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Ducks run over?

i was driving on the motorway today and noticed a mother duck and ducklings crossing the road, i looked in my rear view miror to see them being plowed down by a car behind me,! i didnt know what to do and i feel sick cos i couldnt turn back and rescue them!!
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i dont really know why i put this on here, maybe cos i got home and was on my own had no one to tell the story to, its not a crime is it if its not a legitimate question???


    




thumberlina
awwwwww......That is horrible!
But there isn't much you could have done, especially on a motorway.

I love ducks! They are such cool animals - there should be signs put up so that drivers know that animals could cross -or block it so animals cannot get onto the road.


guess who...
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thats awful!! i would have felt the same... some people just dont care about cute little animals!


Knownow't
I would rather run over the ducks than slam on the brakes on a motorway and get written off by a 38 tonner....its called survival of the fittest, the lesson is, don't walk on a motorway, sad, but thats nature.


H
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Aww!!!
thats so sad, but there is nothing you can do about it now. Just think if you had pulled over and rescued them they would have been run over before you had the chance to get to them anyway because the motorway traffic goes so quick. Its a shame though, poor ducks.


ƒöχïï-ßαý๒єє_x
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omg! thats so bad! ducks are so cute! how could people do such things! yes i hope something bad happens to the driver! he/she is soooo evil! well, if you were going 60mph i dont think you could of done anything stop them. coz if you stoped, the cars behind would of crashed into you and it woud have a type of dominos affect then they would pushyour car further then YOU would of killed them! thats so sad! awwwww hope your okay about it! if i'd have seen that i would have been crying for a week! =[ =[ =[ =[ ='[ ='[ ='[ ='[ ='[ ='[ ='[

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LISA H
Oh poor you. That must have been so awful for you especially as you couldn't do anything about it. They ought to make signs for things like that on the roads to make people aware.


Tufty Porcupine
I know how you feel. I remember seeing a mother duck trying to lead ducklings across the M53 - didn't see what happened to them but felt awful 'cos I couldn't do anything!


xxSHORTYxx
thats so sad :-( and it shows how much you care cuz you are obviously upset by what you saw by writing this. i wish i hadnt of read this question :-(


Ray P
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Sadly it is a better idea to run over a few ducks (plenty more where they came from) than risk a serious accident by swerving to avoid them at high speed.


jez
u just hav 2 forget about it cus it sounds like ther was nuthing you could do


thomas m
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Stepping on the brake is not a choice for some people. I hope he/she was on time for his/her appointment. You did the right thing. You should not stop and go back but the idiot who plowed into them should have just stopped in the first place and waited for them to cross the road and it wouldn't have hurt anybody to wait for a minute to see them get across safely. They might have enjoyed it. they have no ligitimate excuse.


the bad seed
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they are now a feast for the crows...
you should try to look for the bright side of things


Liquid Snake
What exactly is your question? If you got their license plates and other information, you probably could report them to the officials? I think that's illegal? Not entirely sure.


NIGEL R
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was anyone else hurt ?


UCANTCME
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IT IS A CRIME IF IT WAS DONE INTENTIONALLY AND IF SO YOU SHOULD CONTACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND GIVE THEM ALL THE INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SITUATION.

"REMEMBER THAT ALL ANIMAL'S HAVE RIGHTS TO"


Mounso
I know how you feel. I once saw a squirrel dart out on front of me, then it disappeared under the bonnet. I didn't see it again. These things do happen and I 'm sure that the driver of the other car was going to fast to do anything about it. You keep on driving well and I promise to do the same. Chin up.


loulou
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Oh my god, how sick is the other driver! Aww how frustrating when you can't turn around to save them. Get peace in knowing what comes around goes around - hopefully something horrible will happen to the driver in return.


NIGEL H
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try to get over it its only road kill at the end of the day lol


Shinny
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OK. I have a few small issues with what you have said

a) If you were on the Motorway, how did you have chance to notice something as small as a duck and ducklings?

b) Why would a Mother Duck and ducklings be crossing a Motorway in the first place?

c) How is this a question?

d) If they were "plowed" down by a car travelling on the motorway, what exactly do you think you could have done to help them?


randall flag
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it was horrible the small ones got stuck on my headers..
the smell of burning feathers was overpowering and i had to scrape them off with a stick...one went into the front brake.
ducks seem to be very slick inside...i hope the brake starts working normally soon....the big one was wrapped around the rear axle. (shes not dead).
.i think she will be really good for dinner


Grinning_ape
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No you didn't.





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