Roadkill Stats???

[TylerStewart]

A friend of mine posted this on Facebook. I found it interesting and disturbing all at the same time. I guess I never realized that people actually went out of their way to kill turtles crossing the road.

[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Fp7flAWMA&feature=share[/video]

 

[tortadise]

Cool video.

 

[Neal]

At least turtles were the least likely to get hit.

The Mario sound effects were especially delightful.

 

[Jacqui]

You guys must have missed this thread:

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Purposefully-swerves-to-hit-box-turtle#axzz22WDlgsTz

Towards the end this same video is shown.

 

[Neal]

Jacqui, this thread is for the cool people ok. We don't need that other thread here.

 

[TylerStewart]

You guys must have missed this thread:

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Purposefully-swerves-to-hit-box-turtle#axzz22WDlgsTz

Towards the end this same video is shown.

My bad.... I just try to steer clear of threads I see with 84 posts in them before I see it. In my limited time to hop on the forum while being paid at work, I look for smaller tasks to tackle

 

[Laurie]

I saw the video, I couldn't believe how many people swerve to hit things. I didn't know people actually did that! Jacka**es!

 

[Kristina]

I've seen it happen There has been a few times I have seen a turtle, pulled over to move it across the road, and someone has swerved over and deliberately hit it before I can get to it. People are sick, plain and simple.

 

[Jacqui]

I've seen it happen There has been a few times I have seen a turtle, pulled over to move it across the road, and someone has swerved over and deliberately hit it before I can get to it. People are sick, plain and simple.

Me too. The last time was a very beautiful box turtle female filled with eggs.. the eggs were crushed too.

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My bad.... I just try to steer clear of threads I see with 84 posts in them before I see it. In my limited time to hop on the forum while being paid at work, I look for smaller tasks to tackle

It's okay. I just thought it would be a good tie in to the other talk, if I let you know about it. So 84 is the magical number huh?

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Neat video and interesting!

 

[Tom]

That sh*# was HILARIOUS!

"Hey, That's my snake!" .....vrooooommmmmm

Poor tarantulas....

 

[Eweezyfosheezy]

Ha ha thats a great video!!

 

[cemmons12]

Anytime I see a turtle in the road, I will pull over and move it if its possible. No reason not to try and save it...

 

[l0velesly]

Interesting.. it's good to hear that the percentage is pretty low.

 

[badkitty]

haha love it
I stop for all animals, I actually found my red eared slider walking along the highway covered in mud ,it is much happier now.

 

[SteveP]

Great video!

 

[Falcon70]

Very good video! Even though people hit the animals, it's good to know there a lot of people who helped (or tried to help) also. Next time I need to zoom in on something I'll know to run the enhanced algorithm

 

[EKLC]

All it would take is a few realistic fake turtles on the roadside filled with explosives, then people wouldn't play that game

 

[Mgridgaway]

I actually saw that video yesterday, completely unrelated to this forum.

Pretty sad, honestly. Why people go out of their way to run over a turtle or snake is beyond me. I suggested to my girlfriend that we do a similar experiment, except we drive nails through the turtle so it gives them a flat tire. Then if they try to sue us we can have them arrested for animal cruelty.

 

[jaizei]

All it would take is a few realistic fake turtles on the roadside filled with explosives, then people wouldn't play that game

Where do you draw the line?

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I actually saw that video yesterday, completely unrelated to this forum.

Pretty sad, honestly. Why people go out of their way to run over a turtle or snake is beyond me. I suggested to my girlfriend that we do a similar experiment, except we drive nails through the turtle so it gives them a flat tire. Then if they try to sue us we can have them arrested for animal cruelty.

Running over a fake turtle isn't animal cruelty. What you are suggesting is most likely illegal in one way or another. Maybe you'll get lucky and they'll lose control of the vehicle, killing everyone inside. That'll show them.