Dog Facts About Vehicle Travel
- · There are approx: 74.8 million owned dogs in the US (Reported by The Humane Society of the United States)
- · Over 29 million dog owners in the United States travel in their car with their own dogs. (Reported by the Travel Industry Association of America)
- · Only 20% of US pet owners use safety restraints on their animals while traveling in their car or truck. (Reported by the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association)
- · Over 30,000 accidents a year are caused by dogs riding in the front seat of the car extravagant. (Reported by the American Automobile Association)
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And what about numbers are not be studied or reported?
29 million dog owners traveling with their dogs – since many
dog owners have more than one dog, that number does not reflect the actual
number of dogs riding in cars and trucks.
But for statistical purposes, let’s use that figure of 29
million. Only 20% – 5,800,000 – of those dogs are restrained while traveling.
That leaves 23,200,000 running loose in the vehicle while their owner is
driving.
The 30,000 people willing to admit that their dog caused
their accident are all insured by AAA. Imagine if every auto insurer conducted
the same survey with their insured drivers as the American Automobile
Association (AAA).
Think of all of the auto insurance carriers – All State,
State Farm, Travelers, Farmers, Mercury, Nationwide, Progressive, Geico, AARP,
Safeco and more. A survey of their clients may yield different numbers than
those obtained by AAA, but you can be sure that the dog owners insured by AAA
are not the only owners who have had accidents because their dog was not using
a dog seat belt or dog car harness.
We will never know the true number of accidents caused by dogs
jumping around the vehicle unrestrained. But we can imagine from the above
study and survey results that the numbers are too high.
Thankfully, 20% of dog owners do use dog seat belts and dog
car harnesses. Won’t you join them?
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