Would you swerve?
Discussion
rich83 said:
As above, and if you hit it..... "C'est la vie"........ as they say in Spain!!
You'll find "c'est la vie" is French for "that's life.." In Spanish this would be "Así es la vida..." but the equivalent Spanish phrase would be "que sera, sera..." which literally means "whatever will be, will be...", as sung by the delightful Doris Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdhAfMor9BMBack on subject, take out the cats...wouldn't risk my life, nor car, for any animal...unless it's of bovine, equine, elk type size !
B'stard Child said:
DrDoofenshmirtz said:
Anyone who says they wouldn't try to avoid hitting any animal is either:
1] lying.
2] A
.
Any normal person would swerve/hit the brakes/do whatever to avoid the hit - it's a perfectly normal natural reaction.
Brake yes1] lying.
2] A
.Any normal person would swerve/hit the brakes/do whatever to avoid the hit - it's a perfectly normal natural reaction.
Swerve no
. phil1979 said:
Instead, I thought 'st', hit the brakes, and tried to steer away from it.
Nothing I could have done to have stopped that reaction, in my opinion.
It's amazing how quickly your brain begins to process information when you are heading for a collision with something. I'm sure it's not even a conscious decision to do something, but I've reacted differently, if different circumstances.t', hit the brakes, and tried to steer away from it. Nothing I could have done to have stopped that reaction, in my opinion.
If an avenue of escape presents itself you'll go for it instinctively. Sometimes you know you can't swerve or brake hard, so you just plough on. I killed a rabbit that way, I felt guilty about it.
Brake yes, swerve no. I tried to avoid a deer once (amongst other smaller things) if I'd kept in my lane and just tried to stop then I'd have missed it. I ended up hitting it whilst I was on the wrong side of the road. Don't even try and swerve anymore however haven't been confronted with anything that big since.
Ive been on a morning commute, and see pheasant looking like it was going to cross the road. Had to hit it, but only kind of clipped it with the nearside wheel. No chance of braking with the weight of traffic behind me, and cars coming in the opposite direction so no sideways wiggle room.
Didnt kill it as I saw it wiggling about on the side of the road in my mirror.
Did the kindest thing, went back round and squashed it properly.
Didnt kill it as I saw it wiggling about on the side of the road in my mirror.
Did the kindest thing, went back round and squashed it properly.
R33dk said:
I was told by my driving instructor whilst doing my lessons "the only thing you should swerve for is dogs and deer, cats squirrels and rabbits aren't worth the hassle"
Well safely say I've never hit a dog or deer but have a high count of rabbits .
Quite so. I would rather hit a deer than a tree though so wouldn't swerve violently at speed, I'd slam on the brakes, aim straight and true then pray. I'd make as much effort to avoid a dog as I would a person but I wouldn't risk an accident to avoid a cat and certainly not a pheasant/rabbit etc.Well safely say I've never hit a dog or deer but have a high count of rabbits .
I agree with the people saying it's a natural reaction to automatically brake/swerve when something jumps out in front of you. It's really hard to just keep going. I managed it once on a driving lesson when a pheasant jumped out in front of the car. It was pouring with rain, solid traffic going the other way and the car behind closer than they should've been... I just about managed to surpress the natural reactions, but felt terrible when I heard it hit 
.
One other time I was a fair distance away from a pheasant that was stood in the road, next to the hedge on the left. I had a clear view for miles so instead of slowing down, I moved over to the the RH lane thinking it would get scared and go back in to the left... Obviously the stupid thing decided to leg it to safety on the other side of the road and it met a grisly end. It probably looked to anyone behind me that I changed lanes to make sure I got it!
.One other time I was a fair distance away from a pheasant that was stood in the road, next to the hedge on the left. I had a clear view for miles so instead of slowing down, I moved over to the the RH lane thinking it would get scared and go back in to the left... Obviously the stupid thing decided to leg it to safety on the other side of the road and it met a grisly end. It probably looked to anyone behind me that I changed lanes to make sure I got it!
In fact I remember a time coming home from work in my defender about 2 summers ago, M27 from Bournemouth to Southampton , outside lane at about 80leptons as was the flow of traffic.
All 3 cars infront of me come to an immediate halt , I couldn't stop had to swerve luckily into the empty inside lane. Only to hit a family of ducks crossing that everyone had stopped for in the first place.
Felt bad for a bit, but was more pissed off the fact that people thought it was acceptable to screech to a halt on a Mway for something so insignificant , putting several life's at risk (human) in doing so.
Would love to see te face of the person who stopped after I created a cloud of feathers an duck meet as I plowed through them.
All 3 cars infront of me come to an immediate halt , I couldn't stop had to swerve luckily into the empty inside lane. Only to hit a family of ducks crossing that everyone had stopped for in the first place.
Felt bad for a bit, but was more pissed off the fact that people thought it was acceptable to screech to a halt on a Mway for something so insignificant , putting several life's at risk (human) in doing so.
Would love to see te face of the person who stopped after I created a cloud of feathers an duck meet as I plowed through them.
robinessex said:
Aim at the cat. By the time you get there, it will be gone.
The problem is very often they freeze, and are still there, when the car arrives.I always wondered why so many cats (An animal with agility, speed, good eyesight, and reflexes, assuming it is not old, and unhealthy) get tagged by cars on roads??
v8250 said:
rich83 said:
As above, and if you hit it..... "C'est la vie"........ as they say in Spain!!
You'll find "c'est la vie" is French for "that's life.." In Spanish this would be "Así es la vida..." but the equivalent Spanish phrase would be "que sera, sera..." which literally means "whatever will be, will be...", as sung by the delightful Doris Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdhAfMor9BMBack on subject, take out the cats...wouldn't risk my life, nor car, for any animal...unless it's of bovine, equine, elk type size !
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