How does it feel like to run over a person?

[mamichula]

I accidentally run over a poor homeless puppy 3 years ago. It was sleeping under my car. I din't hear the squeek because the music was too loud and my windows were all closed.

And it's something that I will never ever forget. I felt so horrible afterwards. I cried because I went out of the car and saw the puppy die Shook his head took his last breath and died..

Memory haunted me and robbed me off of sleep for weeks. I kept telling myself that theres a heaven for canines and he's there and happy now.

I felt like hell running over a puppy. Iam very very careful when I'm driving now I feel so guilty crushing a poor being under my car.

I can't imagine how it must have been like for those people who have accidentally run over a person.



How did it feel like accidentally running over a person?

[Airwalk]

this is one thing i dont want to experience or find out!

it must be horrible running over a person, regardless of who's fault it is.

i believe its going to be much harder to deal with than running over a puppy..

[chua_riwap]

It would be very traumatic if ever I would run over a person.

At saka, kulong ka pa!

[russpogi]

Let me share what happened to someone I know:

He was driving home one night from work when he felt a bump along Alabang-Zapote Road. At first, he didn't care but after about five minutes, he was bothered and made a U-Turn to check.

Upon arriving the said area, there were the Police and some "uzi-seros". He got down and asked what's going on. He asks a bystander,

"Pare, ano nangyari?"

"Nasagasaan yung tao. Tapos may tatlo pang kotseng dumaan sa bangkay. Di ko na napansin yung huli kse ang bilis nya."

He was the last one to ran over the person but at that time, the person was already dead.

Then he left and went home.

[roninblade]

almost ran over a guy once. happened two years ago on dark part of the highway as i was on my way home here in laguna. medyo mabilis takbo ko since nasa highway ako. i have no trouble driving at night and nakita ko yung guy starting to cross the road.

nag-slow down ako, flashed my lights, and honked twice. nakita naman nya ko kasi bumagal yung pagtawid nya. kaso, nung nakita nya nag-slow down din ako, he attempted to continue crossing before me! problema lang di nya na-judge yung speed ko. i had to swerve -good thing wala ako kasabay- to avoid him. centimeters lang pagitan for me to sideswipe him. i was panting, my pulse rate was over 100, and my heart was in my throat all in the space of a couple of seconds.

as i passed him, i heard something hit the car and saw a flash over the windshield - he was holding a plastic bag full of bottles! so thinking na baka meron ako iba pa tinamaan sa kanya i pulled over to the side to see if he's ok. kaso di man lang ako pinansin nung guy and he kept on walking his own way.

ako pa nagalit, muntik ko na nga sya masagasaan (na kasalanan nya) tapos di nya ako papansinin. i kept looking at him to see if he'll turn back pero di man lang lumingon pabalik.

dun ko lang naisip na lasing yun at yung tumama sa kotse eh bottles of gin/beer/whatever. i waited there for more than five minutes for my heart to settle down. i kept sweating (kahit on ang AC) and cussing all the way home.

it took me a few weeks to get over that incident.

[chua_riwap]

Dito pa naman sa atin, kahit kasalanan nung pedestrian yung maling pagtawid, kulong pa rin ang driver.

[Jun aka Pekto]

I have to add that the animals I ran over were all unintentional. Here, we're taught not to swerve because it'll endanger the occupants of the vehicle more. Unless the animal is pretty big like a cow, a deer, or a big dog, I'll keep driving straight and take the hit.

Jackrabbits are commonplace in NV and often instead of running away from the car, they'll hunker down where they sit and......SQUISH!

Whistle pigs like to sit on asphalt roads during the early morning because it absorbs the sun's warmth much quicker than the surrounding brush. Sometimes they're not quick enough to skitter out of the way and......SQUISH!

Wild boar.....I've only encountered one wild boar. I quickly applied my brakes because hitting one is like kicking a bowling ball with your feet. They're that dense.

[yuichi]

Let me share what happened to someone I know:

He was driving home one night from work when he felt a bump along Alabang-Zapote Road. At first, he didn't care but after about five minutes, he was bothered and made a U-Turn to check.

Upon arriving the said area, there were the Police and some "uzi-seros". He got down and asked what's going on. He asks a bystander,

"Pare, ano nangyari?"

"Nasagasaan yung tao. Tapos may tatlo pang kotseng dumaan sa bangkay. Di ko na napansin yung huli kse ang bilis nya."

He was the last one to ran over the person but at that time, the person was already dead.

Then he left and went home.

that's what you call a Hum-hump

[mmanson]

yes. kasalanan pa rin whether bawal tumawid sa lugar na yun, bawal ang tao, etc. basta masagasaan mo, tayo pa rin ang may pananagutan sa tao at sa batas. (di ko lang alam yung mga blue plated vehicles )

[Jun aka Pekto]

I used to work at the same place as one of my mom's kumares (call her J) in NV. 3 am one early morning, I was hitching a ride with her (plus a bunch of other pinays) in her van.

We were moving along uneventfully when the van was jarred by a big thud. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw something big in the air fly past. J thought she hit a coyote. But, I said it's way too big to be a coyote. Fearing the worse, she stopped and ran back to see what she hit.

It turned out, it was a caucasian guy who worked at a nearby plant. The guy was walking along the road when J dozed off and hit the guy. He was dead on the spot with a snapped neck and other trauma.

J settled with the guy's family out of court. But, she never carpooled again and became reclusive. It's been years and she's still hurting.

As for animals, I have no guilt whatsover because I've ran over so many through the years:
jackrabbits
whistle pigs (gopher-like rodents)
snakes
coyotes
birds hitting the windshield or the front grill
armadillos (Texas)
pack rats

near misses:
deer
cows
wild boar

[Jun aka Pekto]

I felt like hell running over a puppy. Iam very very careful when I'm driving now I feel so guilty crushing a poor being under my car.

I can't imagine how it must have been like for those people who have accidentally run over a person.



How did it feel like accidentally running over a person?

I'm no psychology expert which I also mentioned in another thread. But, I do know what feeling guilt and remorse is like. A part of what you did will always remain with you. But, you can't let it consume you. Life goes on and you have to go on with it. Best you could do is learn from it and hope it never happens again.

[roninblade]

i remember i did ran over a kitten once in our drive way. i felt a bump sa left wheels as i was backing-up one night. wasn't really worried, i thought it was just the mop my kid was playing with earlier. but when i was almost out of the driveway, my brother, who was waiting to close the gate, with a silly grin on his face, cried "pusa!" he went nearer, examined the cat more closely, and then said "oooohhhh brains!" ewwww...

didn't feel much about it; it was just a stray cat that wanders in our yard from time to time.

[mbeige]

It was dark and showering, as I drove a one way unlit street at 5am hurrying to school a few years back. Suddenly since the visibility was low, even if I was running around 30-40kph, I saw a small, roundish white figure that resembled a chicken. I did not hear any thud, did not feel the suspension react, did not hear anything (radio off). As I looked back in the driver side mirror, guess what I saw?

Feathers.


(I'm pretty sure I did not run over it, but it may have panicked and I've ruffled its feathers)

[oldblue]

I accidentally run over a poor homeless puppy 3 years ago. It was sleeping under my car. I din't hear the squeek because the music was too loud and my windows were all closed.

And it's something that I will never ever forget. I felt so horrible afterwards. I cried because I went out of the car and saw the puppy die Shook his head took his last breath and died..

Memory haunted me and robbed me off of sleep for weeks. I kept telling myself that theres a heaven for canines and he's there and happy now.

I felt like hell running over a puppy. Iam very very careful when I'm driving now I feel so guilty crushing a poor being under my car.

I can't imagine how it must have been like for those people who have accidentally run over a person.



How did it feel like accidentally running over a person?

during my college years of driving, I was as furious as fast and the furious hehehe ... no cares for other people in the streets as long as I get what I want: speed and time.

when I 50-50ed a drunk pedestrian and when I saw a large hole on the left side of his bleeding head, that changed me forever. even though galit ako sa kanya for being drunk and sooo stupid, I felt something that up until today I can't explain.

the closest comparison I can think of lang eh yun movies scenes wherein a man points a gun to another man then hesitates on the last second.

I guess the question is: is your DNA capable of taking another life? and if you did or you almost did, would you continue your life same way as before, like nothing extraordinary happened.

[boybi]

E kung si Chavit, FG, Pichay, et al ang nakahiga sa kalye? Will you run over them?

[tsupermario]

E kung si Chavit, FG, Pichay, et al ang nakahiga sa kalye? Will you run over them?

speed bump! :evillaugh

[pup2]

Add ko lang sa list of semi-close calls. One time along EDSA -- it was a -ber month and at about 9 or 11 pm may lalaking nakahiga in the middle of the road half naked. I think he wantred to commit suicide kasi mukhang buhay pa eh. Buti naka-bright ako then and I saw him quite a way off.

Another time, 2 kids were play-fighting inside their bakuran on a small country lane. I was only going around 30-40 but decided to slow down because 1 of them might just run. True enough, 1 kid got hit by the other and ran right onto the road! Guess his angel MADE me slow down and made sure it was me crossing the road rather than, say, a bus or a jeep.

More recently, similar small country lane (but with lots of traffic), may yaya na may bitbit na infant at katabing toddler. Tumigil ang yaya nung mapansin niya ako coming but I decided to slow down on the theory that the crazy fool might not be holding the hand of the toddler whose hand wasn't visible to me. True enough takbo yung bata patawid at biglang preno ako. Pumara naman ako at sinigawan ko yung yaya. I hope it had an effect.

Things that make me slow down (and honk) on a road -- children by the roadside (isn't that the only thing worse than running over an adult?). Animal manure on the road. Newly stopped public tranpo enough for passenger to go down and be ready to cross -- in case tatawid yung bumaba at hilo pa sa biyahe.

After those, dasal and presence of mind na lang talaga.

[mhelskie]

nakasagasa na ako ng aso't pusa, ung pusa mga 2 months ago lang, paglabas ko ng garahe, pag start ng oto, asa makina natutulog ung pusa, so bumaba sya, sakto umandar ako(d ko nadinig kse nakasara bintana), ayun, napasigaw na lang wife ko nung may tumalsik na dugo galing sa gulong huhu(sya kse magsasara ng gate e).

Ung aso, years ago na, matulin takbo ko nun kse madaling araw na, pauwi sa amin, biglang may tumawid na aso, nde na ako naka preno and hindi na ako kumabig kse mejo maliit ung daan at mabato, ayun sapul! paguwi ko ng bahay tiningnan ko harapan ng oto, bakat ung aso sa plate number ko

[Jun aka Pekto]

I guess the question is: is your DNA capable of taking another life? and if you did or you almost did, would you continue your life same way as before, like nothing extraordinary happened.

It doesn't have to be in the genes alone. Conditioning (like being in the military) has the same effect.

[mbeige]

I guess the question is: is your DNA capable of taking another life? and if you did or you almost did, would you continue your life same way as before, like nothing extraordinary happened.

Not your DNA, but viral and bacterial DNA/RNA has the ability to transfect into a host cell giving it another life (sorry, I'm taking molecular biology/genetics hehe).

Then again their experience is still at the human level. It has never been done yet. Why not ask sheep? They (and their clones) should know