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Be Smart Ride Safe®, Buckle UP the whole family!
Join the movement today, Be Smart Ride Safe® Take the Pledge
Help spread the word to your family, friends, and community or even where you work, lets save lives.
The Facts Are In: When driving 35 mph, a 60-pound unrestrained dog can cause an impact of 2,700 pounds, slamming into a car seat, windshield, or passenger. Even if the animal survives, it can impede the progress of rescue workers who need every moment possible to safely care for accident victims.
Education is the first step in pet travel safety with your help we can save the lives of pets, drivers, passengers and our first responders. The first responders can be delayed access to help you or your passengers at an accident if a pet is hurt or scared they may bite, hover over you to protect you from strangers or even escape the vehicle and run off causing a second accident. It is up to us to make their jobs easier and safer.
- A 60-pound pet can causes a 2,700 pound projectile, even when moving at only 35mph
- Statistics show pet travel has increased 300% since 2005
- Unrestrained pets in vehicles can delay emergency workers' access to human occupants
- Pets escaping a vehicle post-accident can pose many dangers, including catching the loose pet
- Injured pets may bite rescue workers or others who are trying to help
- Pets may escape through a window or open door and cause a second accident
- Driver distraction is common when unrestrained pets are rambunctious inside a vehicle
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Take The Pledge, join the pack
"Pets belong in the backseat just as a child the airbag comes out with such force it can injure or even kill a pet in the front seat."
~ Carl Bjerke
Battalion Chief, Santa Monica Fire
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