Editing Pet harness (section)

==Car safety harnesses==

Safety harnesses designed for use in an [[automobile]] restrain the animal in a car seat using the car's [[seat belt]]. These harnesses are marketed as reducing the risk of injury to a pet that is riding in a vehicle during a traffic collision.  The harnesses are also said to keep the pet from distracting the driver, or escaping from a vehicle.<ref name="cars">{{cite web |url=http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/resources/tips/travelling_tips_pets_cars.html |title=Travelling by Car with Pets : The Humane Society of the United States |publisher=Humanesociety.org |date= |access-date=2012-10-19 |archive-date=2013-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627010636/http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/resources/tips/travelling_tips_pets_cars.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Center for Pet Safety found "a 100-percent failure rate to protect either the consumer or the dog [or other animal]" in a 2013 crash test study of existing car safety harnesses.<ref name="cars"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/06/21/tests-on-dog-harnesses-show-100-percent-failure-rate/ |title=Tests On Dog Harnesses Show 100 Percent Failure Rate « CBS Miami |publisher=Miami.cbslocal.com |date=2013-06-21 |access-date=2013-09-05}}</ref> Since then, several car safety harness have been designed that pass crash tests conducted by the Center for Pet Safety.

In 2012, New Jersey became the first US state  to pass a bill that requires dog and cat owners to restrain their animals while traveling in a moving vehicle. Since the bill's passing, all pets not traveling in a crate and not wearing a safety harness can earn the violator a fine of up to $1,000 and/or six months in prison.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Neal |first1=Meghan |title=New Jersey says drivers should buckle up their pets, or face a fine |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/new-jersey-drivers-buckle-pets-face-fine-article-1.1090567 |access-date=5 February 2021 |agency=nydailynews.com}}</ref>