Do you swerve to avoid it or do you just drive over it?

I always swerve. I don't know why it's already dead.

I guess the thought of running over the body of something that was living at one time makes me cringe.

magnificentsynthesizer667 said:

depends on whose car i'm driving at the time











and by the way, you forgot to ask "or do you take it home to feed your 19 kids" - after all, you are posting on the org

i check to see if the injured animal's still alive and might need help, move the body from the road so its mate won't visit and suffer the same fate, and if it's long-dead i drive around instead of over


i hate that we waste so many animals for no reason like that. i hate that some people deliberately kill animals in the road.

and i always BRAKE FOR ANIMALS IN THE ROAD. so don't ever, ever tailgate me on the highway

XxAxX said:

but chances are if it's injured, it's inured pretty bad, and if there's not a vet in sight, then the human thing to do is back up, rev up and let her rip. quick death rather than a long and paiful 1.

0101010101010101010101010 said:

True!!!

magnificentsynthesizer667 said:

I'm sure they might find this handy.

if there are scraps left over, i have bar b q.

XxAxX said:

Word of caution...many people get killed that way. A co-worker flipped his car and was out for a while due to swerving to avoid a rabbit. You can also swerve into oncoming traffic.

I know we don't want to hurt thumper and flower...but if it's smaller than a dog, for your safety (and maybe those of others), you should run it over. And only if it is really safe, should you ever attempt to pull it out of the road yourself.

I put down my beer, scratch my pot belly through my t-shirt...grab the remote...hit Mute and yell into the patio.."Hey! Missy! I told you to be cooking that shit outside! Frikin stinkin up the place! What have I told you about that...or do I need to tell you again so you can hear better? Now clean up this mess and be quick about it...that shit's startin to stink!"

I thought this same thing on my ride to work this morning! Dead sumfin, not sure what it was bloody, maybe a kitten almost hit someone head on swerving around it while craning out the window to see what it had been.

I think it's a respect issue...we see something that once held what we still do, and we respect the creature for it. Respect and pity, lots of pity.

or.... maybe we just don't want blood and guts on our tires

I swerve while saying "ahhhhh, the poor thing"

I get "mummy, why is that bunny/kangaroo/wombat/pussycat having a sleep in the middle of the road?" What do I tell them?

I fry up the remains and have a feast.