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human
CMV: People who drive with dogs in their lap should be ticketed.

If you drive with a dog on your lap, you are putting other drivers in the area in danger. The animal **is** distracting you, and could possibly cause an accident. Additionally, the dog could get hurt because of you not securing it at all.

I think that people who drive with dogs in their lap or on their shoulder should be ticketed for reckless driving or some other infraction.

I bring this up because I am currently commuting a half hour each way to work and I see at least 2 or 3 people like this each day.

I am open to possible reasons why I am wrong but honestly I doubt there are any valid reasons to do this. Change my view please.
gpt
The regulations in Europe don’t allow for this. Dogs have to be in the trunk (when hatchback) or the back seat properly latched to the seats and sometimes with a mesh screen to avoid them from jumping to the front seats.