Your state legislators have been very, very busy

Driving your car? Then get that dog live animal out of your lap! Yep, that's just one of a host of proposed laws working their way through the state legislature and right into your car. Patrick McGreevy has the details of how your elected officials want you to behave when you're in the driver's seat:

One lawmaker wants to restrict driving by truants and high school dropouts. Another would regulate where global positioning system devices can be installed. Another wants a new state committee to study the danger that silent-running electric cars pose to blind pedestrians.

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Another bill introduced this year would allow those convicted of drunk driving to obtain restricted licenses by installing a device that requires the driver to pass a Breathalyzer test before the ignition can be started. Still another would empower local agencies to seize cars when they are used for street racing or for the solicitation of prostitutes.

Other proposals: You need a high school diploma to get a California driver's license, and (OK, this one wasn't completely serious) you can use the car pool lane if you buy carbon credits. Read the rest in Patrick's full story.

-- Veronique de Turenne

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Comments

[melissa lion]

Another reason to never own a live animal.