[quote]dollarbill44 wrote:
Geminspector wrote:
skaz05 wrote:
Geminspector wrote:
A-holes who talk about hurting dumb animals.
- Kicking a dog
- Running over a duck in the road
you know who you are…
I saw a dog get run over by a black Explorer many years ago. It was the most horrifying thing I have ever seen. The driver just kept driving, the dog got up, limped over to the sidewalk, laid down and died.
I got out of my car in the middle of the street and ran over to it. There was already a woman there by the dog, I was screaming, the dog wasn’t moving. I felt sick, and stupidly asked the woman if she thought it would be alright.
She was already crying and I don’t think she even knew I was there. The dog was just a mutt, but fairly big. It was a light brown. It just laid there, motionless with it’s tongue hanging out of it’s mouth. I couldn’t see any blood, and I don’t really remember if it’s legs were crushed, but it was dead.
I stood there for what felt like an hour, then realized that my car was blocking traffic. People were just rushing by. I felt sick and weak, and I couldn’t believe that that asshole just ran over this dog, and took off. I had to go back to my car, the woman had already called the police, so I felt it would be OK to leave.
People who hurt animals just suck. This was well over 10 years ago, but I hope that asshole got what they deserved.
Tragic story. When it rains a “pond” appears in the road in front of my house. 3 pair of mallard ducks come to swim. A big gray dually roared through the middle one day and one of the females was killed. I sat in the yard for a week waiting for that bastard to drive by again. He never did. I have seen more near misses. How can you miss seeing 5 (was 6) ducks swimming in the road!
Well, they are in the road. I’m not being callous, but would you rather have someone swerve to avoid them, get out of control and run into your yard, or hit a duck? I’ve seen people swerve to avoid small animals and nearly cause accidents.
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I get your point but I live on a 20 mph residential street. AND, the water is ass deep after a big rain. Who needs to plow through it like an idiot? Probably pulls the wings off of flies…