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Old 10-06-2008, 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by captain1202 View Post
Although I never had the dog in my lap, in his friskier years he used to sit on the front passenger seat looking out the window.
One day I was coming to a stop sign behind a pickup truck and the dog darted across the car and into my lap to see something out my window.
Guess what? The distraction was just enough to slow my response time causing a minor "rear-ender" with the pickup. No serious damage, but it could have been. It does happen!
Captain, Lovely new avatar!

No question, dogs can certainly cause accidents in cars as well as golf carts.
Too bad we have to learn lessons the hard way.

I don't even permit my dogs in the front seat of the truck because I'm worried they could get killed by an air bag if there is an impact.
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