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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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Comments (94)
brookiesawr 11
as bad as it sounds. you're not suppose to swerve out of the way for animals. happened to me on the freeway. mama duck and 8babies were crossing.. :( hit a baby duck. no matter how bad I wanted to miss them.
madazphotography 11
So if a cow of horse walked out in front you would hit them. I don't think so you would try to avoid it!
qilinnaamossh 11
you're really gonna compare running over a cow with running over a duck. Think of the damage hitting a cow can cause to you and your car, now think of the damage hitting a duck will cause
DropTheDaggerxx 31
@44 There's a big difference between ducks and cows or horses. A duck will do little to no damage to your vehicle or its occupants of it's hit, a cow or horse WILL put you in extreme danger if hit. It's just a general rule of thumb to not swerve to avoid most small animals.
PSYqualiac 17
44 the solution is slow down as best you can. If you. can't, then you swerve. In some cases, you're ****** either way.
sturschaedel 27
Rule of thump: if the animal is lower than your hood: don't swerve. If it's taller than that: get out of the way. If you hit cows, horses, game or other animals that size it's very likely that they go crashing through your windshield and hit you on the head.
marigoldcobain 21
44, in Canada, there's a law that you can't swerve to protect animals under 10 kilograms. Otherwise, you're supposed to stop SLOWLY if traffic's kind of slow.
WCARlover 35
I was always told in driver's ed not to swerve for anything smaller than what could damage my vehicle or me but that doesn't stop me from doing it every time still...so I completely understand :( hope neither of you guys were hurt! After reading this fml I might start listening to my instructor though...
SuperMew 22
I was always told, unless you can stop without hurting yourself or others, you are not suppose to swerve. You could have killed yourself and someone else.
onlychildFTW 34
Yes, like the other driver who was forced off the road because of OP. YDI OP for being an idiot and causing extensive damage and possible major injuries. If I was the other guy Id do everything in my power to make OP pay for everything because of the crash.
blubje 17
Ooh poor duckeys. Would have done it too probably. Although i usually just wait instead of swerving. Hope you and the people in the other car didn't get hurt and your cars are fine.
quickit 24
Aw DUCKING HELL!
cakefete2 31
If only they had ducked...
thatguy240 27
You could have just stopped and waited for them to cross.
PSYqualiac 17
That assumes that OP's speed was slow enough to stop. Slowing down to have more time to think doesn't hurt though.
Jordan_No_Air 14
Double whammies are never good. FYL OP
nekminnet 13
Harsh as it sounds NEVER swerve to miss small wildlife. You could have killed the other driver for the sake of a duckling
JLDork 11
yeah, poor humans...
PSYqualiac 17
34, So you put wildlife over human life? Remember that you think that next time someone has to make a choice involving you. Maybe what they were going to do for you or give you should go to a moose instead. Bullwinkle would love it I'm sure.
ImmortalYu 11
you should have stopped and look at the road