Dogs in the car in Germany

[Lutz]

This morning I read an article that, in Germany at least, one can be fined up to 75 Euros for not having dogs restrained by a suitable safety belt. Technically, dogs are treated as payload and all items of payload must be secured to prevent injury to other vehicle occupants and other road users in the event of an accident.

 

[BigTim]

Thanks for that Lutz as we will be passing through Germany in July enroute to Slovenia/Croatia accompanied by Max our border collie.

We do already have him restrained with a harness which latches into a rear seat car seatbelt. In fact we've just bought a new harness from Aldi last week. Max can stand up, turn around and lie down on the back seat but he is otherwise safely restrained for everyone's sake.

I can never understand how anyone can drive around with an unrestrained dog in their car. I would not want to be hit by "flying" Max in accident nor would I want him leaping about barking at other dogs, cats, etc. It's, also, rather unfair to an unrestrained dog in accident.

Regards

Tim