Are you kind to animals?

It was not totally intended for just you , sorry ! But at everyone that was joking about it !

 

I am not a "Enviro-Whacko" as you so put it , just a driver that thinks nature is worth looking at & not as your tires are running it over !! Anyone can runover an animal , takes a good driver to miss them ! And as the "rules of the road" says "avoid only when safe" don't cause an accident to avoid a rabbit ! You can all think what you want , thats a given US right , once you put it in B&W then you are fair game "LOL" !!

 

You really think that squirrel you just locked up your brakes for, damaging you load and causing a multicar pile-up was worth it all?

Sudden lane changes and maneuvers cause loads to shift and can make a bad situation uncontrollable. An action I would lag DIRECTLY at the control of the driver.

It's easier and cheaper to replace a hood/bumper than changing something much bigger.


While you might not appreciate the jump in some of these posts, try getting a bigger grasp of what your actions are doing to your equipment and cargo.

 

Maybe you should put away your cell phone & listen better ! I see alot of freshly killed critters on the shoulders of the highway , or maybe my mistake & they were only napping ! I believe it was in Ohio , there was a turtle crossing the road & the CB was all a buzz betting on how far it would make it & who or what would be the one to hit it ! In Wyoming a snake crossing & on the radio I heard drivers giving other drivers his milemarker & them saying "I'll get it in a minute" . If you want to kill snakes then go down to the Everglades & kill the over populated Pythons , I am sure Florida will be happy to have you !

 

Had a case when a squirrel could not decide whether to go left or right. I imagined I could see its eyes fillled with sheer fear like in that commercial about tires, I guess it looked kind of funny that a driver of a big rig would steer and countersteer about 4 times within a second to save a stupid squirrel but I do like animals!!!. And no, I am not a vegetarian. I guess it is about respect to nature. The only time I ran over a small animal was when I was a student and it was twilight.

And yeah,I know its all BS. Like for example I eat ton of chicken a year and realize what kind of conditions they spend their short life in. and still noticed a tiny turtle crossing the highway the other day, almost thought it was a stone dodged it somehow, looked in the rearview mirror and knew that it will be a goner soon enough but C'est la vie

 

Try telling my wife that. Not on real busy roads though. More then once had to turn around to check on critter in the road. Drives me nuts.

 

I'm kind to animals unless they're in front of my truck. In that case I hit them. I won't risk losing control of my truck by swerving or slamming the breaks for a wild animal or an unsupervised dog.

 

Don't you think we have enough oppressive laws already ? What happened to freedom ?

 

Think of the menu for.the road kill cafe.....

 

Freedom is soooo 1776.