How does it feel like to run over a person?

[170kphlang]

not a puppy pero madalas kapag tag-ulan, tapos aalis ka ng mga around 5:30-6:30 am madalas makadurog ako ng palaka sa kalye

[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?

[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.

[gearspeed]

Basta ako nakatapak na ako sa brake kapag may nakikita akong mga tao bubusina din ako.Minsan kase sa kabilang direksyon sila nakatingin instead na sa paparating na sasakyan eh.

[chase]

kaya bumili ako ng bagong busina...yung nautilus para marinig nila ako.

tanga kasi e. nakakapikon.

[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

[Zeus]

Nakatama ako ng aso na biglang tumawid ng kalye dati paglingon ko imiiyak siya at nakahigang paikot ikot sa kalye di ko na tinigilan baka patayin pa ako ng may ari e

[Bogeyman]

Haven't hit a person yet, and I don't plan to start. Animals, however...

- I was learning how to drive on a dirt road, when this cow suddenly appears out of the bushes from my right side. No time to brake, no time to honk the horn. Muntik ko nang tamaan, buti na lang mabagal ang takbo ko at mabilis ang lakad niya. Ni hindi man lang ako nilingon pagtawid. Friggin' bovine.

- I was traversing Mo. Ignacia Ave. doing 20kph when I came to this squatter community, biglang may tumawid na aso. I felt a thud on the right side of my bumper, tapos nakita ko na lang patakbo na yung aso paalis like nothing happened, apparently unhurt.

- I was travelling at speed (mga 60-80kph) sa Marcos Highway when something crossed the road from my right side (I was on the leftmost lane at the time). Nahagip lang ng headlights ko then came a crunching sound from my left front tire. Couldn't tell if it was a cat or a rat, but definitely smaller than a dog. Didn't stop, didn't slow down. Pagdating sa bahay, I went down to check, but couldn't find any traces of blood or entrails on the front left wheel well.

[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

[pup2]

Add ko lang uli. Notice how it's actually hard to run over a native chicken? I mean, several times na I thought for sure nasagasaan ko and yet when I look at the rear view puro feathers lang. hehehe.

[oldblue]

ako naman for some unknown reason, I always hit a flying bird. yun tipong nasa kalsada siya tapos lilipad, inaabot ko. and insects too ...

[oldblue]

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

as simon cowell would say: i didnt understand a word you said

[bajumbo]

this thread gives me the creeps... *shakes* gnnnnnnnnnnn

[pup2]

ako naman for some unknown reason, I always hit a flying bird. yun tipong nasa kalsada siya tapos lilipad, inaabot ko. and insects too ...

Hehe. Why do birds ... suddenly appear everytime you are near.

[mamichula]

Cweepy These are some of the things I keep in mind when I drive, hence the defensive driving. I don't want to end up being haunted by a memory of a mistake. I'd rather have people laugh at me because I drive slow than to worry about an irreversible mistake.

[alwayz_yummy]

muntik na ako ma-experience to..noong gamit ko ang heavy 4wd-delica ko with center guard... accident, kasi nasagi ng naunang van sa akin ung manong na nag-bibike sa gitna ng daan, nawalan ng control, e kasunod ako, no where to go, no time to turn a high-standing 4wd van safely..in short, nasalo ko ang kasalan nang nauna sa akin! kaya ako na pinagbigtangan ng mga nakakita! nanyari to after ng between ng tulay after TIP-manila and before sa stoplight na before sa paliko sa malacanyang..

the good thing is di siya tumama sa center guard, ung bike lang ang nadurog sa ilalim, ung dent sa right-front sa former van ko will be the reminder na tumama si manong dun.. buti the van skid-stopped 2-inches before umabot yung right front tires ko sa side nya..i rushed him to the nearest hospital, private one, ung sa UN-ave, not sa PGH(tatawid pa kasi at emergency,e...)

dad and mom take care of the bill, uzi's, lying witnesses and the police....and i drive now with utmost care and hate to bicycle/motorcycle riders who disregard safety and rules, na sure silang sila ang papaboran ng batas kaysa sa ating mag naka-4wheeled vehicles!--> i give them an annoying HORN if they get on my nerves..



ps > ako pag nagddrive iwas ako sa mga animals din, tingin sa ilalim.. binubusinahan ko sila/ kung makaakiwas, iiwas ako...hindi ako pro-life and respect sa animals..pero...isipin naman nyo....

[size=2]kadiri namang habang naglilinis ka, may makuha kang paa/body part ng animal sa tapaludo/sa ilalim ng sasakyan mo...paano kung nagalaw pa! YAAAAAKKKK![/size]

[VtEC]

dont wanna think about it.....for that will be the last happy days of your life.Swerte ka kung dika kulong or lamog sa bugbog ng mga uzis.
The key word is discipline, for the drivers and the pedestrians as well.