Layla and I were headed to the bank (what i THOUGHT was the right bank.. wrong bank once i got there.... what a day) There is a highway that runs north south but there are lights so that the east/west traffic can cross- and its not REALLY a high way- the speed limit is 90 km/hr.. but fast enough.
Usually you never get the light (i'm travelling east west wanting to cross this highway) so you have to sit for a bit at a red waiting for it to turn however, today as I was appoaching it turned green- bonus! so i hadn't slowed down and kept right on going- well so did a school bus that was travelling north south on this highway. I had to slam the breaks on or otherwise we would have been destroyed by the bus- and THANK GOD i had Layla IN her crate buckled in- otherwise- she woudl have gone flying. We came very close to being hit by a school bus travelling quite fast- and had we been hit- I know she would have been in much better condition because she was in her crate and her crate was buckled in. I'm still so shaken up because we just came SO close- but Lay's fine
I know when we travel with our dogs on our laps we think nothing will happen but people drive through red lights every day and sadly- if both Layla and I are horribly hurt- the paramedics are going to fix me, before they fix her. Please consider next time you are in your car- buckle your babies in- because they ARE our babies.