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Originally Posted by rubicon
i almost ran down a driver who stopped her vehicle suddenly on 466 to carry a turtle to safety.
she is most fortunate she was not carried away
Safety experts will tell you rather than making sudden movements while driving to avoid an animal it is safer to hit the animal because too many people have been killed or badly injured when trying to avoid an animal.
Sounds logical to me and I believe a relief for a family that would have otherwise lamented he should have hit the darn deer and stayed alive
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Our niece lost her life in Alaska swerving to avoid a caribou she encountered going around a curve in the road. I believe the experts are correct, but human nature and instincts are hard to overcome when confronting a big animal suddenly in front of a drivers car.
As for turtles, I've stopped and moved them more than once on our residential street with light traffic and a low speed limit. That's not something I would do on 466/466A, Morse/Buena Vista, etc.