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da most cities and populated areas? i've been driving for over fifteen years and have only had one or two memorable encounters with an animal in the road that wasn't already run over and in both cases i never hit the animal or swerved off the road

i live in a rural area now and have for several years and still never had an animal encounter on the road

the better question is where do you live that animals are constantly in the road and why aren't you slowing down in those areas if that's the case

There's really no excuse for people assuming all their experiences are universal like this anymore. The internet has been a thing for so long. You're on it as we speak. Begging you to broaden at least one horizon.

the question was where are there no animals and i answered it. you're the one who assumed that i meant it was it universal

again, if you have a ton of animals in the road where you live then you should slow down it's not that hard

"Most cities and popular areas" is your idea of getting specific, huh.

yeah my mistake for thinking people aren't going to be pedantic

don't slow down and hit everything then idfc

Populated, my b

if you insist on driving way under the speed limit then you're just creating a different kind of danger

why is this always all or nothing with you people? don't any of you know any moderation with your measurements?

ayrt said nothing about "driving way under the speed limit"

but i've seen dumbasses go way too fast in heavily populated areas where they shouldn't and end up hitting animals. i used to live in a rural street where people would do 60 down a short strip and we'd have dead animals on our streets frequently. it was fucking heartbreaking

so again

maybe don't go at high rated speeds in places that aren't open highways, where you're supposed to be going fast

therefore everyone who has died from hitting large animals was a monster and deserved it

got it

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/673/420/5e6.jpg

fun fact: my mother hit a pigeon because it decided for some reason to fly down and stand in the middle of the highway

she asked me if i think it could have survived when i was pulling out feathers embedded in the headlight

god i saw this happen the other day

pigeon for some stupid reason was walking around in the middle of the street in a residential neighborhood

driver didn't see it, and... the most sickening 'pop' sound i ever heard in my life

i live in one of the biggest cities in the united states but on the edges where there is still plenty of wildlife, because get this: this is where they live. there is no neighborhood for deer that commutes to the city, wild boar are a active threat, and coyotes will carry off small pets if you’re not careful.

the fact you’re still seeing animals run over on the road despite having never experienced it doesn’t really help your point either.

+1

I'm pretty far into the suburbs of a major city, and we've got at least one herd of deer that just chill out in the strip of woods between the apartments and the highway. I've seen them in the road a number of times, and standing beside the road looking like they might cross is a weekly thing at least.

the point was never that there are NO animals, although rereading the comment i originally replied to i can see how you might've taken that fucking literally.

the point is that animal encounters are UNCOMMON in enough places that in years of daily driving that it's possible not to find yourself in this situation

obviously anything can happen at any time, but that's why they have signage in areas with a higher likelihood of encountering deer and you should slow down and stay alert if you're in an area you suspect more wildlife or pets could potentially run into the road

i am terrified at how little you evidently pay attention to the road

wherever you live i hope it is far fucking away from me

uncommon is still not that fucking rare. i live in a suburban rural area and i would say that means having several animal encounters a year instead of daily. i have accidentally come face to face with a wild feline predator on a walk, i’ve seen rabbits on the side of the road, turkeys standing in the street threatening cars, snakes, coyotes, foxes, quails, raccoons coming out of storm drains and that one time there was one standing on its hind legs and screaming in our backyard during the middle of the night for some reason.

if i were to slow down because i suspect there is wildlife around, i would be driving 5mph everywhere.

I live in one of the largest cities in the US and see small mammals and birds in the road every day

animals in the road on my 10-minute drive home from work today: 1 chipmunk, 3 squirrels, 1 flock of wild turkeys

you'd see a lot more animals if you go outside where they tend to hang out

stay in your basement all day, no wonder you think "most populated areas" are lifeless wastelands

cool ableism

neet isn't a disease, nice try

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