So where are the pictures of your Pommies, MM4L?
I don't have any on this computer. Sorry. Maybe I can scrounge one up at home.
As to dogs in moving vehicles, isn't there a CA law that requires any dog kept in the bed of a pickup truck be harnessed/tethered in?
One section that may actually apply would be:
CVC 21700. No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such number of persons as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle or as to interfere with the driver's control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
This section would apply in a case where you have a large dog positioned so as to obstruct your view or control, like a bag mounted on the tank. It would be up to the officer's opinion as to whether they felt it was a violation, but if you had an accident as a result of the dog being on your bike, this would be the appropriate section to use as a factor in the collision.
But, since you asked.. the current law pertaining to securing animals in vehicles required CROSS-TETHERING and in looking at it more closely, I believe it could be applied to motorcycles, like if you took the lid off of a cargo container or trunk on the back of your bike:
CVC 23117. (a) No person driving
a motor vehicle shall transport
any animal in the back of the vehicle in a space intended for any load on the vehicle on a highway unless the space is enclosed or has side and tail racks to a height of at least 46 inches extending vertically from the floor, the vehicle has installed means of preventing the animal from being discharged, or the animal is
cross tethered to the vehicle, or is protected by a secured container or cage, in a manner which will prevent the animal from being thrown, falling, or jumping from the vehicle.
(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(1) The transportation of livestock.
(2) The transportation of a dog whose owner either owns or is employed by a ranching or farming operation who is traveling on a road in a rural area or who is traveling to and from a livestock auction.
(3) The transportation of a dog for purposes associated with ranching or farming.
Use your imagination.. in a space intended for load. Hmmm.. yeah, I could see that being an easy cite if you had a crate attached to the back of a bike. A good reason to keep them within the passenger area. But, make sure they cannot interfere with your view or control!!! :thumbup
The other applicable section would be 597a of the CA Penal Code (Animal Cruelty/Transport). It is the applicable section pertaining to inhumane transportation of animals with motor vehicles. I don't see where this section would by applicable without some harm or suffering involved.
PC 597a. Whoever carries or causes to be carried in or upon any vehicle or otherwise any domestic animal in a cruel or inhuman manner, or knowingly and willfully authorizes or permits it to be subjected to unnecessary torture, suffering, or cruelty of any kind, is guilty of a misdemeanor; and whenever any such person is taken into custody therefor by any officer, such officer must take charge of such vehicle and its contents, together with the horse or team attached to such vehicle, and deposit the same in some place of custody; and any necessary expense incurred for taking care of and keeping the same, is a lien thereon, to be paid before the same can be lawfully recovered; and if such expense, or any part thereof, remains unpaid, it may be recovered, by the person incurring the same, of the owner of such domestic animal, in an action therefor.
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