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!

[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

[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

[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)

[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.

[LexTer]

i remember a story na nabasa ko sa isang tabloid tagal na. reporter sya ng tabloid na nabasa ko. nag da drive daw sya papunta ng bandang CCP (central colleges of the phils), ng biglang may tumalon galing sa taas ng center island (which is lagpas tao ang taas) na lasing. eksaktong pag daan naman nya. sa hood ng FX nya bumagsak then humampas sa windshield nya. patay yung tao. then kinulong sya (di ko matandaan gano katagal). napaisip ako bat di yung bangkay nung tao na na tumawid sa di naman tawiran ang ikulong. bat yung walang kamalay-malay na reporter na maayos na nag da-drive ang kinulong e sino ba naman mag a-akalang may tatalon dun. isa pa nasira sasakyan nya. sows

[chua_riwap]

Sa province namin, up north, may nasagasaan ng Five Star na lalaki sa highway. Ang ginawa nung driver, noong makita na buhay pa yung mama, inatrasan pa , para siguradong dedbol yung tao. Marami'ng witness. Kinuyog yung driver at pinakulong. Kaso, nung nakapagbayad yung bus company at naayos lahat, pinakawalan din daw yung driver.

Sabi nila, yun daw ang instruction ng Five Star management. Siguraduhing patay yung masasagasaan, kasi kung mabuhay at nabalda yung padre de pamilya, forever mong susuportahan yung pamilya. Ngayon, kung patay yung biktima, one time na bayad lang sa pamilya, tapos ang kaso.

[baker123]

Sa province namin, up north, may nasagasaan ng Five Star na lalaki sa highway. Ang ginawa nung driver, noong makita na buhay pa yung mama, inatrasan pa , para siguradong dedbol yung tao. Marami'ng witness. Kinuyog yung driver at pinakulong. Kaso, nung nakapagbayad yung bus company at naayos lahat, pinakawalan din daw yung driver.

Sabi nila, yun daw ang instruction ng Five Star management. Siguraduhing patay yung masasagasaan, kasi kung mabuhay at nabalda yung padre de pamilya, forever mong susuportahan yung pamilya. Ngayon, kung patay yung biktima, one time na bayad lang sa pamilya, tapos ang kaso.

this often happens sa mga bus lines. the reason is money. cheaper mag bayad ng patay than magpa gamot ng buhay. loko din mga insurance e. oh yea. heard from our driver. some bus liners actually ask the applicant drivers if they had done such act (yung aatrsan) its one of the criteria daw e. tindi ng pinas.

[nemo's friend]

i always pray that i will not experience this, kaya kahit nakakainis mga pedestrians sige na lang ... go, pinatatawid ko to the max (the road trip home crosses a public market). i also pray never to hit a dog or cat, kasi pet owner din ako

pero just last Dec, i ran over a cat in bangkal makati area one rainy night ... there were 2 of them apparently. it happened so fast, the 1st one made it across because i hit the breaks but the poor 2nd one went under my right front wheel. i felt a thud but did not stop anymore. i felt bad for a couple of days and also hoped that the cat went to heaven ...