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Old June 8th, 2009, 12:00 PM
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my brother is an air rescue/trauma paramedic, this is his thoughts on pets loose in a car or truck.

"he has seen a 5 pound dog become a deadly weapon, like an airborne missle during a head on collision, a maltese killed the passenger in a car when it was struck head on by a pick up truck, the dog was thrown like a missle forward and struck the lady in the back of the neck killing her instantly"

he feels the same about (in his opinion the worse thing ever) is an unopened can of soft drink, on impact its shot forward at the speed of what the car was traveling at the time it was hit.

I have brina on a leash/seatbelt, partway down the leash is a seatbelt clip that snaps into the cars harness, she can still look out the window or lay down, no worries about her jumping out or getting loose accidently if we stop for something.
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