Dog Seat Belts

38 Replies to “Dog Seat Belts”

1. OH NOOOOEEESS!! WHO WILL PROTECT MY FUR BABIEZ??!??

2. I never knew they didn’t work, but I never intended on using one even though the law “suggests” the use of them. Frankly, I do not want Belle on our seats with her wet and muddy paws anyhow.

3. throw in some bodt armour and a helMUTT, see how that works?????

4. throw in some body armour and a helMUTT, see how that works?????

5. ..and in other research from the the deparment of duh…

6. Seriously, they should be in a crate in the back seat. Lots of show dogs alive today because they were secured in plastic boxes.

7. Listen up people – this will become law and have the force of the state behind it – you heard that first here.
   No I’m no clairvoyant, but I am now starkly aware of how the control freak Oligarchy expands the size and control of government. Here is a prime example.
   A) Fund (through money laundered by a charity foundation) a whacko socially/civilly intrusive NGO (you can see the testing they did here for their political stats was not pass-the-hat penny ante)
   B) Whacko civilly intrusive NGO collects a “war chest” from said foundation income and pressures politicians for a law to placate their whacko agenda.
   C) Whacko NGO uses saturation advertising (under charity status discounting and sycophant Oligarch media accommodation) to indoctrinate public as to the “victimhood” of pets with unsafe owners. War chest builds from public donating.
   D) Whacko NGO uses foundational war chest funding to defeat candidates which oppose its loony agenda.
   E) Whacko NGO uses all income from public and foundations to do political lobbying and “king making”. Politicos fear a confrontation and capitulate to its agenda.
   F) Pet safety becomes a major political issue in MSM and bureaucratic circles and media pressure causes a law to be passed incriminating “Unsafe acts” endangering pets. The law is purposely nebulous and can be interpreted any way enforcers or prosecutors wish.
   G) The Oligarchy who funded the whacko NGO capitalizes on the expansion of the state through loans for expansion, mandatory safety equipment, law suits, legal defense, police detecting/shrivelling equipment etc.
   H) After the law is passed, the public hears no more daily MSM drivel about pet safety making pet “victims” and only runs stories where the “pet police” make examples of “unsafe pet owners” by abusive enforcement, malicious/abusive prosecution and excessive shows of force.
   I) The public loses another freedom/liberty, pays a tax to support this further enslavement and the Political-oligarch continuum gets fat and happy.
   Same old hat.

8. Yup it’ll be mandatory and a 300 dollar ticket any day now, except for police dogs, of course.

9. Oh, but they do work. Their purpose is to cheat rich, gormless liberals out of the money that ought to be feeding the children they refuse to have.
   As an added bonus, they clearly go far towards ensuring the liberals don’t make it through an accident that sensible people who know something about dogs and road safety would have easily survived, sparing the rest of us the cost of their diapers.
   Don’t worry about the dogs. They, at least, are assured of getting into heaven.

10. So after the Professional Village Idiots have spent millions studying and torturing the dogs, we find none of their sh*t works and that Mitt Romney was right all along. Strap the mutt to the roof of the car, or do like all good Rednecks put Fido in the back of the pickup. HA HA HA……

11. What’s worse…the people who harness their dogs in the back seat or the fools who drive with them on their laps with head out the window? (dog’s head that is, the driver’s head is up their @ss) That really drives me nuts!

12. i wanna see the video of an airbag going off with little doggy sitting on drivers lap. and surgery to remove said dogs teeth from drivers sternum.

13. Wow. Dogs don’t crash well. You also have to wonder what kind of cheap Chinese crap the straps were made up as they seems to have snapped 3 of 4 times. (of course, the one time it held the dog likely broke it’s neck and/or back). Bad idea.

14. I didn’t even know there was such things as dog seat belts. The idea seems kind of stupid to begin with. But I laughed when I read the following from the study:
    “Danger to humans when the dog becomes a missile.”
    Lol am I the only person that found that funny?

15. Occam, you are right on the money. This agenda has been in the works for decades. I can see it being put into place, or the ATTEMPT to put it into place, even in my little town. (And within my place of employment.)

16. Actually, from what I’ve seen, the restraints do work for what they were originally sold for. They don’t guarantee the dog won’t be injures (seat belts don’t guarantee that people won’t injured.) However, they do guarantee the police and EMT personnel don’t face a LOOSE, and P.O.ed dog. They often have to put the loose dog down anyway, even if it survives the crash, to get to the human passengers. Cone on folke. Let your paranoia rest and get some common sense. I think you can find common sense on Ebay or Amazon, for those watching from mama’s basement.

17. “Danger to humans when the dog becomes a missile.”
    If only we could get the missiles to become dogs.

18. I’ve heard of the dead cat bounce, but this must be something different….

19. Only a 100 percent failure rate? If sports atheletes can give 110 percent, they should be able to get 110 percent failure rate!

20. The Crash Test Doggies – Aren’t they from Winnipeg?

21. Geeze, you’d think there was a shortage of dogs.

22. Why do people have to take their pets with them everywhere they go? Seems like an obvious case of insecurity that requires constant validation of their existence by some creature that recognizes them.
    Yes, I have a dog companion who lives outside and stays in the yard when I’m gone. That’s his job and he loves it.

23. My Siamese Oskar survived a head-on with a Dodge PU in my ’84 Cherokee. He was some pissed off … I had to chase him down the road (January) and realized en route that I had a head wound … 3-4 stiches. Good times.
    MM

24. I know a few breeders that will only sell their puppies to you as long as you sign a statement that if they ever see you driving around with their dog not in a kennel they can take the dog back.

25. That’s handy, sell the same dog twice.

26. ES – if the restraint system actively strangles some dogs without the need for a crash (that is, kills dogs that would normally be travelling along), would that qualify towards the 110% fatality rate in crashes?

27. “they should be in a crate in the back seat”
    What?!? Would you put your CHILD in a cage? Monster! We obviously need to legislate new car safety designs to protect our fur babies.

28. It would have been nice if the CPS had a video showing the same dog mannikin in a kennel secured on the back seat.
    Show us a way for the dog to survive.

29. Lessee now, we have doggie psychics,doggie doctors, doggie dentists, doggie graveyards, doggie psychiatrists, and now doggie seat belts.
    In half the other Countries in the world, they have doggies for dinner. 😉

30. I guess they’d have a fit if they saw the common practice of dogs riding tied in the back of a pick-up so they can’t jump out.

31. In half the other Countries in the world, they have doggies for dinner. 😉
    North American pets eat better than about 95% of the people in the world.

32. meh. my cat hates car rides, they usually mean a trip to the vet in a plastic pet box in the back seat. Not impressed, ever.

33. Occam is right – next step – PETA will seize your dog if you smoke in the car when Fido is inside.

34. I have a steel mesh grate across the back of my station wagon and the dog goes back there. Worst case (other than getting rear ended) the dog flies about 18-24 inches before getting stopped. (Most of the time she’s asleep leaning on the back of the back seat, so no flying.)
    Not perfect for poor doggy, but FAR better than flying though the car, and way more practical than a plastic box big enough to hold said dog, for which I’d need a much bigger vehicle. Also, far better ventilation.
    In case you are wondering the luggage goes on top in a big plastic bag-thing.
    I do wonder about doggy belts though, I mean the reason they work for humans is that humans a wedged into the seat and held down tight by the belt. No way you can get a dog like that.

35. Thank you Kate.

36. Airliner crash research showed decades ago that the most important first step to survival is to
    reverse the seat position and combine that with a stronger seat design. A pet would require the
    back facing seat to be securely tented with webbing as well.
    People don’t like sitting down facing backward in aircraft so it was only tried by the RAF for a few years.

37. Occam – I’m seeing a pattern here. Look for MADD to demand zero alcohol tolerance for drivers. This is much more than a concern for public safety. It’s a blunt expansion of unfettered government.

38. Sgt Lejaune at December 10, 2012 8:41 AM
    Back in the day my “employment” involved many “COD” rides onto and off flat-tops.
    The seats faced forward for launch and reversed for a carrier landing.
    F16’s feature a nearly recombinant (laying on yer back) position for the pilot. This enhances the pilots resistance to G’s…especially reduces injuries in ejections.
    Field modifications are generally effective…like sitting on yer brain bucket, riding in a slick, in a hot zone…..