Fido Approved: America's top ten pet-safe vehicles
 

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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><sma ll>America's Top 10 Pet Safe vehicles - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></em></strong></div>
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Most people don't pay it any mind, but car accidents and pets don't mix. Just like with humans, wrapping your car around a telephone pole can kill Fido dead. Or really injure the cute little guy. To draw attention to this issue, a website called Bark Buckle Up has teamed up with Edmunds.com to bring us their <a href="http://www.barkbuckleup.com/News3.asp">Top 10 Pet Safe Vehicles</a>. <br />
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As Bark Buckle Up points out, "If you have an accident at 35 mph while toting your 60-pound unrestrained dog, your pet is capable of causing an impact of up to 2,700 pounds, slamming into the seat, the windshield, or even a passenger." Ouch. Now of course, if you have an eight pound pooch, that's only a 360 pound impact. We say "only" to illustrate how violent car crashes can be. And just imagine if you had a really big dog, like a Dogo Argentino. Assuming you got a big 160-pound satin-white boar hunter, the impact would be near the four ton range. <br />
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What do the following ten vehicles do to address pets flying through the windshield in a crash? Very little, and we don't want to get into the delusion that CUVs are somehow safer than cars. But they all offer nice amenities for pets -- stuff like room to stretch out, tri-zone climate control, fold flat rear seats, side impact airbags and rear back up cameras. As for an accident, you might want to invest in a <a href="http://www.petsafetybelt.com/">doggy seat belt</a>. Says Bark Buckle Up founder Christina Selter, "In the event of a sudden stop or accident, the animal can injure other passengers or be thrown through the windshield, then hinder the efforts of rescue workers or even cause another accident by escaping into the street." All ten vehicles are listed out in alphabetical order, so check 'em out in our gallery below.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/top-10-pet-safe-vehicles/low/">Top 10 Pet Safe Vehicles</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/top-10-pet-safe-vehicles/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/petsafe00_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Dodge Journey" title="Dodge Journey" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/top-10-pet-safe-vehicles/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/petsafe10_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Ford Flex" title="Ford Flex" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/top-10-pet-safe-vehicles/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/petsafe20_thumbnail.jpg" alt="GMC Acadia" title="GMC Acadia" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/top-10-pet-safe-vehicles/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/petsafe30_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Hyundai Tuscan" title="Hyundai Tuscan" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/top-10-pet-safe-vehicles/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/petsafe40-1251301000_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Jeep Liberty" title="Jeep Liberty" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://www.barkbuckleup.com/News3.asp">Bark Buckle Up</a>]<br />
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