Irresponsible dog owners and cars

Public concerns have been raised about apathetic dog owners allowing their unrestrained pets to stick their heads out of car windows.

Rule 57 of the highway code states: “When in a vehicle make sure dogs or other animals are suitably restrained so they cannot distract you while you are driving or injure you, or themselves if you stop quickly. A seat belt harness, pet carrier, dog cage or dog guard are ways of restraining animals in cars.”

The dog in the photo with its head sticking out of a vehicle was pictured by a concerned local pedestrian at traffic lights in Birkdale.

Such idiotic recklessness puts the dog, the driver and other road users at risk.