Dog Dies After Being Deliberately Run Over By North Wales Police
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Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
Accounts are it was a fox hound, so a wild guess is that the owner is a grade A cunt to start with.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Because some people would swerve to avoid it and hit other (more important) things. Happens all the time.
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
So what you really mean is that the poor driving skills of some motorists could cause a road traffic collision? That happens all the time.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
I do not accept that running down this dog was the only way to deal with the situation. I wasn't there, but dogs do run into the road unexpectedly, so is it possible that these coppers were trying to avoid saying they knocked it down accidently ? that would still have created a sh1t storm, but not as bad as the current one !
Also at 3am the A55 is usually fairly quiet, unless the Holyhead ferry times have changed. (I know, as I've been there !).
Unfortunately, a foxhound straying that badly would, probably, been shot by the hunt as being below acceptable standard.
Also at 3am the A55 is usually fairly quiet, unless the Holyhead ferry times have changed. (I know, as I've been there !).
Unfortunately, a foxhound straying that badly would, probably, been shot by the hunt as being below acceptable standard.
Foxhounds can be nasty and unresponsive to people who aren't known to them.
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
Very much like fox hunters.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
No. That's not what I mean at all. The animal was an unpredictable hazard on an unlit fast road and could've caused an accident regardless of how skilled the drivers concerned were.
The best thing to do was kill it as quickly as possible, which is what the remarkable young police officers decided to do. You should be applauding their decisiveness and professionalism in ending this potentially dangerous situation quickly and safely (for everyone that mattered).
Lurdan
old wave
Or indeed pensioners who probably cause their share of accidents when crossing roads erratically.
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
And coppers.
mauvais
on reddit or something
Call in the animal murder experts, eh?
Basically just hit it. If it's a big animal like a deer, come off the brakes shortly before to avoid a dipped nose and increased chance of punting it through the windscreen
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Brake and drive into it. Unfortunately most drivers are soppy fuckers like you and try to swerve around them. Bad move.
Athos
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I don't say this very often, but, in all the circumstances, it looks like this might have been the right (and tough) decision by the cops (and I say that as a dog lover). There was a significant risk to human life, and a very limited range of options to quickly and effectively manage that risk.
When I lived in Wales I drove up and down the A55 three or four times a week and on many of those drives I would see a dead badger (not the same one) at the side of the road. I used to think they had been hit by cars although there were never reports of accidents caused by badgers as far as I recall.
Now I'm thinking the police must be killing all those badgers by running over them.
(((Badgers)))
and that foxhound
Now I'm thinking the police must be killing all those badgers by running over them.
(((Badgers)))
and that foxhound
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Hang on, I've just looked on g00gle earth - the section of the A55 from the Conwy Tunnel to Llanfairfechan has street lights !! which I thought were illuminated all night ?
E2A - and there are speed / lane restrictions from road works at night along by the tunnels atm.
E2A - and there are speed / lane restrictions from road works at night along by the tunnels atm.
mauvais
on reddit or something
Oh yeah and down my way not so long ago, the police spent ages trying to round up a loose horse on the A31, shut the road for a bit, eventually couldn't find the horse, reopened the road and then two motorcyclists crashed into it. At least one of the bikers died.
Edit: New Forest horse crash biker death police criticised - BBC News
Edit: New Forest horse crash biker death police criticised - BBC News
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
So if people drive in the correct manner, what's the issue here?
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
IF. Big IF.
More likely people will do what comes intuitively and swerve to avoid it. It's still the dog causing the accident because it shouldn't be in the road. So fuck it. Kill it quickly and get on with the day.
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
Welsh farmers who had cases of bovine TB took matters into their own hands - offed badgers & dumped them roadside. True fact that.
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
Remember that, one died, both were riding very dangerously.
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
It would be the driver who caused the RTC, not the dog. The dog would be involved, but would not cause anything. In Finland a moose is involved in 30% of all RTCs. I would support them shooting that moose.
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
When I learnt to drive (in the sticks) I was told to always expect the unexpected - badgers, deer, cows, sheep, horses, etc, & keep speed to a minimum at night. This hound in question was probably more interested in the scent of a fox than being on the road tbf, & would have fucked off into the night never to be seen again.
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Absolute cobblers.
If you leapt in front of a car on a motorway, YOU caused the accident. Not the driver for failing to avoid you.
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
Pedestrians are banned from motorways. Dogs are not banned from A roads, so one should be alert the possibility of one being in the road and drive accordingly.
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
Motorway bridges they're not. Happened to a good friend of mine last year. Woman committed suicide. He's in bits as he hit her
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
Motorway bridges they're not. Happened to a good friend of mine last year. Woman committed suicide. He's in bits as he hit her
Must resist the sick joke here...
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