As reported by Bark Buckle UP
During a press conference held at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show Wednesday, the 2010 Bark Buckle UP Pet Safe Awards were presented. Among them are the “Top Ten Pet Safe Vehicles of Choice”.
These vehicles are: the smart minicar, the Chrysler Town and Country, the Dodge Journey, the Honda Element, the Kia Soul, the Subaru Outback, the Volvo V70 and Ford's Edge, Flex and Transit Connect.
The Pet Safety Awards are presented to premium products and services each year and are tested and selected by judges including first responders, pet experts, safety and travel experts. During testing, Bark Buckle UP has created video footage of each vehicle along with dogs, demonstrations, and vehicle highlights, available online: www.BarkBuckleUP.com
Millions of Americans love pets. Bark Buckle UP, the organization dedicated to pet travel safety, the leader in pet safety education and travels the country to work closely with first responders, safety experts and pet industry leaders. Bark Buckle UP was created to educate the public that pet safety is connected to human safety. In a car crash, an unrestrained pet can be seriously injured, but that pet can also injure human passengers or first responders such as firemen. Equally dangerous is the fact that an unrestrained, injured pet can escape from a wrecked car and cause another collision or bite.
Why is buckling up your pet so important? The following statistics speak for themselves:
photo:Bark Buckle UP
During a press conference held at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show Wednesday, the 2010 Bark Buckle UP Pet Safe Awards were presented. Among them are the “Top Ten Pet Safe Vehicles of Choice”.
These vehicles are: the smart minicar, the Chrysler Town and Country, the Dodge Journey, the Honda Element, the Kia Soul, the Subaru Outback, the Volvo V70 and Ford's Edge, Flex and Transit Connect.
The Pet Safety Awards are presented to premium products and services each year and are tested and selected by judges including first responders, pet experts, safety and travel experts. During testing, Bark Buckle UP has created video footage of each vehicle along with dogs, demonstrations, and vehicle highlights, available online: www.BarkBuckleUP.com
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Millions of Americans love pets. Bark Buckle UP, the organization dedicated to pet travel safety, the leader in pet safety education and travels the country to work closely with first responders, safety experts and pet industry leaders. Bark Buckle UP was created to educate the public that pet safety is connected to human safety. In a car crash, an unrestrained pet can be seriously injured, but that pet can also injure human passengers or first responders such as firemen. Equally dangerous is the fact that an unrestrained, injured pet can escape from a wrecked car and cause another collision or bite.
Why is buckling up your pet so important? The following statistics speak for themselves:
- In a 35 MPH accident, a 30-kilo unrestrained pet becomes a 1,225-kilo projectile;
- 98% of dogs do not travel properly restrained in a moving vehicle;
- Driver distraction causes more accidents then any other issue, and this cause of distraction could be your pet;
- 82% of pets travel on vacation with their owners;
- Pet friendly lodging has increased 300% since 2005 in the USA;
- Over 70 million homes in America have a pet.
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