Protect Your Pets from Personal Injury on Texas Roads; Buckle Them Up

Our Pearland personal injury lawyers wonder if our Texas pets are growing tired of many Texans’ growing tendencies to anthropomorphize and “parent” them. Well, we haven’t heard any complaints yet. So we’ll pass along some information that might help you protect your pets from harm if they’re riding in your vehicle with you along Texas roads.

• Don’t let your dog (or cat) hang its head out the window as you drive. The air rushing against your pet’s eyes can dry them out and damage their corneas over time.
• Don’t let your pet ride in your lap. Your pet could easily be killed by airbag deployment. If you have an older vehicle without an airbag, your pet companion could easily be killed by a crash impact. Pearland personal injury lawyers emphasize that an unrestrained pet impacting against you could increase your injuries as well.
• Buckle up your pet. Safety harnesses, pet carriers, and pet bed/safety seat combinations could all provide solutions to making your pet’s travels with you safer.

Bark Buckle Up, an organization promoting pet safety, provides safety tips, recommendations, and product reviews that could help you choose the best safe travel mode for your pet. Bark Buckle Up says that pet travel has increased 300% since 2005, but the use of pet restraint systems inside our vehicles stands at only about 2%. This leaves a big safety gap as we drive our Texas roads.

Pearland personal injury lawyers tell you why you want to buckle up your pet.

A dog weighing 60 pounds could impact against you in a crash with a force of 2,700 pounds.
A cat of 15 pounds could impact you with more than 300 pounds of force.

So buckle up your pet in a safety restraint system when you travel on Texas roads. Your foresight could safeguard you from potential injury hazards in a crash as well as protect your pet from personal injury.