Have you ever hit an animal by accident with your car?

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Anonymous wrote:I ran over a turtle. I was a new driver, slowed down to try to drive over it between the tires. Going so slow I could hear the shell crack. Scared to this day! It was awful

I was told of a study done by a college student where he placed fake turtles on a road and recorded what drivers would do. Most elected to deliberately crush the turtles. Horrible.
We live rural near a lot of water and DH will always stop the car and move any turtle to the side of the road it was moving to. He’s done this with baby painted turtles no more the size of fifty cent piece (yes, he has excellent eyes) and two and a half foot long snapping turtles and everything in between.

[Anonymous]

I hit a possum one night on a street in Arlington. It ran out from under a parked car right in front of me. My passenger and I both screamed. That thump was awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The day my mother called to tell me she hit a woman with her car and accidentally killed her, I went off to work and promptly accidentally ran over a squirrel and killed it. I pulled over and called the non-emergency police. They laughed at me as they said it's fine and I can just go on with my life.

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I ran over a skunk once—at dark, it ran out and just froze, no time to react. I felt terrible.

I was reminded afterwards, because its scent glands activated and my car smelled for weeks. I washed it by hand, I ran it through the car wash multiple times, spraying the undercarriage and the smell still lingered until it finally faded.

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Anonymous wrote:I ran over a turtle. I was a new driver, slowed down to try to drive over it between the tires. Going so slow I could hear the shell crack. Scared to this day! It was awful

I was told of a study done by a college student where he placed fake turtles on a road and recorded what drivers would do. Most elected to deliberately crush the turtles. Horrible.
We live rural near a lot of water and DH will always stop the car and move any turtle to the side of the road it was moving to. He’s done this with baby painted turtles no more the size of fifty cent piece (yes, he has excellent eyes) and two and a half foot long snapping turtles and everything in between.

My dad used to do this, too - he would stop on busy roads, and literally stop traffic for the turtle, then move the turtle safely. I think it speaks volumes about a person's heart, if they are willing to do such a thing.

[Anonymous]

About 27 years ago, I ran over a rabbit. I tried to stop, but it darted into the street so quickly that hitting it was my only option; I heard the bones crunch. I felt terrible and guilty every day that I passed the remains.

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My mom hit an owl once--great horned owl, big bird. It was swooping down to catch some critter right when her vehicle reached that spot, she was going 60 on a rural highway, damaged her radiator.
I've hit deer twice but both times they had disappeared into the night when I stopped. No damage either time.
My dad hit a bear once. He was driving a heavy truck, no damage to the truck but killed the bear.
Guess my parents' road kill is more exotic than most.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hit a possum one night on a street in Arlington. It ran out from under a parked car right in front of me. My passenger and I both screamed. That thump was awful.

Aren’t those a endangered species?

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Anonymous wrote:I ran over a turtle. I was a new driver, slowed down to try to drive over it between the tires. Going so slow I could hear the shell crack. Scared to this day! It was awful

I was told of a study done by a college student where he placed fake turtles on a road and recorded what drivers would do. Most elected to deliberately crush the turtles. Horrible.
We live rural near a lot of water and DH will always stop the car and move any turtle to the side of the road it was moving to. He’s done this with baby painted turtles no more the size of fifty cent piece (yes, he has excellent eyes) and two and a half foot long snapping turtles and everything in between.

My dad used to do this, too - he would stop on busy roads, and literally stop traffic for the turtle, then move the turtle safely. I think it speaks volumes about a person's heart, if they are willing to do such a thing.

Reminds me of a famous trial concerning a do-gooder who stopped their car to help an animal & caused a fatal accident. Just leave the animals alone!!

[Anonymous]

^^ Here’s the story:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/canadian-woman-who-stopped-to-save-ducks-on-highway-faces-jail-over-crash-9554721.html

[Anonymous]

I hit a squirrel and it took forever to die, but was obviously not saveable.

I hit a deer and it did $3k of damage. It staggered to the side of the road but then got up and walked away.

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A ran over a snake once. It was in the middle of my lane and by the time I realized it was a snake, it was too late and dangerous to swerve or brake. Granted I have no idea if it was dead already.

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I hit what I think was a young/small dog that ran directly at my car. When I got to a spot where I could pull over and go looking for it, I never found it. I never figured out what it was or what happened to it but I still cried when I got home.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes - a deed (DOA), and a bunny.

I had to euthanize the deer. It was the right thing to do.

How did you do this? Did you call some entity? You had a gun in your truck?

Car. But yes; I have a .22 rifle in the trunk. Animal control uses the same thing.

Yee haw

Stop. I've been both urban and rural areas. If you live in a rural area, it can be useful to carry a rifle. Unfortunately, it can help in these kind of situtations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I ran over a turtle. I was a new driver, slowed down to try to drive over it between the tires. Going so slow I could hear the shell crack. Scared to this day! It was awful

Did you cry? I would've cried.