How does it feel like to run over a person?

[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.

[the_wildthing]

Hopefully walang mangyaring ganyan. E yung matamaan ko lang ng right sidemirror yung siko nung isang mama eh kabang-kaba na ako...

[shadow]

on a related question? kung sa highway, SLEX, NLEX, biglang meron tumawid tapos natamaan mo, kasalana mo pa rin, liale ka pa rin? kahit na wala dapat tumatawid sa highway? ang dami kasing tumatawid dito sa SLEX...minsan mga PNCC officers pa. pero karamihan mga squatter siguro lalo na sa magallanes

[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 )

[pup2]

This seems to be a driver's worst nightmare. It's one of the reasons I pray before moving the car. This is the ONLY situation when I stop and shout at careless pedestrians who don't seem to give a hoot -- perhaps they don't know that even if 'haging' lang, puwede pa din sila ma-dedbol like what I saw once that happened to an impatient car me going in the opposite direction who overtaked and swiped a crossing pedestrian hidden by the car he was overtaking (sa rear-view ko lang nakita) in slow-moving traffic. Parang side mirror lang yung tumama pero the guy spun in the air like a majorette's baton and landed on his head.

Bailable naman ang makasagasa, if ever. Gastos will even be helped by insurance (which I think is why most people settle) eh yung sa victim tagal na ng kaso, magastos pa dahil tutulugan ng maraming piscal yan pag walang supporta. Pero siyempre trauma pa din kung law-abiding citizen ka. The moral of the story is: para sa pedestrians, mag-ingat sa pagtawid; sa law-abiding driver naman, isaulo ang evasive maneuvers, maging situationally aware, at magdasal bago umalis!

AFAIK, cops everywhere (dati even in the US) hardly ever apprehend blue plates (specially for non-moving violations). Technically though, it's only the diplomat who's immune from prosecution. Kung pinoy yung driver dapat liable pa din. Cops hardly ever check though. Grrr! Dami pa namang non-diplomat bastos driver niyang mga blue plate. That's as far as I know.