Heartless Cur

[Grayfox]

As I was driving to the store to get some snacks I saw a cat that had been run over(by the looks of it was done a short while ago) and the body was left in the middle of the road on my way back I stopped and moved it so it is safer for other drivers and so the owners who I would like to deck can do what they wish.

And I didn't touch the body but moved it with a lug wrench I keep in the door pocket.

So who is to blame?

The Owners for letting their cat out, The driver who did nothing, or no one?
And if you did run over a dog/cat would you stop and move the body and/or tell the owners or keep driving on.

And I will not drive over a cat/dog even if it is dead.

 

[Ibonibo]

For most cats, It's none's fault as cats are always out, or it is mainly the owners fault for letting them out.

Lots of cat holders leave their cats do what they want during the day, and it is a problem.

I think there is a difference between the animal having an owner or not, especially with dogs.

The drivers (as long as they don't chase the animal, which I have witnessed already) are not in fault at all.
Insurance will not cover you if you tried to evade an animal and therfor make an accident. They will however in most cases pay if you actually hit it. I heard storys of roll overs, landing in the ditch, totalling a car because they wanted to evade a bunny or squirrel. Don't do that.

I don't drive over dead animals either if situation allows it.

And if the road has only the slightest danger, I will not stop to put it aside.
I do that when I can garantee for my own safty, then I remove it or even a brench of a tree,...

 

[Luminis]

Trying to dodge an animal on the road like that might put your own life, the pessengers' life and that of other drivers on the road in danger, so I wouldn't say the drivers are at fault - unless they're going out of their way to kill an animal. That's just cruel.

The oweners... Well, cats to stray around a lot, so what's the owner gonna do? Keeping them in the house at all times would be just as cruel.

It really is jsut that: An accident.

 

[Encyclopedia]

Well it's of course always ultimately the owners responsibility provided that something didn't run it over on purpose. I've always thought it's a bad idea to have cats when you're living close to traffic.

If I ran over a cat I would try and contact it's owners. Having owned a cat myself I know how important pets can be to a person.

 

[W3H5]

Can't stop cats from being out, most of them are outside animals.

I've lived on major roads most of my life and always owned a cat. None of them have been involved with traffic and even if one did I wouldn't say it's my fault for not locking my cat inside.

It's only common decency to move an animals body from the road if it's dead. Not everybody has that.

 

[Grayfox]

Keeping them in the house at all times would be just as cruel.

Depends, at night it is harder to see a cat that will run-a-cross the road all of a sudden, so by locking them up you are making sure they are safe.

Just like you hold your childs hand hard when you cross the road, you are not doing it do hurt them but to make sure they are safe.

A pet is like a child, you sometimes have to be cruel to be kind.

A few years back I hit a black cat with my old car at night.

All I saw was a shadow run a cross the road and I just slammed the brakes and when I pulled over the was no body under my car or where I hit the cat so I may have hit it with the middle of the car so it may have lived.

Being an animal lover I will do anything to avoid harming them.

 

[Joel]

I do my best to avoid hitting animals, the only thing I've ever hit was a raccoon that jumped out from the ditch at a very inopportune time .

However, it's never appropriate to endanger human life to save an animal, so if in a situation where I had to choose between running over a cat/dog or causing an accident, I'd do my best to avoid the animal but human life takes precedence.

 

[Guardian]

Why do you try to avoid running over deceased animals?

Genuinely just curious.

 

[Grayfox]

Would you avoid driving over a deer ZAM?
I know deer are a common issue in the UK.

Same reason for me, since my car has a somewhat low ride height I do not want damage on the bottom, plus I find it more cruel do run over an animal that has been killed by a car.

 

[Guardian]

Would you avoid driving over a deer ZAM?
I know deer are a common issue in the UK.

Same reason for me, since my car has a somewhat low ride height I do not want damage on the bottom, plus I find it more cruel do run over an animal that has been killed by a car.

I wasn't referring to animals the size of a deer.
I was, more or less, referring to the animal in the OP (Cat).

And if an animal is DEAD, what does it matter how many times it gets driven over? (Again, NOT referring to a Deer).

 

[niky]

Ever drive over a dead animal that's still juicy?

You know what your car smells like after the guts have been sprayed over the inside of your fenders? Yuck. Double yuck.

Worst thing I've ever run over was dead rat. The smell stayed in the car for weeks.

 

[Grayfox]

Doesn't matter the size really.
When you have a car with a low ride height you will still fell that thud and hear the squelsh and cracks thats is body will make.

Same thing as a truck or SUV driving over a deer even if it is a calf you avoid it.

Or should I put you in that column of drivers that continue to run over a dead body like the people did in china to that little girl.

 

[Moglet]

I believe that in the UK you have no obligation to stop if you hit a cat, but if you hit a dog you must stop to report it. Personally if I hit a cat I would only stop if it were safe to do so, if not then I will carry on. Our cat is an indoor only cat so no worries about him getting hit here.

 

[Guardian]

Doesn't matter the size really.
When you have a car with a low ride height you will still fell that thud and hear the squelsh and cracks thats is body will make.

Same thing as a truck or SUV driving over a deer even if it is a calf you avoid it.

Or should I put you in that column of drivers that continue to run over a dead body like the people did in china to that little girl.

Youve went WAY too far there.
Comparing me to those pieces of dirt.