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KazzyK810 · 05-24-2013, 03:34 PM

I'd like to know exactly what was used....or the results lack real value.

While I've not been in an accident with a dog in the car...I have had a few close calls, where I've had to swerve and/or slam on my brakes HARD to avoid an accident....like this evening.

After a long day at work, I didn't feel like making dinner to I grabbed ZoE & drove into Flintown to get Halo Burger. On the way home, rush hour traffic & BOOM...accident. I swerved to avoid becoming a part of it and then slammed on my breaks to avoid a car coming from the other direction that had driven into my lane to avoid the accident himself. If ZoE hadn't been fastened in the back, she would have easily come flying into the front. A 3 car crash that thankfully didn't include us...and all those involved were ok...although the cars looked a mess!

I'm so glad that ZoE was buckled in & buckled in the backseat. I bought a new car 7-8 weeks ago and one of the features I was looking for when shopping for it, was a passenger airbag that shut off if light-weights were in the seat, so that ZoE could ride up front (She'd always ridden in the back of my previous car, a Ford Mustang, because it didn't have this feature). I tried putting ZoE upfront in my new car, a Cadillac CTS, for one ride into town and didn't like it at all! She seemed too high up in her carseat, and way too close to the windshield, so back into the backseat she went. I'm so glad she was safely buckled in the back tonight.

05-24-2013, 03:34 PM	#5
KazzyK810 Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK Posts: 4,120	I'd like to know exactly what was used....or the results lack real value. While I've not been in an accident with a dog in the car...I have had a few close calls, where I've had to swerve and/or slam on my brakes HARD to avoid an accident....like this evening. After a long day at work, I didn't feel like making dinner to I grabbed ZoE & drove into Flintown to get Halo Burger. On the way home, rush hour traffic & BOOM...accident. I swerved to avoid becoming a part of it and then slammed on my breaks to avoid a car coming from the other direction that had driven into my lane to avoid the accident himself. If ZoE hadn't been fastened in the back, she would have easily come flying into the front. A 3 car crash that thankfully didn't include us...and all those involved were ok...although the cars looked a mess! I'm so glad that ZoE was buckled in & buckled in the backseat. I bought a new car 7-8 weeks ago and one of the features I was looking for when shopping for it, was a passenger airbag that shut off if light-weights were in the seat, so that ZoE could ride up front (She'd always ridden in the back of my previous car, a Ford Mustang, because it didn't have this feature). I tried putting ZoE upfront in my new car, a Cadillac CTS, for one ride into town and didn't like it at all! She seemed too high up in her carseat, and way too close to the windshield, so back into the backseat she went. I'm so glad she was safely buckled in the back tonight. __________________ Karan with Sophie & Willow (ZoE )(Chelsea )