Dogs in Cars: Why Your Dog Should be Restrained [Part 1]
by Jill Ciminillo, Automotive Editor
Aug 27, 2019 9:10 AM ET
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Originally published on FOX17 Nashville
Cute or not cute, physics is physics, and a 60-pound dog can quickly become a projectile hurling through space with 2,700 pounds of force.
Which means it could easily be ejected from the vehicle.
As Wolko pointed out, most dogs that get thrown from a vehicle are killed – either from the impact or from an on-coming vehicle.
So, just as you would put your infant in a car seat, you should restrain your dog as well.