To think this was bloody dangerous and some people are just batshit

WHAT?? That's a stretch..(pardon the pun)

Any dog owner using an extendable lead HAS NO CONTROL over their animal.

For the 11 years of our dog’s life I never bought and extendable lead.
They have no place in busy, urban areas.

Yes it was horrific for all involved ,the driver was devastated but completely exonerated as the woman wasn't looking back or anything to indicate was waiting for her dog just walked across and carried on with the thin cord lead just trailing behind from her hand. She had the handle in her right hand too so the other side to the driver's view of her.
It's a crossing to a beach as well so lots of families about,dreadful.
Also the lock position can fail on them leaving them able to extend if dog bolts. Should be banned.

i do have an extendible lead but am very careful

Extendable leads should be banned.

Not only are the dogs not under proper control they are much more difficult to see than a long lead.

My DH nearly came off his bike when some idiots stood to one side of a multi use path and the dog crossed to the other in front of him creating a trip wire. Luckily he was cycling slowly and saw what was going on.

I suspect the woman's reaction was more out of fear and/or shock.

She could see for herself that she nearly caused a very dangerous accident. Both the two boys AND the dog could very easily have fallen onto the track, and SHE'D have been held responsible.

The poor driver.

In Japan you can't take a dog on public transport except in a closed carrier of some kind (carrier or dog pram, or a sling with a mesh top). Except guide dogs, obvs. It's a good rule. And train platforms should all have barriers these days! Platforms with no barriers are very dangerous to blind travelers, not to mention scary for parents with young kids.

Was it a full moon last night?

WTF🤣🤣🤣

Sorry,

A crowded platform , you hit the nail on the head, unless those boys are over say 10, they shouldn't be as OP says 'a bit ahead'.

I don't know if they were walking or running, only OP does, neither do we know how 'bit ahead' they were.

This is my only point, you don't let your kids be 'bit ahead' down Embankment tube. as I said BOTH are at fault, that's all. I'm not defending the dog owner.

Dh had cuts and bruises as came off his bike due to a half wit using one of these on a main bike path between two cities at commute time 🙄🙄

I HATE extendable dog leads. They shouldn't be sold. Dangerous horrible things. You cannot have cl trol of your dog on an extendable lead. She was completely at fault.

I also love dogs. But am sick of this must take my dog everywhere with me attitude. Your dog is not a child. If my child or I started pissing up every wall and snifffing people in cafes, people would be appalled. Your dog doing it? Yeah that's fine.

I killed a dog on a flexi lead on my way to work in my van. It just ran into the road and went under the back wheels.

They are the devils work.

@paperrocksiscissors come off it. A crowded platform - adults don't even see bloody wheelie bags trailing behind. They're not places people are ambling along enjoying the views. The boys can just be walking along in conversation and dogs and leads randomly appear. Extendable lead is like kids running around with no supervision, except the kids here is the dog.

I don’t know how many times I have really ran over a dog with these leads. Owners walking along the pavement and dog jumps on the road. So annoying and dangerous

My sister has these ridiculous leads. Fine if you are in a park but not where people are walking. One of them tripped me up and I broke my wrist. Idiots

They weren’t running about, you’ve got yourself all worked up over an imaginary situation.

Oh come off it, I've got kids, how else could they not see a lead across a relatively short platform?

'Son was a bit ahead with another boy'

So I assume they were walking slowly and discussing world politics and missed the lead in front of them?

Honestly I'm not trolling, I just think no London parent lets their kid be 'a bit ahead' on a platform down the tube, its bloody dangerous.

That must have been so traumatic for the lorry driver. There are so many people who use extendable leads on the narrow canal towpath near me. Runners, cyclists, walkers - the lead takes up the whole towpath and sometimes it's hard to see when crowded.

My pet peeve on the tube is owners who let dogs sit in the seats! What's the point of national rail asking people to not put their feet on the seats when dogs do it. It's just gross. Also the really small sausage dogs on extendable leads - seen quite a few of those, saw one on the stairs! When people are rushing down stairs to catch a train who TF can see a tiny dog in a big crowd. Would be like someone leaving their baby to crawl around the platform/station.

Some people are so stupid and thoughtless.

A neighbour's dog was killed because of its extendable lead. She did have the lead locked in the short position as she was walking on the narrow pavement beside a busy road, but the dog lunged at another dog across the street, the lead unlocked itself and her dog was run over by a car.

@paperrocksiscissors I think you’ve made a number of assumptions here. The OP doesn’t say her DC was running, she said slightly ahead which is very normal as it’s impossible to walk more than two abreast on most tube stations which you might not be aware of.

Riding in a dedicated bike lane in the park the other day and I saw a dog on one side of the path, owner on the other side and didn't realise until quite late that they were connected. I was going pretty slow in anticipation of the dog running back to it's owner anyway so I did manage to stop in time but I'm sure lot's of people wouldn't have seen it. And she grumbled at me about looking where I'm going

I also don't get why they're made out of such thin cord now, the ones that were made out of nylon tape at least you could see them easily

I’m a dog owner, lover and dog walker. I hate extendable leads. There is no control. My friend sadly killed a dog when the owner was paying zero attention and the poor thing leapt out into the road and in front of my friends car. She was devastated.

is @paperrocksiscissors arguing just for the sake of it?