DOGGING AND DRIVING.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

Although 47 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands ban text messaging for all drivers, it's perfectly legal in every state except Hawaii to drive with a pet sitting in your lap or moving around freely in the vehicle--something safety advocates say can be as distracting as texting. In the last five years, laws introduced in about a dozen states to...