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Depending on your view, your approach is either one of animal protection, or human protection.  To me, people come first, and whilst distressing, a dog is a dog. Whilst ensuring passenger safety is covered, I would view animal safety as secondary.

Dogs should be 're-strained' in the living compartment. Not neccesarily tied down, but ensured they cant be 'fired' into the driving compartment in the event of a violent collision. Either leash secure them to the rear of the vehicle, long enough to give them freedom to lie down on seats, move around to get comfy, look out etc. but in the event of a collision, the length of the leash would physically restrain them from entering the driving cab? Or alternatively look at a way to box off your driving compartment from the risk of loose dogs flying through? 

Yes the dogs could indeed suffer serious injury in the event of a crash being 'loose' in the rear, but the human occupants should not suffer further injury from the loose animals. If its animal welfare your looking at, then a harness is the only way forward. 

If, heaven forbid, my husband and I were involved in a serious enough incident to cause violent damage, my only concern would be the safety of my husband, and then other individuals/vehicles involved in the incident. Im sorry but the dog would be way down my priorities.

What does amaze me, is the amount of motorhomers driving with their small dogs lying across the dashboard.........  Even a 10lb animal under collision conditions, turn into scud missiles.

Well Bertndoris thats the best post Ive seen for ages.

But dont worry, if the dog gets killed you can eat them! recycling at its best.

I had dog in Northern Thailand many moons back and it was quite nice

LOL T4, lets hear it for recycling!

........Im just pondering the thought of a yorkie getting under the brake pedal. Ho hum.