Safer Way To Travel With Your Pets
You notice how every one brings their pets with them everywhere? Sometimes the dogs are in the drivers seat sticking their heads out the window and enjoying the ride on their masters lap. Other times they are in the back seat or even in the bed of a truck. People love to bring their pets with them – but they don’t understand and comprehend just how dangerous it is for their pets to be riding with them like this.
With so much dog activity in cars, it is inevitable that many are being injured or killed in accidents, but nobody can quantify this. The federal government keeps reliable statistics on human fatalities, but local police agencies generally do not report on killed pets and federal accident reporting forms do not include categories for nonhuman fatalities.
Cars were built for humans not for pets. You would think that by now at least one automaker would have created something that could be attached to the car for all those pet lovers to make it safer for them. It seems that the bright idea to create something to literally insure these pets and their masters came from Progressive Insurance company - which is now offering a $500 payout if a customer’s dog or cat is hurt or killed in a car accident.
The company says it is one of many service and product innovations it has come up with. The pets are automatically covered and there are no additional premiums for the coverage (or discounts if you don’t have a cat or dog). A fairly large selection of dog harnesses are sold to restrain dogs in a car. They prevent a dog from moving around while in the car and theoretically prevent a dog from flying through the air in a crash.