@Aquistorm
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Animals vs Car
How to Cope After Hitting an Animal While Driving
If you hit an animal while driving, stay calm and check for injuries. If safe, stop and offer assistance or contact authorities. Accept that accidents happen and focus on preventing future incidents by staying alert. Expressing remorse is natural, but forgiving yourself is important for emotional well-being.
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I was on the 10 heading east from dtla and I drove past a dead Pitt on the freeway. Kinda tragic.
Posted by Aquistorm
This is bugging me. I was driving on the freeway, going 65 mph to Ft. Lauderdale. A cat randomly bolt out in front of me. I hit the cat. It happened in a split second. No I didn't slam on the breaks because it happened so fast. There was nothing I could have done to prevent or stop it.All this time I couldn't stop thinking about it. The cat, it's possible owner. How do you get over this shit? I had pets all my life. I never ran an animal over. If I see them and if I had time to stop, I'd slow down and wait for them to cross. I got a sense of remorse for killing it. If you hit an animal. Say like a pet. Cat or Dog. How would you handle it?
You don't handle it. There is road kills control who does.
And please, I avoid every cheapmonk but there are people killed daily...get real man!
Posted by Aliensusedourbogroll
I would cry but try not to blame myself. These things happen.
I'm just in deep thought because of it. I know it is not my fault. But some kid or elderly woman is without their pet.
Posted by LadyNeptune
I was on the 10 heading east from dtla and I drove past a dead Pitt on the freeway. Kinda tragic.
Ikr? I'll have to sit and soak these thoughts in.
Posted by Aliensusedourbogroll
Posted by Aliensusedourbogroll
I would cry but try not to blame myself. These things happen.I'm just in deep thought because of it. I know it is not my fault. But some kid or elderly woman is without their pet.
Yeah I understand. It sucks.
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Good time to get some weed and try to smoke and chill from this. Or just sit and think.
I would be upset but know it's not my fault.. U couldn't stop, what can u do? Yes, that may be someone else's pet & it's devastating to lose one, I just lost one myself.. It wasn't done purposely .. I understand why u feel sad about it though. Dogs & cats are like humans for some ppl , of course not all ppl, only the caring nice ones
No I haven't but ..
1. My brother almost but did not, but instead he hit a stop sign and he had to pay out of pocket because insurances doesn't cover it. And to avoid hitting the cat one morning that's what he did. His car was messed up and every now and then he goes that's the spot when we pass it.
2. My cat got ran over 2 feet from my house. My brother found her instead, and I was at work. I am a cat inside owner only. But no one brought the cat in because well well they didn't care. My mom told me when I got home. She wrapped it in a box so I could say bye and I dug a grave for in our backyard. The whole family was grieving especially my brother.
3. I was on my way to work on night. I happened to be driving and the truck in front of me hit something thumped the cat or dog with its back tire or front something like that. He pulled over and I was damn someone just lost a pet porridge thing. i bet the owner of the truck felt just like you too because it happens so fast.
You should count yourself lucky for not hitting the breaks or swerving at 65 mph.
Yeah there are donkeys that block the road over here by me, and I have seen many patients of mine in hospital, broken bones, and damaged cars for driving on a canyon where the donkeys just sit there and can't do anything about it either. If you don't watch it they come out of nowhere and you would be driving 65 and bam in my hospital as my patient.
Posted by FirstDecanTaurianWomen0428
Yeah there are donkeys that block the road over here by me, and I have seen many patients of mine in hospital, broken bones, and damaged cars for driving on a canyon where the donkeys just sit there and can't do anything about it either. If you don't watch it they come out of nowhere and you would be driving 65 and bam in my hospital as my patient.
If I slammed on the breaks or swerve, there would been some bad consequences. Me getting hurt/killed, getting anyone behind me killed just to avoid the cat. I think in this situation it is ether me or the cat. The force of hitting the cat at 65 mph actually knocked my fender slightly off.
Just have a beer and don't worry about it man. You won't meet the cat's owner to get scolded or anything. They should of kept the cat inside to where it couldn't go run out on the freeway.
Posted by Solesan
Just have a beer and don't worry about it man. You won't meet the cat's owner to get scolded or anything. They should of kept the cat inside to where it couldn't go run out on the freeway.
Im starting to get over it. With some time of thinking anyways.
That's fast driving .. so it must have been an interstate, rather than a freeway.
It's doubtful a pet would be on the interstate ... it must have been a stray.
Cats don't always die from being by cars ... they have the uncanny ability to flip themselves over, so you only run over their back legs .. then they crawl to a ditch and suffer for days.
did you even bother to go back?
If there is a neighborhood close enough to the interstate, in where the cat could have lived ... it would have been a nice gesture to go back and scoop the cat up (if it's dead) and go lay it on the sidewalk or curb of the subdivision so the owners could find it, and bury, and get closure ... rather than see it as a pancake on the road.
But, then again .. most people think about their own feelings, and how they, themselves are going to deal with their own feelings of grief.
I ran over a dog before, it looked like a lab mix. I pulled over and it was still alive. I tried to help it somehow by getting it's possible owner. Despite what I did, I watched it die. It disturbed me for awhile because I love dogs. But I got over it.
Posted by P-Angel
That's fast driving .. so it must have been an interstate, rather than a freeway.It's doubtful a pet would be on the interstate ... it must have been a stray.
Cats don't always die from being by cars ... they have the uncanny ability to flip themselves over, so you only run over their back legs .. then they crawl to a ditch and suffer for days.
did you even bother to go back?
If there is a neighborhood close enough to the interstate, in where the cat could have lived ... it would have been a nice gesture to go back and scoop the cat up (if it's dead) and go lay it on the sidewalk or curb of the subdivision so the owners could find it, and bury, and get closure ... rather than see it as a pancake on the road.
But, then again .. most people think about their own feelings, and how they, themselves are going to deal with their own feelings of grief.
No I didn't. I didn't look back at it. If I did, it would of been dangerous of me stepping onto the highway because it was busy with the speed limit of 70.
Did you know even if you did help it scoop up, you are responsible for that bill if you decide to take it to the vet. And Even being a good Samaritan.
I know countless time I try to avoid already road kill if I see it, sometimes I can't see it until right there, it comes through the vent of my car. Did you have that smell?
Yea it smelled like sewer gas almost. I had a bit of a mess on the tire and some on the fender. Mind that it managed to get hit by the left side. Coming from the right side. So yea, if there was any attempt to get it scooped off the road, I would be in danger of getting hit myself.
I hit a bunny the other night. I bawled my face off all night. I still am just feeling like shit over it. A fucking cute furry face with wiggle nose bunny. It just hauled ass under my car and I didn't have a chance to move because a truck was coming. Ugh I feel your pain. 😢
Those and squirrels the most.
The latest I saw was a fox.
The saw a big dog dead on the freeway off the 215 s... lots of traffic no way to scoop up. Someone lost a dog or literally how a dog gets to the freeway. It looked like a well feed guard dog.
Posted by P-Angel
That's fast driving .. so it must have been an interstate, rather than a freeway.It's doubtful a pet would be on the interstate ... it must have been a stray.
Cats don't always die from being by cars ... they have the uncanny ability to flip themselves over, so you only run over their back legs .. then they crawl to a ditch and suffer for days.
did you even bother to go back?
If there is a neighborhood close enough to the interstate, in where the cat could have lived ... it would have been a nice gesture to go back and scoop the cat up (if it's dead) and go lay it on the sidewalk or curb of the subdivision so the owners could find it, and bury, and get closure ... rather than see it as a pancake on the road.
But, then again .. most people think about their own feelings, and how they, themselves are going to deal with their own feelings of grief.
No I didn't. I didn't look back at it. If I did, it would of been dangerous of me stepping onto the highway because it was busy with the speed limit of 70.
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Maybe late tonight when there's barely traffic, you can go find the kitty and take the remains to the nearby subdivision. I'm sure it's family would rather see it's remains, then have to live with the thought that the cat is lost, or even worse ... injured.
Posted by P-Angel
That's fast driving .. so it must have been an interstate, rather than a freeway.It's doubtful a pet would be on the interstate ... it must have been a stray.
Cats don't always die from being by cars ... they have the uncanny ability to flip themselves over, so you only run over their back legs .. then they crawl to a ditch and suffer for days.
did you even bother to go back?
If there is a neighborhood close enough to the interstate, in where the cat could have lived ... it would have been a nice gesture to go back and scoop the cat up (if it's dead) and go lay it on the sidewalk or curb of the subdivision so the owners could find it, and bury, and get closure ... rather than see it as a pancake on the road.
But, then again .. most people think about their own feelings, and how they, themselves are going to deal with their own feelings of grief.
No I didn't. I didn't look back at it. If I did, it would of been dangerous of me stepping onto the highway because it was busy with the speed limit of 70.
Maybe late tonight when there's barely traffic, you can go find the kitty and take the remains to the nearby subdivision. I'm sure it's family would rather see it's remains, then have to live with the thought that the cat is lost, or even worse ... injured.
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Here in Southern Florida the highways are always busy. Day or night. It doesn't matter. Where I hit the cat was near Ft Lauderdale. I live in Doral which is west of Miami.
Damn.
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This is bugging me. I was driving on the freeway, going 65 mph to Ft. Lauderdale. A cat randomly bolt out in front of me. I hit the cat. It happened in a split second. No I didn't slam on the breaks because it happened so fast. There was nothing I could have done to prevent or stop it.
All this time I couldn't stop thinking about it. The cat, it's possible owner. How do you get over this shit? I had pets all my life. I never ran an animal over. If I see them and if I had time to stop, I'd slow down and wait for them to cross. I got a sense of remorse for killing it. If you hit an animal. Say like a pet. Cat or Dog. How would you handle it?