Learn From GT’s Fail
Never assume it’s safe to leave your hyper dog in a running vehicle. He can (and will) manage to knock it into reverse, hitting the steering wheel, and back it in a full 180 degree bend into the neighboring building. Try explaining that one to the police and insurance company. #LFMF.
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Never leave you dog in the car in the first place. Either leave them at home or take them with you when you leave the car.
ARE YOU STUPID? it’s okay to take your dog places with you if you have the car in park and you don’t leave it running.
that will get you fined and sometimes incarcerated in Australia…
Pets aren’t allowed in most stores. So just where is he supposed to put it on the way home from the vet or obedience class?
Don’t feel bad. I left my last dog in the car shortly after I adopted her and found out the hard way she had separation anxiety. She did a “Turner & Hooch” and chewed the seats on my car.
She had to be muzzled whenever I left her in the car after that. On those rare occasions when it was too hot to muzzle her so she could drink water, I was glad my vehicle was paid for because she ended up chewing seatbelts, the steering wheel, the gearshift, and the seat adjustment handle… and that was just the car.
Let’s simplify this.
1) Never leave your dog in your vehicle.
2) Never leave your vehicle running.
Let’s simply say circumstances come up to where you must leave your animal in the car or your dog has worse seperation anxiety of being left at home.
Ummm…just curious how your dog stepped on the brake and managed to shift the car’s gear at the same time.
(You have to push the brake to disengage the shift lock; what keeps your your shifting lever from “accidentaly” changing positions, thus gears.)
Unless you have some kind of car that is really odd and unsafe, I’m going to have to call:
STORY FAIL!!
Brake shift interlocks are set to become mandated later this year, September 2010, by the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act. Although most newer cars already have this safety feature, many popular models made in the last 10 years do not.
You’re assuming it was a newer car with all those new-fangled releases and interlocks and whatnot. More likely, I think, was that it may have been a much older car — older than you, perhaps. Google “column shift.”
Numpty. Not all cars HAVE this, Especially Column-shift automatics.
GTA5: Dogs on the Road
I lol’d hard. Thank you! :3
@ HumorMe – as a Veterinary Technician, I will say that a muzzle should NEVER be left on an unattended dog. Put a kennel in your car if you absolutely must leave your dog alone and they cannot be trusted to not chew. And ALWAYS leave windows open partway. I’ve seen more dogs die or suffer permanent brain damage from heatstroke (some in 65 degree or cooler temperatures) when left in a car “just for a few minutes” than I care to recall.
@ Eryn – manual transmissions don’t work that way. It is possible that it could have been knocked into neutral or reverse, and could have moved if the parking brake wasn’t engaged.
“I’m sorry, sir, but our insurance doesn’t cover fire, theft, or Acts of Dog.”
That’s funny, because dog spelled backwards is God, and God spelled backwards is dog. HA ha ha. Funny guy
Even if it was a manual transmission, the car would stall, not having any throttle. The fact that the dog managed to not only step on the gas AND turn the car 180 degress is just completly unbelievable to me. But that’s just my opinion.
PS. I’m quite aware that SOME older cars don’t have a shift lock…but very many of them do…and that’s just ONE piece of the puzzle to me.
Shit happens. Deal with it.
Never assume it’s legal (or not foolish) to get out of your vehicle and leave it running.
Can’t be !
My car can get shifted into reverse without touching the clutch, but then the engine just dies, it just can’t support the load with the idle-amount of gas.
Stick shifts don’t have this problem.