Bosses often see no danger when their pet is in the back seat of the car, while this can yield very dangerous situations. The National Information Center for Companion Animals (LICG) notices this. By putting your dog, cat or rabbit in a certain place in the car with a sturdy system you and pet are safe on the road. “A four -kilo cat flies through the windshield.”
With a frontal collision at the N615 in Lieshout, a dog died last week. Whether the dog was unsafe in the car is not clear. After all, securing your dog safely is no guarantee that nothing can happen. Yet it is important to take the certain for the uncertainty, according to Cathelijn Hoelen from the LICG.
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To safely transport your pet in the car, there are special click systems for pet seats, such as there are also for child seats. “You have special cars, transport bins and car pencils with a click system. If they have a European safety standard, you know for sure that the material does not just break,” she says.
In addition, you have safe and unsafe places in the car and safe and unsafe methods to secure your pet. “Putting your pet on the passenger seat is not a good idea. You are a danger to yourself, your pet and the other traffic,” warns Hoelen.
“You may be distracted by your pet if he becomes nauseous or if he wants to jump on your lap. And if an accident happens, the animal is oppressed by the airbag.”
“On the ground behind passenger seat even safer.”
“The safest place if you have a large pet, is in a transport container, in a car cench or on a travel trough in the back seat. If your pet is small enough, put it in a travel bench on the floor behind the passenger seat. That is even safer,” says Hoelen.
According to her, owners often know that the rear seat is the safest place, but they tie their pet to the rear seat with a walking belt or harness. That is not without danger.
“If the animal falls off the rear seat when you brake, his neck can break when it is on the belt. In addition, hiking straps or harnesses often not made on a hard blow and they can break,” she explains.
Another safe place to sit down your pet is the trunk if you pay attention to a few things. “Secure your pet in the trunk in a seat, otherwise the beast will roll back and forth through the container. If the tailgate opens and your pet is not stuck, he can escape,” says Hoelen. “Finally, remember that the back seat is ‘Kreukel area’ if someone drives your car on the back.”
The LICG notices that pet owners are often not aware of the safe transport places and methods. “It happens with some regularity that people ask us how they can best transport their pet in the car. Or that we point them out if they ask a different question. They often do not know this,” she says.
“Cat of four kilos flies through the windshield.”
Hoelen is worried about that, because it is dangerous if pets are in the back seat or in a loose basket on the rear seat. “A four -kilo cat flies through the windshield or rear window when you brake, even if you only drive fifty kilometers per hour.”
Yet, according to the information center, it is not surprising that drivers are not always aware. Special rules for transporting your pet in the car do not exist in our country. Article five of the Road Traffic Act does state that a driver is not allowed to do anything that causes danger or nuisance on the road. Pet transports unsafe, this is also included, but that is not specifically included.
WHELELEN therefore hopes that pet owners The Tips of the Licg to follow. “Dangerous situations or sometimes even accidents leave a big impact on yourself and your pet,” she closes.