[user104658]

Would you swerve at 70mph to avoid a fox? If you would, I seriously hope for the safety of all road users that you don't drive.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

I live by here and I'm not making accusations at all but the police officer who claims to have been bit by the dog refused to show the alleged bite mark

Mmmmm

Originally Posted by Ammi

...just to say Cherie, there is going to be an internal enquiry into this, I'm not sure whether it'll achieve much as there were only those police officers there...seeing the pic of the road though, it is the main running through dual carriageway so quite a busy road and I would have thought has large HGV traffic most times of day and night...here's the link from the Telegraph..

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

Thanks Ammi

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Would you swerve at 70mph to avoid a fox? If you would, I seriously hope for the safety of all road users that you don't drive.

I do drive and thankfully have never run anything or anyone over,this wasn't a case of swerving to avoid a fox it was deliberate intent to kill the dog.I understand it was a danger,but,so would a drunk etc been had they been in the road,what would they have done then ?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

I do drive and thankfully have never run anything or anyone over,this wasn't a case of swerving to avoid a fox it was deliberate intent to kill the dog.I understand it was a danger,but,so would a drunk etc been had they been in the road,what would they have done then ?

Well we're going to fundamentally disagree here because I don't compare human lives to dogs lives, but putting that aside, two police officers could take down and remove a drunk human in seconds... They're not going to evade them for long like a dog.

As for the swerving, I'm talking about the fact that vehicles were taking risks to avoid it in the first place. Travelling at 70, if something humps in front of you, there absolutely no way you have time to check to the back and sides before you swerve or hit the brakes. Emergency stop doing 70 with an HGV anywhere near behind you and you're dead. Plain and simple.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Well we're going to fundamentally disagree here because I don't compare human lives to dogs lives, but putting that aside, two police officers could take down and remove a drunk human in seconds... They're not going to evade them for long like a dog.

As for the swerving, I'm talking about the fact that vehicles were taking risks to avoid it in the first place. Travelling at 70, if something humps in front of you, there absolutely no way you have time to check to the back and sides before you swerve or hit the brakes. Emergency stop doing 70 with an HGV anywhere near behind you and you're dead. Plain and simple.

I totally get that,but a drunk etc in the road would be equally as dangerous and traffic would slow down and not travel 70 miles ph

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

I totally get that,but a drunk etc in the road would be equally as dangerous and traffic would slow down and not travel 70 miles ph

A drunk could be easily apprehended though and doesn't pose a threat to the police like an animal does. Unless said drunk was armed and swinging a machete or something, and then its a totally different discussion

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

I do drive and thankfully have never run anything or anyone over,this wasn't a case of swerving to avoid a fox it was deliberate intent to kill the dog.I understand it was a danger,but,so would a drunk etc been had they been in the road,what would they have done then ?

Well....people have the ability to communicate with each other, dogs do not.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Well....people have the ability to communicate with each other, dogs do not.

my dog understands my moods a lot better than my ex-wife ever did

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

my dog understands my moods a lot better than my ex-wife ever did

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

my dog understands my moods a lot better than my ex-wife ever did

That's because your ex wife is a fox. Grrr.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I vapourised 2 young pheasants at Christmas as the alternative was death by drowning or death by a lorry full of logs

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I vapourised 2 young pheasants at Christmas as the alternative was death by drowning or death by a lorry full of logs

Did they taste nice LT

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Did they taste nice LT

i am sure some crow thought so

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I vapourised 2 young pheasants at Christmas as the alternative was death by drowning or death by a lorry full of logs

Final destination teas

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Final destination teas

i often pass these huge lorries stacked full of 30 foot fresh cut logs on narrow 2 lane roads - on a bend its horrific

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i often pass these huge lorries stacked full of 30 foot fresh cut logs on narrow 2 lane roads - on a bend its horrific

The worst ever is driving in a lane between two of them, that happened to me once, i was horrified

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i often pass these huge lorries stacked full of 30 foot fresh cut logs on narrow 2 lane roads - on a bend its horrific

Yeah there's a lot of logging around here too - we were 2 cars behind one last week, the other car was staying like 200m back, because it looked like there were brick-sized chunks of wood randomly falling off occasionally.

[Niamh.]

Only thing I've killed so far was a Pigeon, thankfully, not that killing a pigeon is great either, I felt so horrible I thought he'd fly away quicker than he did

[Crimson Dynamo]

my big fear is hitting a deer, i have been so close numerous times

[Livia]

I've seen a few cars really badly damaged by muntjac deer around where I live and they're tiny... Best we get the Filth to round them up and run them over.

[Kizzy]

It was a bliddy lost hunt dog! Fine the hunt leader for damage to the police car and emotional stress!

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

It was a bliddy lost hunt dog! Fine the hunt leader for damage to the police car and emotional stress!

This puts a whole new spin on it: that dog had blood on its hands. Justice4Foxes.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

This puts a whole new spin on it: that dog had blood on its hands. Justice4Foxes.

Paws, blood on its paws, the policeman was obviously a fox grrr

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Paws, blood on its paws, the policeman was obviously a fox grrr

Let's be honest, it probably has blood on pretty much all of whatever's left.

[Vicky.]

I can't see people purposely running over animals because the police did tbh. Same people as before will avoid it at all costs, same people will avoid if its safe to do so, and same people will be arseholes and run over something for convenience.