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

[Anonymous]

I ran over one accidently with a dirt bike when I was a kid. He was fine. I didn't get license until I was 19 lol

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I’m in my 50- and just for the first time hit a squirrel last year. I was so surprised — they always run right in front of the car but manage to somehow zig at the right moment. I really didn’t think I was going to hit it until I heard the crunch and saw it in the rear window. I didn’t stop and hoped a scavenger animal at least got some lunch.

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Anonymous wrote:If yes, how bad was it? Did you realize you did it at the time (if small)? Did you stop? Did it change the way you drive?

Silly, I know, but when I see a squirrel on the road when I'm driving by, I always try to check my mirrors to make sure it got away ok.

I hit a dog once. He didn't seem to be injured but I knocked at every house on the block and no one claimed him or knew where he belonged. This was before cell phones and I asked a homeowner to call police non emergency. When policeman got there he couldn't believe that I had stuck around. I followed policeman to nearby vet. Dog did have a chip and owner was notified. I never heard anything more.

[Anonymous]

A person sounded like a bag full of wet laundry when it hit my car.

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I hit a deer and a rabbit on the same night in 2001, but nothing before or since. The deer ran off but I'm pretty sure it wasn't long for this world.

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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.

Yep. I try to save box turtles when seen in the road too.
I learned it from my mom who used to save & let me play with it for a few hours before us returning it "home" back in woods.

[Anonymous]

What do you do if you hit a deer and it died? Pull over, call the police? There are deer everywhere where I live.

[Anonymous]

A frog. Or I guess a toad. Late at night on a country road, we were seeing them the whole ride. It made a weird popping sound. Ew. I did not stop.

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I’m sorry, but human life is more important than animal life to me. If an animal runs in front of my car and there is no way to stop without endangering myself or others, I will not be stopping or swerving.

I was taught in driver’s Ed to never stop or swerve for an animal unless there is plenty of room around my car.

[Anonymous]

My buddy hit a cougar in Atlantic City. No car involved though.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

I almost hit a bear once!! But I was in a minivan. Rural WVa mountain road came around a bed heading up the mountain and he was just sitting there. I slammed on my breaks. He didn’t move a muscle. So I popped it in to reverse and backed away

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Anonymous wrote:My buddy hit a cougar in Atlantic City. No car involved though.

Was it also a MILF?

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I hit a dog once. I was like 23 and in the Hamptons and hit a dog that ran into the street and I saw it fly over my car. I got out of the car and I was in shock. Dog was just lying there motionless. The guys in the car behind me were petting the dog and made a snide comment about me driving fast (side road in the Hamptons so probably not), which made me feel worse. I literally stood there in shock and couldn't move or speak. The owners were at an outdoor bar right there and saw it and ran out. While this was happening the dog all of a sudden jumped up and was fine. I walked away and broke down sobbing. The owners saw this and ran over and ended up comforting me. Worst day ever. Keep your dogs on a leash, please!

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Anonymous wrote:I hit a squirrel once. I let go of the brake and slowed down, but it chose to run under a tire. I felt bad, but there was nothing I can do.

Did you try to bring it to a veterinarian?

Are you joking?

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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.

You seriously called the police because you ran over a squirrel? Do you admit that you were being bat shot crazy?

It's like some of you want points for appearing to be so kind to animals but you are actually out of touch with reality. There was a post here a few years ago in which the poster wanted to destroy the life of a neighbor she saw hit a goose and not stop. She was furious and wanted to out him on social media and make him a pariah in their neighborhood. She was absolutely nuts and ignorant. Anyone who stops on a road in situations like this is a danger to the rest of us. You are more likely to cause an accident or get killed because of your stupidity. No one sane is going to try to catch an injured squirrel or goose and take it to a vet.