re: There are two kinds of people in this world

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Ppl who intentionally hit animals or other living things crossing the road are pathological psychos.

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Idk how someone could live with themselves after intentionally extinguishing the life of any creature for no reason.

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Ones that help a turtle cross the road and ones that hit them on purpose

What kind of person are you?

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Certainly I wouldn't hit one on purpose if I see it in time.

If I see one in time and there's water nearby I'll put it back in the water if it's close enough.

I'm with nurse, if its practical. I picked a large snapper up the other day and forgot how strong their dang legs and claws were. Thought I was gonna end up dropping it, but didn't.

Dang squirrels, run across the freaking road and make it and then dart back under your tires for the sole purpose of making me feel bad killing them.

i move them if it's a straight stretch of road and there are no other cars nearby...otherwise, i make sure to go around them...i've been driving around acadia parish a lot this summer taking bird pictures, and i see a ton of them that have been hit...

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Just came up from behind the grasses and WHOMP!, a cloud of white feathers. Didn't have time to even break a little.

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exactly! I was surprised that it didn't bust out a headlamp or tear up the grill.

When I was still a flight nurse, we has a bird strike on final one evening and it busted out the chin bubble. Feathers ALL INSIDE the cabin. Hot, stinky, disgusting mess.

Since most of the ones I’ve seen are big arse snapping turtles there’s no way I’m touching that thing.

Hell, I roll up my windows lock the doors and try not to make eye contact when I drive by.

Old college professor of mine did a field survey with rubber snakes and turtles placed in the highway. He and his team would hide and watch what motorists did. Predominantly, he found that cars would swerve to miss turtles, with some folks even getting out to move them across the road. Almost universally, folks would aim for snakes, with some stopping and backing up to hit them again. That's the camp I'm in.

Side note: I can't imagine that such a study could happen in today's super litigious society.

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Ones that help a turtle cross the road and ones that hit them on purpose

What kind of person are you?

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I never hit an animal on purpose.

But it depends on the situation. If the turtle is almost across I just swerve out of the way. If they look lost I might stop and help them out if the traffic around me is not so bad.

I absolutely swerve out of the way, but I will stop if it's safe and try to help it across.

This is a reminder to always take them across the road in the direction they're traveling. They're trying to get somewhere and will just wind up right back in the road if you put them back where they started.