When we were driving on the highway, a car passed us fast from behind in the next lane. As the car went by, I looked at the driver, casually. The driver was an old woman. She was trying to hold down her small dog (a Pomeranian), which was wiggling on her lap as it tried to look out the window. I wondered how the woman could drive while her dog was constantly moving around freely in the car.

Do you know what the driver was doing when he hit the famous fiction writer Stephen King ? He was trying to get his loose dog under control.

I think every driver should restrain their dogs while they drive. Dogs' behaviors in a car are unpredictable even if they are usually calm. There are many websites that feature dog seatbelts or some types of restraining equipments for dogs for your safety driving. It's worth browsing.

Please check out my earlier entry, too (June 7th, 2005). I talked about the same topic back then.