SLS 17RS-359 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT STUDY REQUEST NO. 1
BY SENATOR COLOMB
MOTOR VEHICLES. Requests study of the safety of pets riding inside of motor vehicles
without proper restraint.
1 A CONCURRENT STUDY REQUEST
2 To request the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the
3 House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to meet and
4 function as a joint committee to study the safety of pets riding inside of motor
5 vehicles without proper restraint.
6 WHEREAS, unrestrained pets may become a distraction for operators of motor
7 vehicles while driving; and
8 WHEREAS, distractions cause and contribute to motor vehicle collisions that result
9 in property damage, personal injury, and death; and
10 WHEREAS, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration continues to report
11 increases in fatality and injury crashes by distracted drivers in the United States; and
12 WHEREAS, other states and municipalities are requiring that pets are properly
13 restrained when riding as a pet passenger in a motor vehicle; and
14 WHEREAS, the legislature recognizes that an unrestrained pet may turn into a
15 deadly projectile, get crushed by a driver or passenger who is thrown forward in a motor
16 vehicle collision, and can cause or contribute to injury or death of both human and pet
17 occupants of a motor vehicle involved in a motor vehicle crash.
18 THEREFORE, the Legislature of Louisiana requests that the Senate Committee on
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SLS 17RS-359 ORIGINAL
1 Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the House Committee on Transportation,
2 Highways and Public Works conduct a study jointly to consider the safety of pets riding
3 unrestrained in a motor vehicle.
4 A copy of this Study Request shall be transmitted to the executive director of the
5 Louisiana Highway Safety Commission.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
SCSR 1 Original 2017 Regular Session Colomb
Requests Senate and House committees on transportation, highways and public works study
the safety of pets riding inside of motor vehicles without proper restraint.
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