- Protect your dog. You wear a seat belt, your kids wear a seat belt, your pets should be belted in with a harness.
- Protect yourself. If not restrained, your dog will become a projectile in an accident and cause great injury to the human occupants—at 30 mph, a 60-pound dog can cause an impact of 2,500 pounds.
- Protect emergency aid workers. A terrified or injured animal is unpredictable and could keep paramedics from helping or might even injure them. Police might choose to shoot your dog if they fear for their safety.
- Keep your dog from running away after an accident. An unrestrained dog could run off in fear or run into traffic and get hurt.
- Prevent distraction of the driver, blocking of the driver’s view, or interference with operation of the vehicle.
- Prevent your dog from being ejected from the car or jumping out the window.
- Prevent your dog from jumping out when you stop and open the car door.
- Prevent car sickness and stress. Your dog will feel more secure and won’t have to keep bracing himself for the movement of the car.
- Prevent your dog from sticking its head out the window where it could be injured.
- Prevent damage to the interior of your car from an uncontrolled dog.