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Last Summer a guy near my hometown decided that his life was too hard to live anymore, and decided that he would lay down on the highway in the moutains at 4:00 in the morning outside of the strip club that he had gotten wasted at. My dad was driving to work and did not see him until he had already ran him over, police report said he was going 62 MPH. My dad stopped, called 911 the guy was alert but in a lot of pain. He went into shock in the helicopter on the way to the hospital . It was the second time in 23 years that I ever saw my dad cry.

But the more I thought about it, I'm glad that he did not see him. If he had, there is a chance that he could have caused my dad to crash and where this happened, at those speeds it could have cost him his life. So I guess I was not glad that the guy died, but I was glad that my dad did not see him and ran him over. Weird feeling.

In your defense, those Ilinois fans WERE annoying.

Hey, what's going on in this thread?

Growing up in the sticks with a dad and granddad who both hunted deer before I could drive, I learned/was taught that ANY TIME you see a herd of deer cross a road, the big buck will wait to make sure it is safe before following across.

Still, I laughed at the "Palestinan deer" part of that.

I'm surprised we made it this far without having this posted. (Language NSFW) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBa0blUoE8U

I was once driving a speed boat on the Intercoastal just a bit north of Palm Beach, Fl in a Manatee Zone and I disregarded the speed warnings. I decapitated one HugeManatee and one smaller manatee. Thought nothing of it.

I was driving up to Erie the night of January 1st this year. Heading about 75, I passed an ambulance and was in an stretch surrounded by no other traffic. While about half a mile ahead of the ambulance, a deer ran out in front of me. I swerved to the right to avoid it. Lost control of my car. Cut back left. Straight into a guardrail. Deer ran off scot-free, but my car was totaled. Ambulance pulls up, I'm uninjured, but they call the cops. Cops come, call a tow truck, my dad drives up the hour and a half to get me and take me back to Pittsburgh.

As I'm waiting in my totaled vehicle for the tow truck, the police officer comes up and taps on the window. Hands me a $170 citation for "Failure to Leave My Lane Safely." Told me without proof of a deer, he had to write the citation.

I carry this with me at all times, just in case that happens. When the cop looks at you skeptically, show him a handful of this and state, "He left this behind."

DEER SCAT

I like to think thats part of the beauty of this board, that a guy can admit to a bit of vehicular manslaughter and not have to hear a bunch of crap about it.

really ... not need to get all up in his grill ... amirite?

Population Control Thread (dead dears and manslaughter inside) - just need to link to abortion thread

I was not the operator of the vehicle. I was in the vehicle.

How would you view a similar situation by military personnel in Afghanistan or Iraq? Assume a reasonable person would view stopping as a threat to themselves and others in the vehicle.

We are not talking about more than not stopping when that was the only evasive action. All involved should have recognized this. One party gambled and lost.