The Center for Pet Safety has been crash testing dog car restraints since 2011 and said just 15 such devices have passed their crash tests.
onto LA-area freeways. Both of which survived. During a crash, however, the results can be much worse.A foster dog miraculously dodged a semi-truck after jumping out of the car they were in at full speed on the 101 Freeway near Los Angeles' Woodland Hills neighborhood.
The CPS has produced videos of what happens during a sudden stop or a crash with a pet inside the car. Wolko said, unrestrained, the animals can go flying like a missile and strike a driver in the head, and that it's even happened before. The Federal Trade Commission for instance, said it will investigate complaints of false advertising in the industry, but not product safety.
When it comes to our pets, Wolko said, "The government looks at them as property. They're no different than luggage in the eyes of the federal government."That's not to say individual companies don't do their own tests. Some do, but as Wolko said, because there's no federal oversight, unsafe products can get onto pet store shelves.
"You don't know if they're safe, and I think that is a major message to pet owners," Wolko said. "If you buy a product off the shelf there are no protections in place. The products may not be safe and you as a pet owner may be unaware and that's the challenge we're up against."
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