibiting carrying passengers in the bed of a pickup in Arizona.

    Legislation to prohibit passengers in the bed is perennially introduced but doesn’t go anywhere.

    I can’t find the dog thing — if somebody knows, please point it out…

  3. Brent Says:
    October 7th, 2009 at 8:43 am

    This idea may come from the cruelty-to-animals legislation passed this year (?). Among other provisions in the statute: “8. Intentionally or knowingly subjects any animal under the person’s custody or control to cruel neglect or abandonment that results in serious physical injury to the animal.” One could interpret putting an animal in a pickup truck’s bed as “cruel neglect.” It’s tenuous, though…

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