https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 06:09:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-261741 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:38:46 +0000 Mrs squirreld 261741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh I HATE hitting things in my car but being in the country in australia it will happen to everyone. I've hit birds (lots) they eat the grain that spills from trucks on the side of the road so they are common road kill :-( I've also hit rabbits and foxes (which are pests so I don't feel so bad) I've also hit 3 kangaroos :-( horrible experiences with every one. Poor things. I wish we ha those nature passes like I saw in the US. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-261249 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:20:39 +0000 banana 261249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hit a pigeon once. It was so sad! All i saw were feathers flying all over the place. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-261236 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:16:48 +0000 Rubies 261236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG, a few years ago a giant raccoon ran across the street and the car in front me of just nicked it and it rolled right underneath my front tire. Then I felt it in the back tire. I screamed my head off. It was the WORST feeling ever.</p> <p>My friend hit a deer so badly that when the tow truck came, there was deer hair and blood all over his car. *barf* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-261057 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:42:02 +0000 Modern Daisy 261057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A chipmunk :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-261048 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:35:07 +0000 sslm 261048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never myself, but been in the car when my DH has. Once it was a suicidal groundhog. The worst though was a few months ago. We were driving down a busy 80 km/hr street and a cat ran out at just the wrong time, no time to slow down and know enough not to swerve! It definitely hit both front and back wheels and didn't make it :( we felt so sick about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-261040 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:24:52 +0000 wheres_c 261040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I am so sorry! That sounds awful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-261018 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:13:11 +0000 Andrea 261018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I am so sorry. That is horrible. It was smart of you to get outta there. Accidents happen, unfortunately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-261013 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:10:42 +0000 BananaPancakes 261013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A few squirrels, a raccoon, a bird and an armadillo. There's probably more, but I can't remember. I live in the country and just feel lucky I haven't taken out a deer yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-261010 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:09:24 +0000 Rescuemom10 261010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh....yes. I grew up in the country...OK so I have hit a Racoon, rabbits, of course birds, the most damaging a deer. Actually hit a deer twice. First time totalled my car, second time lots of damage. A cat once too.<br /> I am a HUGE animal lover too and work in Animal Rescue. I will Rescue ANYTHING, I dont even kill spiders. I just had baaad luck living out in the country. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260995 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:58:25 +0000 Minnie_Girl 260995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, several times. The most recent was a rabbit. Yay country roads! Haven't hit a deer or bear yet, so I count myself lucky. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260992 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:57:45 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 260992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: OMG!!!! If she had kept an eye on her dog and kept it in her yard, it wouldn't have gotten hit! You poor thing - that must have been horrible :-( </p> <p>I hit a bird with my car... When I looked in the rear view mirror, all I saw was a poof of feathers </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260980 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:55:05 +0000 Mrs. Cowgirl 260980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i hit a cat. it ran out of the bushes in the dark as i was coming to a stop. it ran off again, seemingly unharmed, but i was so upset by it... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260961 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:44:47 +0000 mediagirl 260961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hit a dog once. :( I was SO upset. I stopped the car (half in the road) and ran up to the nearest house. People were coming out b/c they heard my brakes and tires squealing. The woman started yelling at me, "What did you DO!? How fast were you going?? YOU HIT MY DOG ON PURPOSE!" Oh my god, it was the worst experience of my life. I tried to help, we found her dog but she kept yelling at me, so I kept saying, "I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry" but she kept yelling. I felt like I was in danger for my own safety so, I just walked back to my car and cried and cried as I pulled away. It was the worst moment of my life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260953 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:37:42 +0000 sorrycharlie 260953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sloaneandpuffy: I swear squirrels and birds play chicken. they are content in a yard until they see a car, then book it in front of me! I've yet to hit one though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260946 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:32:03 +0000 Goldilocks1107 260946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A raccoon. But it wasn't my fault. I saw it early enough to stop. And when I thought I was in the clear, I started to drive, only to have the car go over a "bump". I'm pretty sure the raccoon got to the other side of the road, only to turn around and sit right in front of my wheel.<br /> Also a good reason to never swerve - insurance. If you hit the animal, it goes under your comprehensive coverage. If you swerve to miss the animal and hit a tree, it's a collision claim. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260940 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:29:00 +0000 DillonLion 260940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I helped a squirrel commit suicide once :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260939 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:28:12 +0000 Sweet T 260939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't ever hit anything. When I was a kid, my dad hit a dog. It was horrible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260936 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:25:43 +0000 StrawberryBee 260936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've come close with a few deer, but I think I've only gotten two squirrels in my driving career :(. Both times I felt awful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260928 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:16:44 +0000 LuLu Mom 260928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yes, all part of living in the country growing up; racoon, birds, squirrels, and the dreaded deer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260921 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:13:32 +0000 autumnlove 260921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I killed a squirrel! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260919 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:13:05 +0000 Andrea 260919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: very true, in certain situations you really shouldn't. Today I was the only car down a neighborhood road so there wasn't anything to hit...except for that crazy squirrel! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260915 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:09:21 +0000 chopsuey 260915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: never swerve! It's not worth it!<br /> My friend swerved because she didn't want to hit a dog.. Ended up gettin into an accident and had to have knee surgery! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260913 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:07:58 +0000 Andrea 260913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sloaneandpuffy: I had to swerve to avoid a squirrel today. Knock on wood that we never hit anything big. So dangerous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260911 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:06:21 +0000 mamimami 260911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've also hit a bird or two, on the highway. (But they flew into the windshield, I didn't run "over" them.) I guess I am a menace to wildlife. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260910 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:04:47 +0000 mamimami 260910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A squirrel. I swear it had a death wish, it just like jumped in front of my wheel. It was a horrible, horrible experience. I can't imagine if it were something bigger :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260909 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:04:43 +0000 chopsuey 260909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Blegh! Never! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-run-over-anything-while-driving#post-260908 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:03:43 +0000 Andrea 260908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't been the cause of any road kill ....yet. </p>