Seeing a dog get hit by a car...

[ghostrunner]

I've always been really affected by turtle's getting run over for some reason. Seeing the shell cracked open makes me queasy and sad. It looks like the most painful thing imaginable.

[cards2468]

Very sad thread. I'm sorry to hear about you story Jim. I know the image hard to deal with, but at least try to have consolation in that it was quick and painless (from the sound of it).

Driving home from work 1 night I was on a road with no lighting or houses nearby to give off light. All I could see was what was in my headlights. Then a dear darted onto the road from my right and knowing there were no other cars around me I swerved left. The dear ran into the left side of my truck. I have no idea what happened to it, but I know I couldn't find it and the next day I didn't see any blood on the road, so I hope it was ok.

Something to keep in mind, while hitting an animal with your car is very hard to deal with, keep in mind that it's much easier to get over than hitting another car and putting yourself and other people in jeopardy, so before swerving make sure you know you're clear to be able to do so. I've heard many stories about fatal car crashes that involve swerving out of the way of animals.

[Arthur Dent]

The car didn't like that we were on the back, and put it in reverse.

Isn't that like attempted murder or something?

[jim]

The car didn't like that we were on the back, and put it in reverse.

Isn't that like attempted murder or something?

I'm not sure, they backed up pretty slowly. Slow enough where I easily had time to see they were backing up and skip out of the way. I think they freaked when they realized they ran over one of us and got out of there. I can't really blame the driver for that stunt, although he definitely should not have left.