How safe is your pet in a car crash

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How safe is your pet in a car crash

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10-27-2015, 02:34 PM (This post was last modified: 10-27-2015, 02:40 PM by Catherine.)

This is a bit disturbing. It seems that pet carriers that are supposed to protect our pets in the car during a crash simply fail to do so.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/...ly-6709233

This has better pictures and more info about the crash test dummy dogs used.
http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=2&at=dt0
I don't know how many brands of carrier they have tested, but it doesn't look like the results so far are too good.

I wonder if a seat belt type restraint would be better in a small accident. I assume if the car is totalled things will not go well anyhow.