Poor puppy
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I'm not even pissed that the dog was in the f'kn road, I'm pissed at the way the idiot handled himself when I pulled up. If he would have had a bat or gun..... Well he wouldn't have been the only one. Could have gotten really ugly in more ways than it already had. Thus the call to police.
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From: Baton Rouge, LA
Well not really a puppy. More like an 80 pounder. I just tagged a black lab going approx 70mph. It wandered right out of a yard and darted in front of me. Pulled over to calm down and inspect the damage. Lowers, highway pegs, front fender and lights all trashed. Went back to find the owner who refused to talk to me. His kids sat there flipping me the bird.
Anyway, I'm glad you didn't go down and are okay. It's good the dog was large, because I hit a medium-sized mutt three years ago and I ran over it, causing the bike to go down. I think a larger dog like a Lab would not be as inclined to get under the wheel like what happened with my encounter. There was quite a bit of damage but it was all fixed. There were no leash laws in force there but the cop told me I could file a civil suit for damages. The insurance covered all but about $150 so I didn't bother, and the VA fixed my knee that was thoroughly banged up from rolling down the highway for a few hundred feet. It's fine now, though. BTW, we never found the dog. I hit him and I guess he wondered off, but there's no way he could've survived that ordeal. A dog can't launch a 900-lb. vehicle (with me aboard) going 50mph in the air without sustaining fatal injuries, IMO.
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From: Shelby, NC
Come on! You were going 15 over the posted limit and hit their dog and you're pissed? Maybe when the impact occured you were going 55 but if you respected the limit, you would've been going 40 or even less, maybe then the dog would have survived. I agree with one point tough, the dog shouldn't have been running loose. And the guy is lucky cause you called the cops? Who are you, the Terminator? Geez. Maybe you are the lucky one because the guy could have greeted you with a baseball bat or a gun. And if it was a kid instead of a dog?
Be glad you're a Canuck! Down here if someone is doing 40 in a 55 zone for very long they get taught an old Nascar rule called BUMP TO PASS.
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I don't care if the dog ran out in the road or not. If it had been my dog you killed while beeaking the law...and not just a little, 15 over is a lot. I would have been calling an ambulance for you after I beat the crap out of you. Your reaction time is always better at a slower speed, if you had been within the limit of the road, you may have avoided the accident all together. You were in the wrong, period.
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Glad you were able to to keep from serious injury. I have 3 large mutts of my own and they are like family. That being said they are fenced in and always leashed when outside the perimeter.
Not sure why everyone is bashing the OP. if you read his original post it clearly indicates the 80# lab was going 70 mph. J/k.
Not there and not judging, as I have no idea of the area or terrain you were traveling. I push the speed limit on occasion, but I do recognize that my ability to react quickly diminishes at a higher rate of speed. Too bad the family was not willing to communicate in more 'adult' manner.
Not sure why everyone is bashing the OP. if you read his original post it clearly indicates the 80# lab was going 70 mph. J/k.
Not there and not judging, as I have no idea of the area or terrain you were traveling. I push the speed limit on occasion, but I do recognize that my ability to react quickly diminishes at a higher rate of speed. Too bad the family was not willing to communicate in more 'adult' manner.
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I don't care if the dog ran out in the road or not. If it had been my dog you killed while beeaking the law...and not just a little, 15 over is a lot. I would have been calling an ambulance for you after I beat the crap out of you. Your reaction time is always better at a slower speed, if you had been within the limit of the road, you may have avoided the accident all together. You were in the wrong, period.
So if the OP would have killed your dog doing 55mph, everything would have been roses, and you wouldn't have to kick his ***? How would you even know how fast he was driving? Even more important, WTF does his speed have anything to do with the fact that YOU failed to properly control your animal, and allowed it to roam near a country road where you knew there was high speed vehicle traffic?
Bottom line...YOUR unleashed, unfenced animal could have caused the death of a motorcyclist. If anyone needs his *** kicked, it would be you.
sud55, glad you're OK. I can't believe some of you guys are bashing this dude. He tried to show some compassion and go back and make things right, as best he could. The reaction he got probably didn't really have much to do with the "love" these morons had for their dog. They obviously didn't give too much of a **** or the dog wouldn't have been running out into the road in the first place. If he hit the dog at 70, he would have hit it at 55. How many times you seen a dog run into the road and not try to go right to the vehicle? It ain't like they apply the 2 second or 4 second rule. Like the OP said, had he been going any slower, maybe he would have gone down. Some of you guys need to go ride some more and chill out.
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sud55! First of all. Glad you are ok. Same thing happened to me. Some people here would rather you be killed than the dog. I think my second post says it all. No response. A bunch of cowardly hypocrites. Hold you head high. You did nothing wrong. **** happens. Or like I said in my "Picked up a New Bitch Tonight" thread. Sometimes God says this is how it going be. You PETA ****** can kiss my ***. Lets RUMBLE.
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Come on! You were going 15 over the posted limit and hit their dog and you're pissed? Maybe when the impact occured you were going 55 but if you respected the limit, you would've been going 40 or even less, maybe then the dog would have survived. I agree with one point tough, the dog shouldn't have been running loose. And the guy is lucky cause you called the cops? Who are you, the Terminator? Geez. Maybe you are the lucky one because the guy could have greeted you with a baseball bat or a gun. And if it was a kid instead of a dog?
Classic excuse. "I was going way too fast, but it's not my fault"Bullshit, if you'd gone slower the dog might not have been in your path at all.