Doggone it! Did Britney break the law AGAIN?

**Editor's note: Oops I was wrong about the "tether" law below! Brit can drive with her pooch! Read here for clarification. **

So the judge has decreed that Britney Spears' kids cannot be in the car when she's driving.

But what about her poor little Yorkie, which Britney was photographed carrying into Petco this weekend?

Unless my eyes are playing tricks, that's the top of the Yorkie puppy's head between Sam Lufti's hand  and Britney's lap.

So if Brit has a car accident, that tiny helpless creature will be catapulted and splattered on her windshield or dashboard.

Britney must not know that it's against California law to drive with an unrestrained pet in the car. Heck, she only just figured out she needed a valid California driving license.

She probably has no clue that, just like seatbelts for humans and carseats for children, California's so-called "tether" law means that a pet in a car must be buckled up for safety. Failure to do so means a minimum fine of $50.

Bet Britney doesn't know that it's also against California law to leave your dog unattended in your car, thanks to Gov. Schwarzenegger, who signed a Senate bill last year that makes it illegal for pet owners to leave their animals in an enclosed vehicle under dangerous conditions, such as warm weather.

The penalties are pretty severe and range from an initial maximum $100 fine for an unattended animal that suffers little bodily harm to a $500 penalty and up to six months in county jail for a second offense.

Hello, ASPCA? Is anybody home?  Isn't anyone going to alert the judge about this?

Photo Credits: FilmMagic

Comments

[Lily Sparkletoon]

The dog is fine. Geeze

[osos12]

If you look, she is not wearing her seat belt!!!

[Shoranda Jones]

Please let the stupid gossip blogs handle the Britney items. The LA Times is way above this. Besides, look around. Everywhere I drive, there are dogs with their front legs on the door frame and their faces outside the window and I never see police stopping the drivers or paparazzi taking their picture. Give it a break and get back to real news.

[Shelli]

Elizabeth, go find some tweezers and pull the dried up s--- out of your a-- so you can walk without your knees turned in. Stupid, nasal, wannabe b---.

[enough]

Who gives a s--- about this s----

[rina]

aww come on guys..give her a break..i think she suffered enuf already.and she wasnt driving alone anyways. that dude musta kept an eye on the dog as well.

[getoverit]

wait is this the latimes or the american nazi crimewatch?

"alert the judge"?! maybe somebody should alert you to get a life!

[LPD]

The woman SHOULD give up driving already, although I've been known to take my mini-zoo to the beach in the car unrestrained. But then again, she is notoriously bad behind the wheel. Is it a thing with her, about control than to try to drive herself everywhere? I would have learnt my lesson already...