FIGHT THE POWER, man! Someone has to make it stop. If the pic is self-evident, it is worth telling your side of the story to the Magistrate Judge in traffic court.
Look to a clamshell airline crate. I'd get the largest one, one size or more up than what is normally indicated for a Lab. Check Marketplace, buy used, and sanitize with bleach spray.
A plus is that it would restrict wandering, and offers support during any episode, without risk of a snagged...
Surely you have done your best; trust yourself you have.
We have always crated our dogs when we leave home with llittle exception. They get crated in the car, or rv when we leave them.
If not crate trained early in their lives, sometimes they freak out if tried suddenly. On the other hand...
Game Ready machine.
The Rolls Royce of ice / compression therapy!!
You are either independently wealthy, or have fantastic insurance. (No need to answer).