Despite the efforts of one California assemblyman, motorists will not be fined for allowing their dogs behind the wheel as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger prepares to veto a bill that would ban the practice.
Republican Assemblyman Bill Maze introduced the bill in California earlier this year after he saw a woman driving with three dogs on her lap, a clearly distracting practice, which seems to run rampant among Hollywood's celebrities. Even though the state currently has a hands-free law for cell phones, they apparently don't view the dogs as much of a problem -- Schwarzenegger says he's signing only bills that are "the highest priority for California." And a lapdog ban isn't one of them, the Associated Press reports.
