Yes , was addressing you directly.

well,   research it in your spare time wouldja please  !

.....about large loose animals in passenger cars in the Fatherland ..
I wouldn't be surprised if it was verbotten.

As I understand it ..even an oil leak will fail your car for an annual
inspection there.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: Re: How much weight can I carry?

> At 06:31 PM 3/26/2011, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans wrote:
>>tell me ..
>>AKO   ( all knowlegible one ) ..in Germany do they allow large dogs loose
>>inside a passenger car while driving ?
>>A large animal in a car, unsecured, could be quite lethal as a
>>flying/flailing object in a serious car crash.
>>I'd think they would have laws about that in Germany ..
>
> I've no idea.  And I was talking about insurance companies, and one
> insurance company in particular that happens to do business all over the
> world because it caters to the US military.  It does a lot of business in
> Germany and writes a lot of policies in Germany - and Germany does have
> extremely strict laws about modifying vehicles, getting mods approved by a
> referee before you can put them on the road etc.  Whether he brought up
> Germany as an example because he knew I had a Vanagon or because it was a
> salient example of a much different way of writing policies or what, I
> don't know.
>
> And incidentally I checked the list and AKO isn't subscribed, not even
> under my name.  You were quoting my message(s) so I took the liberty of
> answering. <g>
>
> d