Passenger airbag alert for dog owners

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Select Car Leasing.The firm’s Mark Tongue explained: “You should only ever have your dog by your side while driving if you can disable the front passenger airbag.“An airbag is designed to protect a human, not a canine, and the cushioning is simply in the wrong place.

An airbag deploys with so much force it could even crush a dog cage.”Meanwhile, a study by online automotive marketplace CarGurus revealed 35 per cent of new dog owners needed to buy a larger, more practical car.To help, there’s a new CarGurus Pupgrader tool that suggests the right vehicle based on the size of dog (fully grown) and family needs.It was created after 27 per cent of dog owners admitted they should have thought more about the car they owned when getting their pet –.