How does it feel like to run over a person?

[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 ...