[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Cherie

What if it had been a larger animal like a cow? Would they have run that down or slowed down the traffic and put up warnings etc?

..it would probably kill them to drive into a cow or larger animal at high speed..(actually driving at the dog was a huge danger as well for them..)...even hitting any animal at a slower speed, could do considerable damage to a vehicle but it could have also caused their car to veer off and them be hurt...

[Northern Monkey]

Some cows weigh as much as a car.It would be an interesting fight.Cow vs car but i think neither would come out of it very well.Airbag would save the driver but the car would be fecked.Imagine making that insurance claim 'I....I....er....I kinda crashed into a....a cow'

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by lostalex

cows are kept in pens, duh.

Have you heard of fields??? I have heard of horses loose on the motorway, they didn't run them down...

[Tom4784]

Sad situation but I understand why they did what they did.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..it would probably kill them to drive into a cow or larger animal at high speed..(actually driving at the dog was a huge danger as well for them..)...even hitting any animal at a slower speed, could do considerable damage to a vehicle but it could have also caused their car to veer off and them be hurt...

They wouldn't have, they would have dealt with it differently so not sure why there isn't a protocol for handling all animals on roads big or small

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Have you heard of fields??? I have heard of horses loose on the motorway, they didn't run them down...

well horses tend to have more sense. they don't run in front of a car.

and i've never seen a cow run. i'm not sure a cow is even capable of running. they would need some type of bra wouldn't they?

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I hope it wasn't a black lab or Beyonce will be furious

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I hope it wasn't a black lab or Beyonce will be furious

that's racist

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

well horses tend to have more sense. they don't run in front of a car.

I was driving along the road one time and a horse literally jumped off a ditch in front of my car

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I was driving along the road one time and a horse literally jumped off a ditch in front of my car

that is shocking. where do you live that there are wild horses?

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Cherie

They wouldn't have, they would have dealt with it differently so not sure why there isn't a protocol for handling all animals on roads big or small

...maybe because each individual situation has to be assessed and judged on it's own, depending on the specific factors and risks of human safety...?...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

that is shocking. where do you live that there are wild horses?

They weren't wild horses, they were Travellers horses, they tend to put them in any field they fancy

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...maybe because each individual situation has to be assessed and judged on it's own, depending on the specific factors and risks of human safety...?...

Maybe but it was 3am on an A road in Wales, how busy was it in reality

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by lostalex

well horses tend to have more sense. they don't run in front of a car.

and i've never seen a cow run. i'm not sure a cow is even capable of running. they would need some type of bra wouldn't they?

Cows are deceptively agile, they jump over the moon and everything

[Northern Monkey]

Cows are big scary motherfeckers.Me and my 4 year old got blocked by a heard of cows and bulls.Fecking huge!The farmer had to come and drive us through the middle of them.Sticking their big heads through his jeep window.

[smudgie]

Poor dog.

The police may have had no choice, especially if they had already tried to catch it and it was a danger to other traffic.
Isn't it illegal to swerve and miss a dog when driving ( bit off topic maybe).
My main issue with this is why the chuff it is making the news channels when there is so much else to report.

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Cows are deceptively agile, they jump over the moon and everything

Stop generalising Cherie..you know they only do it when the cat plays the fiddle.

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I was driving along the road one time and a horse literally jumped off a ditch in front of my car

Similar thing happened to my mum. She was in a traffic jam and a horse was running in between all the cars!

Really sad story though, but it sounds like they tried alternatives. I really don't know what else they could have done

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Maybe but it was 3am on an A road in Wales, how busy was it in reality

...that's what we don't know though Cherie and why it's hard to comment, the report has said that the dog had already caused cars to swerve and one an HGV, there are large vehicles that drive through the night time and none of them would have been able to see the dog easily...

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by lostalex

was i talking about you?

did you relate to a lot of what i said?

Not at all, but you don't have to be a genius to see when someone with very little actual knowledge on a subject is attempting (and failing) to dictate why other people (who they have no authority to speak for) act in a particular way.

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by lostalex

well horses tend to have more sense. they don't run in front of a car.

and i've never seen a cow run. i'm not sure a cow is even capable of running. they would need some type of bra wouldn't they?

Like this?

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Cherie

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...by-police.html

I read about this earlier Cherie,it made me really sad when it was deemed the only way they could deal with it was to run it over and kill it,I really don't know how I feel now,no one wants an accident but what if it had not been a dog and something much bigger,would they have done the same I feel killing it a bit extreme.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Like this?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Stop generalising Cherie..you know they only do it when the cat plays the fiddle.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Sounds bad, but I really don't see what else could be done. A busy road, they tried apprehending the animal and a officer was bitten...

I do wonder though, what would happen if a civilian just purposely ran over a dog?

Yes they had no choice
More danger for Many Cars
if not .