Some dog owners would not even dream spending a day apart from their four-legged friend, but this is not the way to do it: one biker took his pup on the back of his bike without as much as a security strap.
In a video obtained by Viral Hog, which you may easily file under “Odd people do odd stuff when driving / riding,” a man from Bangkok, Thailand, is seen riding his bike with his pet pooch. The dog isn’t secured in any way; it doesn’t even have a box or something to lie down in during the ride.
Instead, it’s balancing on all fours during the ride, which seems to be happening at a considerable rate of speed. The strangest part of the video is that the pup is holding onto a stuffed yellow toy, probably his favorite chewie.
“A dog carrying a doll on the back of a motorcycle,” reads the description of the video. The incident was captured at the end of March.
Clearly, the sight of the stuffed animal inside the dog’s mouth is enough to send the passenger in the car behind in hysterics, while the driver is filming. However, consider this: it’s all fun and games until that poor pup loses balance (say, when its human has to hit the emergency brakes or in the case of an actual accident) and dies run over by other cars or smashed against the concrete.
The imagery suggested here may be gory, but driving with unsecured animals or inanimate loads poses a danger not only to the animals but also to other motorists. An airborne dog may cause other crashes, which could result in human victims, but clearly, this biker has no such concerns.
So take this video as a learning lesson: a pup’s attachment to a stuffed toy is funny, but riding with the pup on the back of a bike like this is dangerous. If you love your dog, make sure you keep it safe at all times.
Elena has been writing for a living since 2006 and, as a journalist, she has put her double major in English and Spanish to good use. She covers automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, and she always knows the shows worth watching on Netflix and friends. Full profile
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