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Post by AliBullie on Oct 17, 2008 10:28:48 GMT 1
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Post by petdesigns on Oct 20, 2008 10:46:00 GMT 1
I'm so sorry, Ali, I only spotted this today (please please please, if you have questions etc do send an email (see my website if you haven't got my email) as I don't manage to get here often at the moment - I hope very much that will change by the middle of November!!)
Anyway:
This is about the different ways of securing a dog (or cat) in the car (crash tests!).
Relatively safe: a certain (don't know which) double-secure harness thing for the seat belt NOT safe: the 'normal' (widely used) single secured harness/seatbelt combinations.
Small dog or cat in ordinary pet transporter on the floor between the front and the back seats: safe, hardly moves in a crash.
Such an ordinare pet transporter on the back seat secured by seat belts: UNSAFE, VERY!
The ?? (the sort of gates that you can buy everywhere to 'divide' the boot of the car from the passenger rooms that are sort of squeezed between floor and roof) are ok for a little crash, but are VERY dangerous to especially the dog in a proper crash.
Recommended: 'Proper' transport boxes (the ones that are also used on planes), which should for safety reasons (spread of weight!) always be placed in the boot of the car width-way.
Also recommended when using a transport box (or dogs 'just like that') in the boot: Close the seatbelts in the back even when noone is sitting there, that will keep the back seats 'stronger' in the case of a crash!
They don't say anything about the wire cages (I suppose you mean the cages used in the home normally?). I suppose with a dog up to "Roxy size" and weight and as shown in the film with the box placed in the boot 'width/breadth-ways' they could be ok - but they are not designed to withstand the sort of forces that happen in a crash.
And the conclusion/last bit is: NEVER let the dog just free in the car or just use these nets, the force with which the dog (or cat) is 'flying' forward in the case of a crash can easily break the driver's or passenger's neck! Let alone that the dog is likely to be killed, too.
Does this help?
Oh - the film and the crash tests are by the German ADAC, which is the equivalent to the British AA or RAC. And if you're planning to travel to / through Germany (as we are in 2 weeks time), dogs have to be properly secured there in a car!
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