The we-know-better-than-you-do Chapel Hill town council loves taking control of people’s lives, including dictating what we can and can’t do while driving. So how about this idea from New Jersey, where unrestrained dogs and cats in cars will draw you a fine.

Dogs can be placed in harnesses that click right into the seat belt buckle. Cats don’t take well to harnesses for the most part, so they need to go in a carrier. And the carrier needs to be buckled down.