I think you'll find the vast majority of people do not restrain their dogs in a car, their usually in the back or in the footwell or on the back seat, I see this constantly and obviously it only comes to light when someone has an accident and the dog hits the dash/windscreen or someone in the back, I don't find letting a dog travel on the passenger seat with a lead on attached to the seat so dangerous, but obviously when someone has an accident there's plenty of people ready to criticize, we are not talking here of an open window with a dog hanging out of it

My 9 month old Springer accidently pressed the electric window button down whilst we were going round a bend and fell out of the vehicle, hence breaking a back leg, vets bill nearly £3000, animal friends refuse claim now saying the dog was not properly secured, has he's normally happy sitting on front seat and likes to stick his nose out of the window all seemed well, this happened in a split second, I googled Animal Friends and was gob smacked to see the negative remarks....any advice would be very welcome