What Kind of Person!
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What kind of person runs over a cat and doesn't stop? That's the appalling act I experienced in Magdalen Street Colchester on Wednesday 3rd April. The car in front of me just before the Brook Street turning run over a small black cat and just drove on. The poor cat was jumping 4ft in into the air and somersaulting several times all over the road, I stopped put my hazard lights on and with the intention of taking it to a vet and getting emergency attention, unfortunately it died as I approached it. I picked it up from the road, the poor cats eye had popped out and his/hers skull was damaged. It was really horrendous to see and I can’t stop replaying the whole thing in my head, I just hope the poor thing did not suffer and it was nerves.
My thoughts are with the lady pedestrian who witnessed all this and then realised it was her daughter’s cat.
RIP little cat.
My thoughts are with the lady pedestrian who witnessed all this and then realised it was her daughter’s cat.
RIP little cat.
Edited by piper on Monday 8th April 10:16
Edited by piper on Monday 8th April 10:17
Knew I shouldn't have opened this thread.
I like to think they see the cat escaping and think it's/they've got away with it. I saw a similar unfortunate situation as a pedestrian, same thing, the cat ran/limped into a bush with some vigour, by the time I got there it was passed.
Or, more likely, they're s, but s that could do nothing. Not that the s knew that.
I like to think they see the cat escaping and think it's/they've got away with it. I saw a similar unfortunate situation as a pedestrian, same thing, the cat ran/limped into a bush with some vigour, by the time I got there it was passed.
Or, more likely, they're s, but s that could do nothing. Not that the s knew that.
Sounds awful
I nearly ran over a cat once, I did stop and thankfully it was ok. I also nearly had a major accident once just after my test when a puppy ran out of someones house onto a main road, closely followed by a teenage girl who just ran straight into the road without looking and then froze directly in my path. How I didn't run her over I don't know, shook me up pretty bad that one.
However, what worries me is what if I injured a cat or dog, found the owner, would the owner come after me for vets bills? Don't shoot me down for this, as I have my own pets and love them but at the same time I don't want to be screwed for hundreds of pounds worth of vet bills because someones cat has darted out of nowhere into my path. Of course I would always do my best to stop regardless but it is something that nags me.
I nearly ran over a cat once, I did stop and thankfully it was ok. I also nearly had a major accident once just after my test when a puppy ran out of someones house onto a main road, closely followed by a teenage girl who just ran straight into the road without looking and then froze directly in my path. How I didn't run her over I don't know, shook me up pretty bad that one.
However, what worries me is what if I injured a cat or dog, found the owner, would the owner come after me for vets bills? Don't shoot me down for this, as I have my own pets and love them but at the same time I don't want to be screwed for hundreds of pounds worth of vet bills because someones cat has darted out of nowhere into my path. Of course I would always do my best to stop regardless but it is something that nags me.
I don't think that the majority of people intend to drive on. They probably knew exactly what they had done but didn't want any part of it. It's terribly sad but I also know what can happen to people who stop & try to help like my step dad many years ago. Same scenario where somebody had run over a cat & didn't stop so he stopped & was bitten by the cat & to cut a long story short, he spent 6 months in hospital fighting septicemia & ended up losing his finger! The cat also died on the way to the vets.
boobles said:
I don't think that the majority of people intend to drive on. They probably knew exactly what they had done but didn't want any part of it. It's terribly sad but I also know what can happen to people who stop & try to help like my step dad many years ago. Same scenario where somebody had run over a cat & didn't stop so he stopped & was bitten by the cat & to cut a long story short, he spent 6 months in hospital fighting septicemia & ended up losing his finger! The cat also died on the way to the vets.
Wow! Boobles that is an amazing story, I know what your saying but I would have still stopped, I have to do what feels right at the time and not think what if! All credit to your father though, sorry about the outcome for both.piper said:
boobles said:
I don't think that the majority of people intend to drive on. They probably knew exactly what they had done but didn't want any part of it. It's terribly sad but I also know what can happen to people who stop & try to help like my step dad many years ago. Same scenario where somebody had run over a cat & didn't stop so he stopped & was bitten by the cat & to cut a long story short, he spent 6 months in hospital fighting septicemia & ended up losing his finger! The cat also died on the way to the vets.
Wow! Boobles that is an amazing story, I know what your saying but I would have still stopped, I have to do what feels right at the time and not think what if! All credit to your father though, sorry about the outcome for both.This was many years ago & I have no idea what he is doing with himeself as I hve no contact with him sadly.
boobles said:
piper said:
boobles said:
I don't think that the majority of people intend to drive on. They probably knew exactly what they had done but didn't want any part of it. It's terribly sad but I also know what can happen to people who stop & try to help like my step dad many years ago. Same scenario where somebody had run over a cat & didn't stop so he stopped & was bitten by the cat & to cut a long story short, he spent 6 months in hospital fighting septicemia & ended up losing his finger! The cat also died on the way to the vets.
Wow! Boobles that is an amazing story, I know what your saying but I would have still stopped, I have to do what feels right at the time and not think what if! All credit to your father though, sorry about the outcome for both.This was many years ago & I have no idea what he is doing with himeself as I hve no contact with him sadly.
Many thanks to everyone for their replies, I keep thinking about that poor little cat.
I worked in a place once and a bloke turned up late for work one morning. He told us, without shame, that he'd spun his car and crashed into a fence because he was trying to run over a cat. Due to the location it was almost certainly not a domestic cat but still, a first class dhead if ever I saw one.
Thankfully, he missed the cat so all he got for his sick efforts was an expensive repair bill.
Thankfully, he missed the cat so all he got for his sick efforts was an expensive repair bill.
One of my cats was run over last week. Fortunately, (if there is a fortunately), it was instant for my cat, and the driver stopped and left a number for me to call, which made it easier to deal with.
If someone had just left my cat in the road and driven off, I would have been beyond furious.
Knocking over a wild animal is just an accident. A cat or a dog is someone's pet.
If someone had just left my cat in the road and driven off, I would have been beyond furious.
Knocking over a wild animal is just an accident. A cat or a dog is someone's pet.
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