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This is Pet Life Radio. Let's talk Pets.
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Welcome to Best Pets for Pets. I'm your show host
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Michelle Berne. Today we're talking about something that every pet
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parent who travels with their animal needs to hear, about
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pets safety on the open road. So there are more
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than eight hundred thousand truck drivers that travel with their pets,
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mostly with their dogs and Volvo trucks. North America just
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partnered with the Center for Pet Safety to test how
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safe big rig trucks really are for dogs and other pets,
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and we have some surprising results. Stay tuned, we'll be
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Welcome back everyone. I'd like to welcome Chris Stadler. He
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is the marketing manager for Volvo Trucks North America. Welcome Chris.
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Thank you for having me. Michelle, excited to be here today.
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Very happy to have you. I am always happy to
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hear about safety for pets, especially with vehicles, because that's like,
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it's one of my peeves, and especially because I live
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in a warm climate and you hear a lot of
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things about what happens with pets when they're in cars
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and trucks and so forth. What inspired Volvo to even
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think about our trucks safe for our pets, especially big
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rig trucks.
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Well, Michelle, I think when we do a lot of
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research and studies on when we're designing trucks or even
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getting to put our trucks together, we do a lot
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of clinics and surveys with our drivers and customers out
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there in the road. And I mean we go to
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truck stops, we have clinics that drivers come in, and
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we even do test trucks out there today. We interact
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with our customers and those drivers. The thing that we
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really notice is that how much of people are taking
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their pets on the road and being a part of
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their livelihood driving a truck. And I think that's what
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really inspired us the most, was you know, hey, there's
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a connection there with our trucks and the custom the
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drivers out there who have their pets with them all
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the time on the road. And I think that's what
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really put that inspiration to us to you know, say,
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what can we do to make sure that we are
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also protecting those pets that are out there with their drivers.
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Okay, thanks, Well, we're going to talk mostly about big rigs.
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It is definitely relatable to average pet owner that because
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most of us also have vehicles, whether there are autos
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or trucks. And one of the things that I want
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to know I have a couple of questions on on
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big rigs so that we can understand when long haul
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truck drivers are driving, how much of their time is
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spent on the road.
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It can vary, of course, out there today. I think
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when you get into majority of those drivers around with
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their pets and they're in their sleepers, it's so much
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they're home away from home, and I think they could
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be on the road for months at a time, weeks
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to months at the time out there, and it's great
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to have, you know, that companionship, I guess with a pet,
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but I think they also need to have the right
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living environment when they're not driving down the road. You
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know that they can live in the back of the
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truck and be on those when they're on the road
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those weeks at a time that they have that space
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and environment that makes them comfortable and makes them feel
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good when they're not driving and the everything. So I would say,
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you know, it could be weeks and even months at
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a time when they're on the road.
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So if someone's on the road and doing a hall
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and I don't know, I don't want to get into
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scheduling and all that. On the road for a month,
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they are literally driving back and forth with the month
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with maybe say what five days off. So what is
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that average month twenty five days so that they're with
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their pet in the truck.
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Yeah, I mean there's some limitations when it comes to
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the amount of time they can drive, and then they
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have to do some resets where they can maybe be
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a couple of days off even while they're out on
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the road. They have to take some time off based
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on the number of hours that are allowed legally to drive.
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But yeah, there could be times that there could be
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twenty five days out on the road with their beloved pets.
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Okay, that just puts it in perspective for there are
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those of us that are not in the industry. How
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common is it for long haul truck drivers to travel
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with their pets and are they mostly dog and cats?
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Yeah, what we've seen is probably the majority of our
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dog owners out there, but there are some cats that
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you know, travel with their owners. I think it's it's
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more about who that person is, you know, their lifestyle
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on the road, and of course it can become somewhat
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lonely out there on the roses. It's a great way
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to have a good campaigning there for you while you're
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driving on the road. I don't know the volumes like
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it's like you said earlier, it's eight hundred thousand truck
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drivers out there today carry their pets with them, So
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that's quite a big amount of volume of number of
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drivers out there that do have their pets with them
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while they're on the road.
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Yes, that is why are dogs and cats especially vulnerable
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inside large trucks.
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Well, I think when you get into the larger sleepers,
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I mean, the driving environment is a little more open
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than say, let's say a passenger car because you had
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to have that space, and it's of course a bigger
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vehicle in general, so there's a lot more room up front.
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And also so there's there's there's risk that they're not
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strapped in safely and securely that you know, they could
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move easily when the truck moves. In the living environment again,
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that's another area that can be it's very big, open.
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I mean, I always liked the kid that it's like
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a New York loft apartment, you know, that size almost
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it's got two beds in there. A great thing about
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our truck itself, it's got a Murphy style bed that
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you know, kind of folds up and into the wall
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to give extra space for the driver when they're not
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lying in their bed and relaxing that way. And then
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we also have an upper bunk, so there's a lot
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more room for a pet to be able to roam
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around if they're not secured in the trucks, and that's
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probably where the risk might be in play, that if
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they're not properly secured, then they had that risk of
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something if the truck is like a sudden movement or
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it makes that turn that is not secured, and you
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know that it can hold a position real well so
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to speak.
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Okay, understood sides being strapped in. What else were you
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most concerned about when you started this project?
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Well, I mean, we wanted to make sure that when
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we do a lot of testing, A lot of our
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testing is based upon the driver and maybe occupants that
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you know, there's some team drivers out there, there's life
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and husband drivers out there as partners drivers. You know,
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there's a lot of that out there today, and we
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do a lot of testing to make sure that we
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can secure that occupant there. I think what we wanted
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to make sure is that now that we know that
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there's a larger volume of population out there, of drivers
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with their own pets out there, we want to make
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sure that the safety systems that we put in place
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in these truck can also protect that type of occupant
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as well. So making sure that we have hooks and
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harnesses that can be strapped properly with the right enough
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protect our force in there to keep it from strengthening.
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You know, have the right proper restraint to make sure
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that if there any type of movement, if they had
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their carrier strapped in or the dog strapped in, it's
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not going to move them around and harm them a animal.
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So we wanted to make sure that we were ready
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for that, and we had some capabilities to support that.
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If they like to have their pet riding up in
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the front seat with them, you know, make sure that
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we can strap them in with our three point You know,
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we invented the three point safety belt that's out there
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in the car today, and we did that back in
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nineteen fifty nine, so we gave that to the whole
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in the industry when it comes to automotive. But we
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also it makes an important perspective when he put it
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to the pet. We're going to make sure that even
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we've put the proper harness on the pet, that they're
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strapped in as well with that three point safety belt.
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So we wanted to make sure we were ready for that.
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Okay, so we have volvot thing for seatbelts, Yes you do,
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thank you. Imagine how I've been saved humans, but with
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the strap in for the trucks pets as well.
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Yes, yeah, I mean I'm a pet owner myself, I
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have a five year old pit bull that I've rescued,
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and you know, I want to make sure when he's
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riding with me and my pickup truck, did I got
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them properly strapped in. So it's great that we have
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that seat built available not only in the passer's side
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of the world, but also in the commercial trucking as
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well in the big rigs, and they have the right
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harness for them to be properly secured so they can
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sit up and see the world as they travel with
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their owner. That's a great thing to.
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Have, Okay, And what exactly does the pet safety test
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inside a Class A truck look like?
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Well, the great thing is that we worked for the
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Center of Pet Safety and they came in and visited
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with us and talked to us and looked at our
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design of the truck. They looked at the floor plan
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of what we provide in our sleepers. They looked at
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the what we call mounting points that make sure they
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were properly secured and they are tested to handle any
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type of force there so it has the proper safety
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force capabilities things should move. The other thing they worked
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with us on is the comfort when you're in the truck,
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and making sure that you know, we have an integrated
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parking colode that we introduced with this new truck, and
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it's battery operated, so it basically can run without having
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the motor running on the vehicle. So that way you know,
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if the driver leaves the vehicle on, the pets inside
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of that the parking cooler will help keep the truck
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comfortably cool at a proper temperature without overheating. There's things
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they wanted to make sure that we have that capabilities
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in our truck, which we do with our new truck,
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and then also having the right safety equipment strapped properly
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secure these carriers or the pet themselves into the trucks.
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Now you hit on something that I alluded to in
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the beginning of the show about temperature. Yes, being secure
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in the car and our truck is important, but this
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happens way too more than it should. Pet fatalities, mostly
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dog because people leave their vehicle running and you can't
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just leave your vehicle running, leave the AC on because
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there could be danger for the dog jumping around the
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car moving, and then for a big rig as well,
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because you have to have a cool temperature you had
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a device that's basically keeps the motor running, but everything
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else is safe and secure, so the dogs can't jostle
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anything and start driving a big wag or anything.
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Yeah, I mean there's a lot of things that we've done,
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you know, because again, the drivers, when they're on the
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road for those periods a long period of time, it's
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their home way from home. So it's basically once they're
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they're in a let's say a truck stop, our rest area,
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and they sit there for a while. What we want
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to do is make sure they can have the comfort
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of sitting there for a period of time and maybe
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not have the engine running because maybe they're going to
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sit there for an hour or so, or maybe have lunch,
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do their paperwork, watch TV or something like that, stay
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every night. And so what we've been able to do
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with the new truck is we have our battery electric
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parking cooler, which allows them to turn off the truck
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and basically run the parking cooler or the heater. Let's
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say i they're in the wintertime, now that it's wintertime,
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that they can run those without having to run the truck,
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and they can also program it to get it into
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a certain temperature range before they get in the truck.
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We have the capabilities now with we have a my
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Truck app that we have in available on our trucks
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where they can go in and program their truck to
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start cooling down at a certain time, certain day of
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the week and allow them to do that to get
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them in the right comfortable environment. And that could be
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ideal for the pets as well, you know, get it
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to have it in a cool environment so they can
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stay in the vehicle and have that capabilities. And the
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other great things that we've done is we've we have
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insulated curtains. We have a way to really put the
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insulation in that We've put enough installation in that truck
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now that it really keeps the temperture at a good
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level for a long period of time. And that's another
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great feature that we've bought. It provided with the new truck.
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So it's not really running the truck. That they can
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run the truck that there's certain certain areas of the
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country where you can't idle for a long period of time.
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But this gives them that capabilities to run the air conditioning,
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run the heating bent for the for themselves or for
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their pets without running the vehicle. Another great thing is
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with our trucks is that from a safety perspective, if
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they're they have to get out of the truck and
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maybe going into the truck stop to maybe get dinner
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for themselves and get the supplies for their pets, is
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that they can lock the truck remotely, you know, and
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basically also have an alarm system in case something goes
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off as well.
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That's amazing. I was going to say, I will never
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look at a big rig Volvo truck the same. Again,
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this is amazing that these features are there. And I'm
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sure people that are listening because not everyone listening drives
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a big rig or thinking when are these features going
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to be available in all vehicles? What did you learn
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that most pet parents listening would probably not expect.
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Well, I mean from our perspective on the Volvo in itself.
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You know, again, safety is important to us. It's in
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our DNA. We really focus on safety, and I think
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it's important that you know, when we look at protecting
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the occupants of that vehicle and even the environment they're
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operating in and taking consideration that you know, these trucks
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are moving down the road, they're next to you and
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the car, and you want to make sure that they're safe.
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The great thing is that we've done is we've put
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active safety systems in the truck, so I meaning we
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have ways to help the driver maintain their lanes. It's
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what we call lane keep assists that can nudge them
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back in the lane if they drift a little bit
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out of their lanes. We have capabilities to mitigate a
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forward collision because we have a radar and a camera
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system that is designed in the truck that basically picks
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up vehicles, picks up pedestrians and bicyclists if they're moving,
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and identifies it to the drivers so they can take
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the necessary extions to stop the vehicle. If not, the
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system will start to take over itself. That's the great
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thing about this and for me learning on the safety
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side from the pet the Center for Pet Safety is
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just you know, what do we have that can really
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work for our customers or the drivers out there to
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secure their pets firmly in the trucks, whether they're putting
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them in the carrier or letting them ride up in
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the front seat. What type of equipment is necessary to
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make sure that they're properly secure in those trucks. So
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that's a lot of things that I've learned. And then
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then how we can also communicate how we can help
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with the truck itself being safe on the road for
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those those customers that are going to take their pets
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on the right and they're driving tractor trailers, are even
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driving in their cars next to the big trucks.
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Okay, thanks, We're gonna take a short break and moving
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right back. Real people, real stories.
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Let's talk past, Let's done, pet about Life Radio HETLFE Radio.
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Pet Life Radio dot com.
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Welcome back, everyone. We're talking to Chris Stadler from Volvo
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and we're talking about the test that Bulbo just completed
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with big ring trucks and cut safety in the big
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ring trucks. So let's talk about the testers. What were
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the dog testers? Did you have dog testers?
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Actually, the Center for Pet Safety they have an engineer
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that kind of studies that like said, they got to
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see the drawings of our cab, the interior spacing. They
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got to test out the harness straps and make sure
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they were tightly secured. And they can properly secure them
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into any type of carriers and then also making sure
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are three point safety belt is in a good position
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to secure an animal or pet into the driver's seat
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if they are passengers, ex give me a driver's eat,
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but passes their seed. So I think that was great
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to realize that they put an engineer in their company
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to help you work with the trucking industry or involving themselves.
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So that was one thing that was quite interesting that
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to see that they had that and then having that
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collaboration with them to showcase what we can do, like
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I said, from an integrated parking cooler in all our
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active safety systems. To see that development and see how
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what we can provide and in terms of protecting those
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pets on the road.
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Okay, let's talk about if I'm a truck driver traveling
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with my dog right now, how with hearing this information
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and give a shout out to all the truck drivers
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listening to my show, thank you very much, But how
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would this information just change my life?
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I mean well, being like I said, being an owner
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of a pet myself, and I have my commercial driver's
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license as well, so I can drive a tractor trailer
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out there today. I think how it's changed me is
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it to show that you know, Volvo In themselves are
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taking the steps to make sure that we can provide
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safety for any occupant that's in the truck, whether it's
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human beings, are animals themselves, and giving them the resource
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and knowledge that, hey, that we have the capabilities to
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protect anybody in that vehicle, but then also protect around
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the vehicle as much as you can. So I think
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that's how much it would change my life as a
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truck driver or as a pet owner that's going to
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drive a truck out there or be around the truck
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in themselves. And then also I think what I learned
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as well from my discussions with a center of pet
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safety is the type of equipment that you need to
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have to really harness your pet in the vehicle, whether
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it's in the in the passenger seat or whether you
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have them in a carrier in the back of the truck.
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You want to make sure that you have the right equipment,
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the right product to basically be able to do that improperly.
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So that's I think that's what things would say that
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information has changed my life about putting the pet in the.
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Truck okay, And with regards to the Center for Pet Safety,
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what did they bring to Volvo that really you know,
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you talked about it just before, that really made you
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guys think, you know, yeah, we have to keep in
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mind this and that there's commercial that's that people can
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use in their vehicles, but in a big rig there's
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a difference. And like you said, the perfect type of
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strapping you know, has to be or containment has to be.
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But what are some other things that the Center for
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Pet Safety brought to Bolva that really just was was
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there anything that surprising?
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I mean, I think it was good to know that,
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you know, one animal various sizes. You know, we have
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a customer that the drives trucks for us and they
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care around three French bulldogs with them when they drive.
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A husband and wife that drive test drive for us.
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I think knowing that, you know you're going to have
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various types of carriers out there, what's the right carrier
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to maybe have that can properly be secured or what's
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the right body harness, you know, like a body vest
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that you may need have for your your animal, your
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pet that makes sure they're secured. So that was some
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good learnings from our perspective, and I think this is
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a partnership going forward. I mean that's what we want
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as a partnership going forward. So when we get into
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future developments or even if we can make some modifications
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to what we have today to even get even more
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secured for those pet owners out there on the road,
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that's what we want to do, is this partnership. And
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there's a I think having this relationship with the Center
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for Pet Safety is that we're going to have the
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opportunities to do more with them, whether it's getting some
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apps to help us link into you know, where's the
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proper vet you know, maybe we have that capabilities for
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the drivers can get access to know where local vets
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are or the nearest vets should be if they need
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the medical emergency for their pets. That kind of stuff.
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We're going to have to that in development as well.
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With our relationship with the Center for Pet Safety.
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That's great. What are the biggest mistakes people make when
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they're traveling with their pets in big rings?
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I hope everybody takes in nes their steps to be
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safe with their pets on the road. So I think
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what it would be is just being aware of what
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they need to do to make their vehicles safe for
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pet travel. I think that could be something that's they
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need They have to focus a little bit more on
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is in knowing what the right equipment is to have
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in their trucks and being on the road. So I
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would say that would be more of that and maybe
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properly securing the pets while they're traveling. It can be
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a little challenging, I think, even in a passenger car,
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but I think now it's a little different because you
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got a different layout in the back behind the driver
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and passes your seat in the truck. So it's just
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understanding being aware of what you need to do to
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make that pets safe while you're traveling.
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Absolutely, I have stories with situations with pets before I
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knew better as far as making you know, my pets
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secure in the car. Some people that have their dog
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goes and behind the front seat sits and is perfect,
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and some people do not. And then for big rigs
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it's even more challenging. I would think definitely, containment would
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be something of concern and I do like and probably
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I'm biased because I live in a warm climate that
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you have the temperature controls. Yes, yeah, That's what I
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meant about fatalities that happens way more than people even realize.
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And you know what you're talking about now, everything sounds
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like it could probably be made in some version for
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regular autos and passenger trucks.
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Yeah, I think I think so, I think so. I
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think you're right.
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So how do you think the work you did with
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the Center for Pet Safety will be changing or will
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it be like life changing for the trucking industry.
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That's hard to say it. I mean, like we said,
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you know, for us, we feel like it's a close connection.
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And again, as I mentioned earlier, you know, Volvo's DNA
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is all about safety. We have a mission here of
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zero accidents, and we're going to work as hard as
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we can to get to that point. The great thing
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is you know that we're focused on that and we're
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going to do everything we can to protect our customers,
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protect the occupants in those trucks and an environment they're
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working in. And you know, we can't prevent at this
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point is sometimes challenging to prevent any accis from having.
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But even the cab structure we sell, we have ourselves
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with a high strength steelled cab. We have capabilities to
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doing a little promo here, but I mean this is
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things that you know, we focus on safety and that's
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what we're going to do. And I think every occupant
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in that truck is important. So whether it's a human
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being or even the pet that they love, we want
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to make sure that we can do everything we can
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to protect them. And how it transfers to the industry,
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I think that will it'll become important as well because
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I think, as we said, there's eight hundred thousand drivers
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out there that have their pets with them. I think
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they'll start to see that as an important factor when
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they do their development in the trucks. But for us,
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it's definitely one of our key points.
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Okay, thank you. Do you think this could lead to
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official pet safety standards for commercial trucks.
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That I can't say. I mean that's something we can,
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I guess help promote from a revolver perspective, but you
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know that's going to be something that could be I
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can't say at this point.
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Start with the seapout and look where we are, right.
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Yeah, yeah, I mean, well, we'll do everything we can
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from our side to help that promotion, to put some
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focus on the pet safety and commercial vehicles.
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I think I definitely see that coming. You know, geez,
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we already practically make dinner for our pets, like we're
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chefs for our pets. We well, some people bless them.
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There are kids, we call them fur babies. We give
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them probiotics and everything. So yeah, I don't see too
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far behind.
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Yeah, they're family members, that's for sure.
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I mean we give them everything, right, they're like us.
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We have, you know, furry kids and too like good kids.
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I say, I'm a pet owner myself, and I have
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a big, big boy. He's over he spiraling seventy five pounds,
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So I know what you mean by you know, they're
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part of your life and they're important to your life,
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and I think it's important to protect the pets as well.
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Whatever we can do, that's what we need to do. Yes,
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part of the testing was I guess I didn't mention that,
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but part of the testing was they get the ride
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around with me in the truck on our test track
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up in Virginia, which they were strapped into the front
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seat so they got a great view of the of
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the road and were very easy to ride with.
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That must have been fun, Yeah, it was.
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I hope it was fun for them. They didn't say
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too much. They enjoy it. They look like they enjoyed it.
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So what do you think is next for Bulba when
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it comes to pet friendly design.
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Well, I think again, the partnership that we started with
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the Center for Pets Safety is the first step, and
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it's going to have continuous steps. So where we can
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help improve even more types of safety connection safety capabilities
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in the truck, maybe you know, give a little bit
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more access or more you know, capabilities when it comes
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to different types of carriers or different setups, different arrangements,
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or maybe how they want to properly secure their pets
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on it while they're on the road. I think also
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getting from you know, with apps and electronics capabilities, GPS,
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you know, we can get that connection to out there
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and do like I was saying, you know, maybe give
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them capabilities even more strong capabilities that maybe get access
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to knowing where vets are if they have to do
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a medical emergency for their pets and that kind of stuff.
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I think there's a lot more possibilities, and I think
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with this partnership that we're going to have with the
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Center for Pet Safety, it's only going to bring more
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to the forefront or bring more to the capabilities of
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our trucks for our customers.
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I think you're absolutely right. Chris. Thank you again so
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much for coming on Best Bets for Pets and telling
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us all about the work that BOVO is doing with
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the Center for Pets Safety for big rigs. I can't
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wait to hear when it comes to commercial vehicles. Thank
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you so much.
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Thank you.
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I want to thank my guest Chris Stadler from BOBO.
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I hope everybody enjoyed the show. This has been so enlightening.
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I am so excited to see what comes next. And hey,
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if you drive a big I hope it's so Volvo
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because there are features for your pet that's going to
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be safer for your pet and for you. I also
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want to thank my crew they observed while I was
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preparing for my show, So thank you, Dennis, Charlotte and Mollie.
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Huge thanks to the Best Bets for Pets listening audience.
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We are going on our sixteenth year. Thank you so
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much for listening. And the show would not be the
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same without the magic and you have no idea how
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hard he works. So without the magic of Mark Winter,
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my producer, he is the one who makes the shows
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sound so amazing, so hey, keep listening. You never know
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what we're going to have next. On Best Bets for Pets, Let's.
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Its day past,
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This is Pet Life Radio. Let's talk Pets.
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Welcome to Best Pets for Pets. I'm your show host
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Michelle Berne. Today we're talking about something that every pet
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parent who travels with their animal needs to hear, about
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pets safety on the open road. So there are more
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than eight hundred thousand truck drivers that travel with their pets,
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mostly with their dogs and Volvo trucks. North America just
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partnered with the Center for Pet Safety to test how
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safe big rig trucks really are for dogs and other pets,
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Welcome back everyone. I'd like to welcome Chris Stadler. He
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is the marketing manager for Volvo Trucks North America. Welcome Chris.
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Thank you for having me. Michelle, excited to be here today.
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Very happy to have you. I am always happy to
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hear about safety for pets, especially with vehicles, because that's like,
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it's one of my peeves, and especially because I live
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in a warm climate and you hear a lot of
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things about what happens with pets when they're in cars
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and trucks and so forth. What inspired Volvo to even
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think about our trucks safe for our pets, especially big
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rig trucks.
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Well, Michelle, I think when we do a lot of
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research and studies on when we're designing trucks or even
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getting to put our trucks together, we do a lot
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of clinics and surveys with our drivers and customers out
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there in the road. And I mean we go to
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truck stops, we have clinics that drivers come in, and
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we even do test trucks out there today. We interact
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with our customers and those drivers. The thing that we
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really notice is that how much of people are taking
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their pets on the road and being a part of
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their livelihood driving a truck. And I think that's what
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really inspired us the most, was you know, hey, there's
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a connection there with our trucks and the custom the
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drivers out there who have their pets with them all
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the time on the road. And I think that's what
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really put that inspiration to us to you know, say,
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what can we do to make sure that we are
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also protecting those pets that are out there with their drivers.
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Okay, thanks, Well, we're going to talk mostly about big rigs.
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It is definitely relatable to average pet owner that because
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most of us also have vehicles, whether there are autos
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or trucks. And one of the things that I want
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to know I have a couple of questions on on
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big rigs so that we can understand when long haul
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truck drivers are driving, how much of their time is
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spent on the road.
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It can vary, of course, out there today. I think
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when you get into majority of those drivers around with
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their pets and they're in their sleepers, it's so much
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they're home away from home, and I think they could
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be on the road for months at a time, weeks
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to months at the time out there, and it's great
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to have, you know, that companionship, I guess with a pet,
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but I think they also need to have the right
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living environment when they're not driving down the road. You
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know that they can live in the back of the
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truck and be on those when they're on the road
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those weeks at a time that they have that space
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and environment that makes them comfortable and makes them feel
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good when they're not driving and the everything. So I would say,
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you know, it could be weeks and even months at
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a time when they're on the road.
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scheduling and all that. On the road for a month,
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they are literally driving back and forth with the month
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with maybe say what five days off. So what is
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that average month twenty five days so that they're with
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their pet in the truck.
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the amount of time they can drive, and then they
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have to do some resets where they can maybe be
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a couple of days off even while they're out on
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the road. They have to take some time off based
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on the number of hours that are allowed legally to drive.
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twenty five days out on the road with their beloved pets.
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those of us that are not in the industry. How
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common is it for long haul truck drivers to travel
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with their pets and are they mostly dog and cats?
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dog owners out there, but there are some cats that
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you know, travel with their owners. I think it's it's
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more about who that person is, you know, their lifestyle
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on the road, and of course it can become somewhat
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lonely out there on the roses. It's a great way
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to have a good campaigning there for you while you're
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driving on the road. I don't know the volumes like
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it's like you said earlier, it's eight hundred thousand truck
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drivers out there today carry their pets with them, So
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that's quite a big amount of volume of number of
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drivers out there that do have their pets with them
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while they're on the road.
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inside large trucks.
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I mean, the driving environment is a little more open
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than say, let's say a passenger car because you had
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to have that space, and it's of course a bigger
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vehicle in general, so there's a lot more room up front.
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strapped in safely and securely that you know, they could
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move easily when the truck moves. In the living environment again,
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that's another area that can be it's very big, open.
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I mean, I always liked the kid that it's like
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a New York loft apartment, you know, that size almost
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it's got two beds in there. A great thing about
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our truck itself, it's got a Murphy style bed that
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you know, kind of folds up and into the wall
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to give extra space for the driver when they're not
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lying in their bed and relaxing that way. And then
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we also have an upper bunk, so there's a lot
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more room for a pet to be able to roam
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around if they're not secured in the trucks, and that's
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probably where the risk might be in play, that if
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they're not properly secured, then they had that risk of
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something if the truck is like a sudden movement or
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it makes that turn that is not secured, and you
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know that it can hold a position real well so
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to speak.
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Okay, understood sides being strapped in. What else were you
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most concerned about when you started this project?
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Well, I mean, we wanted to make sure that when
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we do a lot of testing, A lot of our
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testing is based upon the driver and maybe occupants that
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you know, there's some team drivers out there, there's life
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and husband drivers out there as partners drivers. You know,
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there's a lot of that out there today, and we
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do a lot of testing to make sure that we
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can secure that occupant there. I think what we wanted
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to make sure is that now that we know that
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there's a larger volume of population out there, of drivers
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with their own pets out there, we want to make
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sure that the safety systems that we put in place
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in these truck can also protect that type of occupant
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as well. So making sure that we have hooks and
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harnesses that can be strapped properly with the right enough
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protect our force in there to keep it from strengthening.
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You know, have the right proper restraint to make sure
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that if there any type of movement, if they had
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their carrier strapped in or the dog strapped in, it's
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not going to move them around and harm them a animal.
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for that, and we had some capabilities to support that.
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the front seat with them, you know, make sure that
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we can strap them in with our three point You know,
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we invented the three point safety belt that's out there
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in the car today, and we did that back in
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nineteen fifty nine, so we gave that to the whole
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in the industry when it comes to automotive. But we
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also it makes an important perspective when he put it
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to the pet. We're going to make sure that even
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we've put the proper harness on the pet, that they're
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strapped in as well with that three point safety belt.
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So we wanted to make sure we were ready for that.
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thank you. Imagine how I've been saved humans, but with
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the strap in for the trucks pets as well.
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have a five year old pit bull that I've rescued,
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and you know, I want to make sure when he's
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riding with me and my pickup truck, did I got
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them properly strapped in. So it's great that we have
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that seat built available not only in the passer's side
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of the world, but also in the commercial trucking as
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well in the big rigs, and they have the right
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harness for them to be properly secured so they can
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sit up and see the world as they travel with
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their owner. That's a great thing to.
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Have, Okay, And what exactly does the pet safety test
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inside a Class A truck look like?
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Center of Pet Safety and they came in and visited
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with us and talked to us and looked at our
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design of the truck. They looked at the floor plan
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of what we provide in our sleepers. They looked at
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the what we call mounting points that make sure they
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were properly secured and they are tested to handle any
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type of force there so it has the proper safety
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force capabilities things should move. The other thing they worked
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with us on is the comfort when you're in the truck,
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and making sure that you know, we have an integrated
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parking colode that we introduced with this new truck, and
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it's battery operated, so it basically can run without having
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the motor running on the vehicle. So that way you know,
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if the driver leaves the vehicle on, the pets inside
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of that the parking cooler will help keep the truck
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comfortably cool at a proper temperature without overheating. There's things
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they wanted to make sure that we have that capabilities
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in our truck, which we do with our new truck,
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and then also having the right safety equipment strapped properly
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secure these carriers or the pet themselves into the trucks.
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Now you hit on something that I alluded to in
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the beginning of the show about temperature. Yes, being secure
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in the car and our truck is important, but this
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happens way too more than it should. Pet fatalities, mostly
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dog because people leave their vehicle running and you can't
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just leave your vehicle running, leave the AC on because
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there could be danger for the dog jumping around the
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car moving, and then for a big rig as well,
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because you have to have a cool temperature you had
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a device that's basically keeps the motor running, but everything
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else is safe and secure, so the dogs can't jostle
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anything and start driving a big wag or anything.
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you know, because again, the drivers, when they're on the
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road for those periods a long period of time, it's
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their home way from home. So it's basically once they're
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they're in a let's say a truck stop, our rest area,
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and they sit there for a while. What we want
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to do is make sure they can have the comfort
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of sitting there for a period of time and maybe
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not have the engine running because maybe they're going to
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sit there for an hour or so, or maybe have lunch,
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do their paperwork, watch TV or something like that, stay
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every night. And so what we've been able to do
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with the new truck is we have our battery electric
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parking cooler, which allows them to turn off the truck
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and basically run the parking cooler or the heater. Let's
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say i they're in the wintertime, now that it's wintertime,
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that they can run those without having to run the truck,
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and they can also program it to get it into
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a certain temperature range before they get in the truck.
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We have the capabilities now with we have a my
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Truck app that we have in available on our trucks
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where they can go in and program their truck to
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start cooling down at a certain time, certain day of
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the week and allow them to do that to get
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them in the right comfortable environment. And that could be
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ideal for the pets as well, you know, get it
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to have it in a cool environment so they can
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stay in the vehicle and have that capabilities. And the
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other great things that we've done is we've we have
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insulated curtains. We have a way to really put the
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insulation in that We've put enough installation in that truck
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now that it really keeps the temperture at a good
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level for a long period of time. And that's another
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great feature that we've bought. It provided with the new truck.
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So it's not really running the truck. That they can
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run the truck that there's certain certain areas of the
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country where you can't idle for a long period of time.
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run the heating bent for the for themselves or for
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their pets without running the vehicle. Another great thing is
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with our trucks is that from a safety perspective, if
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they're they have to get out of the truck and
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maybe going into the truck stop to maybe get dinner
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for themselves and get the supplies for their pets, is
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that they can lock the truck remotely, you know, and
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basically also have an alarm system in case something goes
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off as well.
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That's amazing. I was going to say, I will never
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look at a big rig Volvo truck the same. Again,
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this is amazing that these features are there. And I'm
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sure people that are listening because not everyone listening drives
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a big rig or thinking when are these features going
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to be available in all vehicles? What did you learn
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that most pet parents listening would probably not expect.
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You know, again, safety is important to us. It's in
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our DNA. We really focus on safety, and I think
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it's important that you know, when we look at protecting
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the occupants of that vehicle and even the environment they're
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operating in and taking consideration that you know, these trucks
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are moving down the road, they're next to you and
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the car, and you want to make sure that they're safe.
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active safety systems in the truck, so I meaning we
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have ways to help the driver maintain their lanes. It's
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what we call lane keep assists that can nudge them
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back in the lane if they drift a little bit
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out of their lanes. We have capabilities to mitigate a
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forward collision because we have a radar and a camera
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system that is designed in the truck that basically picks
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up vehicles, picks up pedestrians and bicyclists if they're moving,
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and identifies it to the drivers so they can take
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the necessary extions to stop the vehicle. If not, the
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system will start to take over itself. That's the great
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thing about this and for me learning on the safety
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side from the pet the Center for Pet Safety is
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just you know, what do we have that can really
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work for our customers or the drivers out there to
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secure their pets firmly in the trucks, whether they're putting
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them in the carrier or letting them ride up in
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the front seat. What type of equipment is necessary to
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make sure that they're properly secure in those trucks. So
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that's a lot of things that I've learned. And then
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then how we can also communicate how we can help
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with the truck itself being safe on the road for
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those those customers that are going to take their pets
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on the right and they're driving tractor trailers, are even
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driving in their cars next to the big trucks.
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Okay, thanks, We're gonna take a short break and moving
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Let's talk past, Let's done, pet about Life Radio HETLFE Radio.
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Pet Life Radio dot com.
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Welcome back, everyone. We're talking to Chris Stadler from Volvo
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and we're talking about the test that Bulbo just completed
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with big ring trucks and cut safety in the big
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ring trucks. So let's talk about the testers. What were
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the dog testers? Did you have dog testers?
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Actually, the Center for Pet Safety they have an engineer
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that kind of studies that like said, they got to
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see the drawings of our cab, the interior spacing. They
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got to test out the harness straps and make sure
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they were tightly secured. And they can properly secure them
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into any type of carriers and then also making sure
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are three point safety belt is in a good position
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to secure an animal or pet into the driver's seat
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if they are passengers, ex give me a driver's eat,
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but passes their seed. So I think that was great
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to realize that they put an engineer in their company
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to help you work with the trucking industry or involving themselves.
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So that was one thing that was quite interesting that
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to see that they had that and then having that
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collaboration with them to showcase what we can do, like
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I said, from an integrated parking cooler in all our
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active safety systems. To see that development and see how
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what we can provide and in terms of protecting those
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pets on the road.
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Okay, let's talk about if I'm a truck driver traveling
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with my dog right now, how with hearing this information
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and give a shout out to all the truck drivers
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listening to my show, thank you very much, But how
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would this information just change my life?
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I mean well, being like I said, being an owner
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of a pet myself, and I have my commercial driver's
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license as well, so I can drive a tractor trailer
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out there today. I think how it's changed me is
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it to show that you know, Volvo In themselves are
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taking the steps to make sure that we can provide
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safety for any occupant that's in the truck, whether it's
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human beings, are animals themselves, and giving them the resource
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and knowledge that, hey, that we have the capabilities to
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protect anybody in that vehicle, but then also protect around
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the vehicle as much as you can. So I think
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that's how much it would change my life as a
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truck driver or as a pet owner that's going to
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drive a truck out there or be around the truck
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in themselves. And then also I think what I learned
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as well from my discussions with a center of pet
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safety is the type of equipment that you need to
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have to really harness your pet in the vehicle, whether
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it's in the in the passenger seat or whether you
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have them in a carrier in the back of the truck.
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the right product to basically be able to do that improperly.
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information has changed my life about putting the pet in the.
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Truck okay, And with regards to the Center for Pet Safety,
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what did they bring to Volvo that really you know,
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you talked about it just before, that really made you
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guys think, you know, yeah, we have to keep in
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mind this and that there's commercial that's that people can
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use in their vehicles, but in a big rig there's
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a difference. And like you said, the perfect type of
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strapping you know, has to be or containment has to be.
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Pet Safety brought to Bolva that really just was was
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there anything that surprising?
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I mean, I think it was good to know that,
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you know, one animal various sizes. You know, we have
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a customer that the drives trucks for us and they
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care around three French bulldogs with them when they drive.
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A husband and wife that drive test drive for us.
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I think knowing that, you know you're going to have
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various types of carriers out there, what's the right carrier
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to maybe have that can properly be secured or what's
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the right body harness, you know, like a body vest
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that you may need have for your your animal, your
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pet that makes sure they're secured. So that was some
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good learnings from our perspective, and I think this is
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a partnership going forward. I mean that's what we want
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as a partnership going forward. So when we get into
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future developments or even if we can make some modifications
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to what we have today to even get even more
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secured for those pet owners out there on the road,
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that's what we want to do, is this partnership. And
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there's a I think having this relationship with the Center
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for Pet Safety is that we're going to have the
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opportunities to do more with them, whether it's getting some
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apps to help us link into you know, where's the
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proper vet you know, maybe we have that capabilities for
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the drivers can get access to know where local vets
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are or the nearest vets should be if they need
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the medical emergency for their pets. That kind of stuff.
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We're going to have to that in development as well.
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With our relationship with the Center for Pet Safety.
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That's great. What are the biggest mistakes people make when
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they're traveling with their pets in big rings?
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I hope everybody takes in nes their steps to be
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safe with their pets on the road. So I think
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what it would be is just being aware of what
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they need to do to make their vehicles safe for
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pet travel. I think that could be something that's they
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need They have to focus a little bit more on
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is in knowing what the right equipment is to have
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in their trucks and being on the road. So I
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would say that would be more of that and maybe
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properly securing the pets while they're traveling. It can be
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a little challenging, I think, even in a passenger car,
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but I think now it's a little different because you
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got a different layout in the back behind the driver
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and passes your seat in the truck. So it's just
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understanding being aware of what you need to do to
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make that pets safe while you're traveling.
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Absolutely, I have stories with situations with pets before I
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knew better as far as making you know, my pets
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secure in the car. Some people that have their dog
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goes and behind the front seat sits and is perfect,
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and some people do not. And then for big rigs
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it's even more challenging. I would think definitely, containment would
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be something of concern and I do like and probably
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I'm biased because I live in a warm climate that
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you have the temperature controls. Yes, yeah, That's what I
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meant about fatalities that happens way more than people even realize.
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And you know what you're talking about now, everything sounds
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like it could probably be made in some version for
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regular autos and passenger trucks.
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Yeah, I think I think so, I think so. I
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think you're right.
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So how do you think the work you did with
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the Center for Pet Safety will be changing or will
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it be like life changing for the trucking industry.
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That's hard to say it. I mean, like we said,
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you know, for us, we feel like it's a close connection.
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And again, as I mentioned earlier, you know, Volvo's DNA
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is all about safety. We have a mission here of
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zero accidents, and we're going to work as hard as
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we can to get to that point. The great thing
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is you know that we're focused on that and we're
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going to do everything we can to protect our customers,
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protect the occupants in those trucks and an environment they're
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working in. And you know, we can't prevent at this
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point is sometimes challenging to prevent any accis from having.
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But even the cab structure we sell, we have ourselves
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with a high strength steelled cab. We have capabilities to
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doing a little promo here, but I mean this is
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things that you know, we focus on safety and that's
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what we're going to do. And I think every occupant
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in that truck is important. So whether it's a human
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being or even the pet that they love, we want
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to make sure that we can do everything we can
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to protect them. And how it transfers to the industry,
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I think that will it'll become important as well because
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I think, as we said, there's eight hundred thousand drivers
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out there that have their pets with them. I think
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they'll start to see that as an important factor when
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they do their development in the trucks. But for us,
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it's definitely one of our key points.
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Okay, thank you. Do you think this could lead to
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official pet safety standards for commercial trucks.
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That I can't say. I mean that's something we can,
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I guess help promote from a revolver perspective, but you
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know that's going to be something that could be I
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can't say at this point.
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Start with the seapout and look where we are, right.
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Yeah, yeah, I mean, well, we'll do everything we can
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from our side to help that promotion, to put some
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focus on the pet safety and commercial vehicles.
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I think I definitely see that coming. You know, geez,
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we already practically make dinner for our pets, like we're
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chefs for our pets. We well, some people bless them.
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There are kids, we call them fur babies. We give
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them probiotics and everything. So yeah, I don't see too
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far behind.
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Yeah, they're family members, that's for sure.
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I mean we give them everything, right, they're like us.
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We have, you know, furry kids and too like good kids.
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I say, I'm a pet owner myself, and I have
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a big, big boy. He's over he spiraling seventy five pounds,
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So I know what you mean by you know, they're
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part of your life and they're important to your life,
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and I think it's important to protect the pets as well.
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Whatever we can do, that's what we need to do. Yes,
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part of the testing was I guess I didn't mention that,
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but part of the testing was they get the ride
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around with me in the truck on our test track
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up in Virginia, which they were strapped into the front
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seat so they got a great view of the of
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the road and were very easy to ride with.
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That must have been fun, Yeah, it was.
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I hope it was fun for them. They didn't say
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too much. They enjoy it. They look like they enjoyed it.
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So what do you think is next for Bulba when
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it comes to pet friendly design.
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Well, I think again, the partnership that we started with
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the Center for Pets Safety is the first step, and
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it's going to have continuous steps. So where we can
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help improve even more types of safety connection safety capabilities
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in the truck, maybe you know, give a little bit
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more access or more you know, capabilities when it comes
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to different types of carriers or different setups, different arrangements,
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or maybe how they want to properly secure their pets
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on it while they're on the road. I think also
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getting from you know, with apps and electronics capabilities, GPS,
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you know, we can get that connection to out there
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and do like I was saying, you know, maybe give
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them capabilities even more strong capabilities that maybe get access
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to knowing where vets are if they have to do
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a medical emergency for their pets and that kind of stuff.
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I think there's a lot more possibilities, and I think
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with this partnership that we're going to have with the
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Center for Pet Safety, it's only going to bring more
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to the forefront or bring more to the capabilities of
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our trucks for our customers.
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I think you're absolutely right. Chris. Thank you again so
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much for coming on Best Bets for Pets and telling
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us all about the work that BOVO is doing with
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the Center for Pets Safety for big rigs. I can't
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wait to hear when it comes to commercial vehicles. Thank
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you so much.
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Thank you.
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I want to thank my guest Chris Stadler from BOBO.
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I hope everybody enjoyed the show. This has been so enlightening.
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I am so excited to see what comes next. And hey,
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if you drive a big I hope it's so Volvo
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because there are features for your pet that's going to
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be safer for your pet and for you. I also
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want to thank my crew they observed while I was
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preparing for my show, So thank you, Dennis, Charlotte and Mollie.
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Huge thanks to the Best Bets for Pets listening audience.
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We are going on our sixteenth year. Thank you so
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much for listening. And the show would not be the
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same without the magic and you have no idea how
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hard he works. So without the magic of Mark Winter,
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my producer, he is the one who makes the shows
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sound so amazing, so hey, keep listening. You never know
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what we're going to have next. On Best Bets for Pets, Let's.
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