Miscellaneous: Today, while driving home, I swerved to avoid turning a duck...

By newly passed, newly grassed - 06/12/2014 17:04 - United Kingdom - Birmingham

Today, while driving home, I swerved to avoid turning a duck and her babies into roadkill. Another car was coming around a sharp bend at the time and swerved to avoid hitting me. In the end, we both ran our cars off the road, and he took out several ducks in the process. FML

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By Hit and Run - 13/07/2021 07:59 - United States

Today, while driving, I put on my hazards and slowed to a stop to let a family of geese cross the street. The pick-up truck behind me however, decided to change lanes and speed off, running over at least half of them. FML

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By karmavictim - 18/03/2011 11:28

Today, I swerved out of the way to avoid hitting a squirrel, and in the process hit another squirrel. FML

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By nothingisreal69 - 01/03/2011 22:21 - Reserved

Today, as I was driving home from work, a bird decided to commit suicide by flying in front of my car. The shock caused me to slam on the brakes, totaling three other cars in the process. FML

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Pile on

By turtle - 12/07/2011 13:26 - United States

Today, I saw a turtle on the road so I swerved, and hit a tree. The people behind me then hit the turtle. FML

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By JulieClaire - 11/03/2011 01:44

Today, while driving home I saw a few deer running beside me. I stopped to let them go in front. Instead, one face-plants, ramming into the side of my new car. FML

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Save the doggo

By JC - 19/10/2009 06:40 - United States

Today, I was driving down the road when a dog suddenly ran across the street. In attempt to spare its life, I swerved to the side of the road and rear-ended another car. The car I hit belonged the family who owned the dog. Now I have to pay them because I saved their dog's life. FML

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By hatecolin - 10/09/2009 18:46 - United States

Today, I was driving my new car home when I came around a sharp turn to see a groundhog in the road. I kindly stopped and allowed it to cross when all of the sudden a car slammed into the back of mine. Then, another car went flying around us. That car hit and killed the groundhog. FML

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By vstan - 25/08/2010 00:48 - United States

Today, I swerved off the road and hit a tree in order to avoid hitting a dog that came out of nowhere. Don't worry, I didn't hit him. The person behind me did, though. FML

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By Wellthisishawkward - 14/08/2015 22:40 - United States

Today, as I was driving, a bird swooped down, right in front of my car. I didn't have enough time to react, and so I had to listen to my wife cry the rest of the way home. She kept talking about how it bounced off the windshield and how it probably had a family. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/10/2010 04:29 - United States

Today, I swerved to miss hitting a kitten, over-corrected, hit and killed the cat, and totaled my truck by hitting a parked car. FML

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shelbystang 2

Sunday 7 December 2014 0:03

It may sound irrational but you are actually spose to just hit the ducks and not swerve so you don't end up hurting someone else. Your efforts were valiant though.

YepThatsMeee 23

Sunday 7 December 2014 1:24

No, they both died.

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aka_Specs 7

Sunday 7 December 2014 4:29

If its possible to break to slow down without causing an accident...do so...however, swerving to not hit the ducks puts you and other drivers at risk. You didn't want to run over the ducks and ducklings...but hitting another car (possibly with a child inside)...is MUCH MUCH worse

Pussymasher 1

Sunday 7 December 2014 4:57

Why didn't you just kill the ducks? would have made it easy for yourself

Pussymasher 1

Sunday 7 December 2014 4:58

under the law your suppose to kill those ducks and not swerve around them

MuddyBootsT 7

Sunday 7 December 2014 5:19

Good on you for at least trying! hope you are ok

harperska 10

Sunday 7 December 2014 5:24

YDI for swerving instead of stopping.

Axipiter 24

Sunday 7 December 2014 6:04

There's a girl in Québec up on manslaughter charges for stopping to help turtles cross a freeway, and a man and his daughter slammed into the back of them and were killed because of this. Stopping is not the answer either.

worldclassrager 39

Sunday 7 December 2014 5:45

Poor ducks...):

PSYqualiac 17

Sunday 7 December 2014 6:04

You deserve it because you created a traffic hazard. You slow down, not swerve. If something prevents you from slowing down and there's nothing keeping you from swerving, then you swerve. Otherwise, you have to try and slow down as best you can and risk hitting the ducks. Avoiding harming yourself and other people is priority number one.