A guy on another message board I frequent was explaining how he was upset because a "hit and run" driver ran over his dog in the street and kept on going. I am unaware of any laws requiring motorists to stop after they have struck an animal on the road.
This brings up another point... Lets say you are driving along and someone whom you do not know has their animal get loose and you run over their animal in the road. What good could possibly come from you stopping? The owner is going to be distraught, and maybe even violent towards you. Maybe if your vehicle was severely damaged it might make sense to stop, i.e. if you hit a tagged cow or horse.
I have had a similar situation happen to me when I was about 19. I was driving along at about 1:30 AM and a black lab ran out in the road. I was going about 55. I didn't swerve and ran the dog completely over busting out one of my fog lights. The presumed owner was on the porch and saw the whole thing. I didn't stop. Later on when I was coming back home at about 2 AM the owner was out near the road with a shovel, hoe or some other long handled bladed tool looking at the cars that were passing by. I think that had I stopped nothing good would have come of it. I had a scratch on my bumper and had to get the fog light replaced.
Any takes on this topic?
This brings up another point... Lets say you are driving along and someone whom you do not know has their animal get loose and you run over their animal in the road. What good could possibly come from you stopping? The owner is going to be distraught, and maybe even violent towards you. Maybe if your vehicle was severely damaged it might make sense to stop, i.e. if you hit a tagged cow or horse.
I have had a similar situation happen to me when I was about 19. I was driving along at about 1:30 AM and a black lab ran out in the road. I was going about 55. I didn't swerve and ran the dog completely over busting out one of my fog lights. The presumed owner was on the porch and saw the whole thing. I didn't stop. Later on when I was coming back home at about 2 AM the owner was out near the road with a shovel, hoe or some other long handled bladed tool looking at the cars that were passing by. I think that had I stopped nothing good would have come of it. I had a scratch on my bumper and had to get the fog light replaced.
Any takes on this topic?
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