That there turtle crossing the road...

[The Boston Dangler]

once, it was either hitting a frog or hitting the trees. sorry, frog....

 

[olds]

I stop and move the turtles (and gila monsters and snakes) off the road.


As far as the linked story goes, folks who liked turtles used to put nail balls inside turtle shells and leave them on the side of the road in response to said jerks. I can't condone doing so but I certainly understand the urge.

I heard tell of kids that would put nails through pine cones then toss them out into the street.
People like to run over pine cones.

 

[Exterous]

Once in particular though was near to home, also near a lake. I got out to help him off the road, to find a safer warm spot to lie.
This one was a snapping turtle though, and he was not too pleased about being hurried away from his warm, sunny, gray rock. I carried him, all pissed off and mouth gaping threateningly, into the grass a distance from the road.

Sounds very similar to my story. He was sunning himself on the road. We stopped and I ran out to move him. Big sucker too. As soon as I picked him up he jerked to the side in an effort to sever my fingers with his mouth. Fortunately my hands were safely to the side. I carried the ungrateful bastard a ways off the road

 

[Ichinisan]

Yes. I HATE geese. I find them to be a plague upon the land and whenever they do not promptly move out of the way of my vehicle, they are given a prompt execution.

I used to swerve to hit them, until I found I could be arrested for cruelty to animals if I TRY to hit them. Now I just "ignore" them and if they get hit... well... they have wings and could have flown away...

Since no one has said it, I *really* hope you're joking.

Our roads are unnatural to geese and they don't deserve to die simply because they can't comprehend your mass, velocity, and self-importance.

 

[SandEagle]

it would kill me if i even ran over a squirrel. i try to avoid hitting roadkill as well

 

[DrunkenSano]

Since no one has said it, I *really* hope you're joking.

Our roads are unnatural to geese and they don't deserve to die simply because they can't comprehend your mass, velocity, and self-importance.

Survival of the fittest. The smart ones know what a road is, the dumb ones don't. Cull the weak!

 

[Exterous]

Survival of the fittest. The smart ones know what a road is, the dumb ones don't. Cull the weak!

You say that now but the deer are getting stronger while our cars are getting weaker (crumple zones). This is a dangerous game. At first we will be able to freeze them with bright flashlights but eventually their bodies will become invincible to even the biggest cars. They will form an alliance with other, previously killable animals (like the geese) and together they will lord over man. Woe unto those who eat venison!

 

[dank69]

Squirrels are adorable, asshole. Try to avoid them when it's safe to do so. They can't help if they're indecisive.

Squirrels are also assholes, as anyone with a bird feeder can tell you. I've has squirrels chew on plastic patio furniture like it's corn on the cob. I've come close to buying a pellet gun because they piss me off so much. We've finally found an anti-squirrel feeder that actually works, and I cut down all the oak trees in my yard, so they moved away.

I still try to avoid them with my car, but I won't shed a tear if one runs into my tire.

 

[Ichinisan]

Squirrels are also assholes, as anyone with a bird feeder can tell you. I've has squirrels chew on plastic patio furniture like it's corn on the cob. I've come close to buying a pellet gun because they piss me off so much. We've finally found an anti-squirrel feeder that actually works, and I cut down all the oak trees in my yard, so they moved away.

I still try to avoid them with my car, but I won't shed a tear if one runs into my tire.

A squirrel can't help it if he's a squirrel. There's nothing it can do about that. I also wouldn't shed a tear if one ran under my tire, but I would do my part to avoid the little critter whenever possible.

 

[IronWing]

Squirrels are also assholes, as anyone with a bird feeder can tell you. I've has squirrels chew on plastic patio furniture like it's corn on the cob. I've come close to buying a pellet gun because they piss me off so much. We've finally found an anti-squirrel feeder that actually works, and I cut down all the oak trees in my yard, so they moved away.

I still try to avoid them with my car, but I won't shed a tear if one runs into my tire.

Dude...just...wow. Just buy metal furniture.

 

[Anubis]

if its smaller then a deer i don't even slow down
if its deer sized i break

^ that is what you are taught in NY State when you get your license


i did however drive around a turtle in the parking lot once, i got out and pucked him up and put him on the grass

 

[dank69]

Dude...just...wow. Just buy metal furniture.

lol I didn't cut down the trees just to get rid of the squirrels. Ever had to rake a billion acorns off your lawn?

 

[lxskllr]

lol I didn't cut down the trees just to get rid of the squirrels. Ever had to rake a billion acorns off your lawn?

I don't rake anything off my lawn. If it fell there, that's where it's meant to be. I do pickup sticks to burn in the stove, but that gives me something for my effort.

 

[runzwithsizorz]

Turtles are cold blooded :^D

I stop and move animals out of the road when I can. I've also stopped to finish off animals that were hit, and irrevocably broken.

Someone on these forums did that awhile back, and the cops wrote him up
for an illegal discharge of a firearm, lol.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Did you run it over, or make the attempt?



Just curious: how many have tried to - or successfully - run over a turtle as it was crossing a road?

For that matter, anyone try and squash any wildlife on the road?

Sorry no, I am not in training to become a future serial killer. Are you recruiting for a club?

 

[jagec]

The turtle lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that, destrekor?

 

[Markbnj]

Did you run it over, or make the attempt?



Just curious: how many have tried to - or successfully - run over a turtle as it was crossing a road?

For that matter, anyone try and squash any wildlife on the road?

I usually stop and remove them from the road. However, I will give some thought to your approach if I happen to see you crossing the street in front of me .

 

[Eureka]

I ran over a cat once. I was behind another car in Wilmington when a cat decided it wanted to cross the road. It got sucked up into his rear wheel well, got wrapped around and thrown back towards me. I tried to avoid hitting it by running right over it (so it'd be between my wheels), but it decided to jump up and I ended up running it over.

Fun stuff.

 

[destrekor]

Since it seems some have misconstrued my original post as representative of a mental disorder, I have edited the OP for clarity. It also seems few read the fourth post, which is by the same author as the OP.

I left the link out of the first post originally, and worded said post in that manner, as a form of baiting.
I wanted to grab the asshats and get them to admit to said asshattery, prior to them reading an article entirely dedicated the subject of research into said asshattery.

Just so, you know, we're clear.

I've never actually even killed a single mammal. In the future, I may or may not hunt - but by vehicle, by hand, by weapon, for whatever purpose, I have not done so. Never would I out of malice. Perhaps, if the opportunity beckoned like a siren, I would commit a mercy kill to end suffering (my dad killed a squirrel for that reason, it got paralyzed and was dragging itself in the garage... our dog was far too interested), but anything alive, not sick/dangerous, and anywhere near my person(s), I just avoid it, help it along (if necessary), or otherwise ignore it (if I don't feed it). I've helped trap bats in the house and let them outside.

I personally haven't even killed a rat or mouse, though that has happened in my presence once in five or six blue moons. I would, if deemed necessary. Disease-carrying vermin in the house? No, my territory will be defended, and such critters want to be there - unlike, say, bats... they stumbled in through a hole in the drywall in my closet (second time after the semi-temporary patchwork in the form of tarp and tape collapsed. much better job of it this go around ) and they would gladly rid themselves from the presence of walls everywhere they turn, so we help them out to that end.

 

[Howard]

I stop and move the turtles (and gila monsters and snakes) off the road.


As far as the linked story goes, folks who liked turtles used to put nail balls inside turtle shells and leave them on the side of the road in response to said jerks. I can't condone doing so but I certainly understand the urge.

That unfairly punishes those that do not see the turtles, or those that see them and fail to successfully avoid them.

Edit for ambiguity: "That unfairly punishes those that do not see the turtles, or those that attempt to avoid them but fail to do so."

 

[DrPizza]

I ran over a cat once. I was behind another car in Wilmington when a cat decided it wanted to cross the road. It got sucked up into his rear wheel well, got wrapped around and thrown back towards me. I tried to avoid hitting it by running right over it (so it'd be between my wheels), but it decided to jump up and I ended up running it over.

Fun stuff.

A cat that's gotten wrapped up in the tire well of the vehicle in front of you didn't jump.

 

[Ichinisan]

That unfairly punishes those that do not see the turtles, or those that see them and fail to successfully avoid them.

They're placed in a location where the car tires should not be.

 

[Baked]

I nailed a pigeon good one time while driving down hill. I hate pigeons. It's either my car or the pigeon.

 

[NetGuySC]

I hate to intentionally inflict pain on animals, so no I swerve.

 

[waggy]

hmm to hurt/kill an animal for no other reason then because you want to? /facepalm

i have no trouble killing animals if they are destroying crops, attacking livestock or hunting. but for fun?

I swerve to avoid them if possible. if there is another car coming i hold on to the steering wheel try to slow down. i'm not getting in a worse wreck to avoid something.