Today, while driving home, I swerved to avoid turning a duck and her babies into roadkill. Another car was coming around a sharp bend at the time and swerved to avoid hitting me. In the end, we both ran our cars off the road, and he took out several ducks in the process. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, while driving, I put on my hazards and slowed to a stop to let a family of geese cross the street. The pick-up truck behind me however, decided to change lanes and speed off, running over at least half of them. FML
Today, I swerved out of the way to avoid hitting a squirrel, and in the process hit another squirrel. FML
Today, as I was driving home from work, a bird decided to commit suicide by flying in front of my car. The shock caused me to slam on the brakes, totaling three other cars in the process. FML
Today, I saw a turtle on the road so I swerved, and hit a tree. The people behind me then hit the turtle. FML
Today, while driving home I saw a few deer running beside me. I stopped to let them go in front. Instead, one face-plants, ramming into the side of my new car. FML
Today, I was driving down the road when a dog suddenly ran across the street. In attempt to spare its life, I swerved to the side of the road and rear-ended another car. The car I hit belonged the family who owned the dog. Now I have to pay them because I saved their dog's life. FML
Today, I was driving my new car home when I came around a sharp turn to see a groundhog in the road. I kindly stopped and allowed it to cross when all of the sudden a car slammed into the back of mine. Then, another car went flying around us. That car hit and killed the groundhog. FML
Today, I swerved off the road and hit a tree in order to avoid hitting a dog that came out of nowhere. Don't worry, I didn't hit him. The person behind me did, though. FML
Today, as I was driving, a bird swooped down, right in front of my car. I didn't have enough time to react, and so I had to listen to my wife cry the rest of the way home. She kept talking about how it bounced off the windshield and how it probably had a family. FML
Today, I swerved to miss hitting a kitten, over-corrected, hit and killed the cat, and totaled my truck by hitting a parked car. FML
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shelbystang 2
It may sound irrational but you are actually spose to just hit the ducks and not swerve so you don't end up hurting someone else. Your efforts were valiant though.
YepThatsMeee 23
No, they both died.
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monique_munoz 14
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GrimReefer66 29
I'm sorry OP, were you and the other driver alright?
YepThatsMeee 23
No, they both died.
dylanger16 19
I'm laughing a lot harder than i should at that
Sansational_ 18
#42 retweet
shelbystang 2
It may sound irrational but you are actually spose to just hit the ducks and not swerve so you don't end up hurting someone else. Your efforts were valiant though.
Kielnmsoftly 26
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
I'm pretty sure in the U.S., you're supposed to swerve unless other cars are around or it's right before a blind turn or something like that. It can be dangerous either way so just go with your gut.
kk21days 14
Actually, if you swerve, you have a higher risk of flipping the vehicle you're driving.
nekminnet 13
Actually no your not supposed to swerve for small game.
soulreaper12296 28
Nope, they say the best thing to do is just slowly put pressure on the breaks and hit it if you're to close to not be able to stop, or not far enough way to safely go around it.
stingray112 24
There's no actual law but most of the time it's better to just run them over sad as it is. My aunt tried to swerve and avoid a cat one time but she tipped her car over and was sent to the hospital. So as sad as it is it's usually just better to go straight and hope the animal(s) get out of the way.
WoldowJR 25
We've trained animals to walk right in front of a car's path and expect us to swerve. I think it's time we stop swerving and regain our right of passage.
madazphotography 11
Well your car must be shit if you rolled it
jbombdighetty 11
natural selection
Setareh23 34
Definitely better to just keep driving or at most very slowly come to a stop. Here there was a girl who suddenly stopped her car for ducks and she ended up killing a man and his daughter (they were close behind and ended up hitting her). It was an accident, but she did get charged with criminal negligence (amoung other consequences). So yeah, better safe than sorry :/
onlychildFTW 34
In Canada theirs an actual law. You can't swerve and put humans in danger for any animal under 10Kg.
rocker_chick105 31
In the U.S (driver's Ed), I learned that if if it over half the size of your tire, you should try to avoid it. If not, you're supposed to hit it WITH the exception of domesticated animals such as dogs and cats. If you hit a dog or cat you're supposed to find the owner.
miianah1 22
#61, I know this sounds harsh but it was probably the man's fault. Where I live, if someone hits you from behind, it's their fault, no questions asked. you should be prepared for someone in front of you to make a sudden stop in case of children, animals, etc. running in front of the vehicle. If you hit someone from behind, you were either driving too fast or too close. If you're driving at moderate-high speeds, there should be a 3 sec distance between each car I believe.
Setareh23 34
#69 yeah, it's a pretty sad case all around. The woman stopped her car in the highway's fast lane and didn't put hazard lights on, at a time when visibility was low. Plus there was a car between the two which swerved around her car at the last minute (thus blocking the victim's view of the car till then). On the other hand, as you said the victim should have been driving slower and further back (especially since he was on a motorcycle with his daughter), not to mention he let himself get distracted (he got distracted by the sight of the girl moving the ducks and signaled to his wife behind him to be careful). The wife/mother of the victims doesn't want the woman to suffer, she understands everyone should have been more careful and just wants it all to be over :/
GeorgiaBea 28
You are absolutely not supposed to swerve. That lesson is prolly one of the ones I remember most from drivers Ed. You run over the animal, for exactly the reasons listed above.
thefmlman2011 37
poor ducks :( but are you ok though?
CaptainRR 20
No. OP is dead.
troydeluca 19
Get better!
isabellasimone 18
I'm sorry, OP:(
SparkyRoxYurSox 16
Technically you're not supposed to swerve
Shallow_Dream 8
Yea. I think you're supposed to brake?? if anything??
sorryheadphones 26
At least you tried to do the right thing. Poor ducks though
warsun 27
Good on you for not trying to hit the ducks. Those poor ducks
val_is_lame97 12
sorry to be the one to say this but better the ducks than another person. shouldve just hit them