2017 Regular Session APPROVED
SENATE CONCURRENT STUDY REQUEST NO. 1
BY SENATOR COLOMB
A CONCURRENT STUDY REQUEST
To request the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the
House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to meet and
function as a joint committee to study the safety of pets riding inside of motor
vehicles without proper restraint.
WHEREAS, unrestrained pets may become a distraction for operators of motor
vehicles while driving; and
WHEREAS, distractions cause and contribute to motor vehicle collisions that result
in property damage, personal injury, and death; and
WHEREAS, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration continues to report
increases in fatality and injury crashes by distracted drivers in the United States; and
WHEREAS, other states and municipalities are requiring that pets are properly
restrained when riding as a pet passenger in a motor vehicle; and
WHEREAS, the legislature recognizes that an unrestrained pet may turn into a
deadly projectile, get crushed by a driver or passenger who is thrown forward in a motor
vehicle collision, and can cause or contribute to injury or death of both human and pet
occupants of a motor vehicle involved in a motor vehicle crash.
THEREFORE, the Legislature of Louisiana requests that the Senate Committee on
Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the House Committee on Transportation,
Highways and Public Works conduct a study jointly to consider the safety of pets riding
unrestrained in a motor vehicle.
A copy of this Study Request shall be transmitted to the executive director of the
Louisiana Highway Safety Commission.
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