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• tgsovlerkhgsel 10y ago
  > dog in the backseat Now that is impressive. The safety systems are all designed for humans and yet a dog in the backseat, who could probably not be properly secured, survived.
  • Xylakant 10y ago
    A dog can be fairly well secured on the backseat. A proper harness and a short leash that clips gets attached to the seat belt works perfectly fine.
    • outworlder 10y ago
      We do this whenever our dog is in the car. This is nowhere near as good as what we have for human passengers. One of the reasons is that dogs hate to be restrained. So there's a leash. In case of a frontal collision, this would prevent her from flying out of the window. In the case of the car itself flying, and possibly tumbling on impact, I don't think the odds would be that good, as the dog would likely impact against hard surfaces. Or other passengers. That's maybe the least of the problems though, if the car's structural integrity is compromised...
      • wldcordeiro 10y ago
        Yeah, plus the leash (if it's a neck one especially) could end up causing harm to the dog.
        • outworlder 10y ago
          oh yes, please don't ever restrain a dog with a neck leash in a car. It's better to have the dog fly off the car and take their chances, than to risk a broken neck. I bought a new harness, with the largest contact area I could find, specifically for car usage.
    • hangonhn 10y ago
      Actually, not really. Subaru sponsored tests on these harnesses, and nearly all of them failed, except for one: http://www.sosubaru.com/dog-safety-harness.htm http://www.sosubaru.com/dog-safety-harness.htm Dog safety harnesses don't get anywhere near the scrutiny seat belts do.
      • dwyerm 10y ago
        This looks like thinly veiled marketing, preying on the unreasonable lengths that dog owners will go through and the expenses they will incur for their animals... ...and yet I see those little dog test-dummies and I want to shove money through my screen despite the fact that I don't even own a dog. Humans are silly...
  • nerfhammer 10y ago
    How big was the dog? Serious question. Smaller animals have less momentum and are more robust to a large deceleration.