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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

The driver who killed the chicken is a shit stain and she will eventually kill someone. Imagine if that a child, elderly person or someone on a wheelchair.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 7 hours ago

Is this it? Is this the answer?

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 5 points 8 hours ago

It was almost at the other side, you bastard!

[–] neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 hours ago

Clearly didn't play Zelda

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I'm getting strong Marta vibes from arrested development with this one

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I was on her side until I read the article. She chased this person an unspecified distance in her car, blocked the chicken killer's car with her own, then attempted to open their car door, before settling on macing them.

Fuck that impatient chicken killer but you don’t get to do a road rage for some vigilante justice. This was just two psychopaths being brought together by circumstance.

[–] cdf12345@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 hours ago

Nah, fuck that chicken killer FAFO

JURY NULLIFICATION

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Ngl, that would likely be me.

Not just because I like chickens, though that's a factor.

In my neighborhood, if you go the posted speed limit going one direction in the section that my house is on, you'd be going slow enough to be able to correct and not hit an animal. Going the other direction, as long as you don't slam the pedal down, it's the same.

So anyone hitting any critter with the possible exception of squirrels is 99.9~% likely to be doing something they shouldn't. I've gotten in altercations about it before because we have not just a lot of pets in the area, but kids. So some fucking moron is going to hear about out when they're showing exactly how fucking stupid they are.

But, I also happen to kinda know all the neighborhood chickens. Not necessarily on a first name, come her for petting basis, but I know which birds live where. Since I also have my own, and would gladly curb stomp any motherfucker that fucked with them, I would likely at least lay hands on a motherfucker for killing any of the neighborhood birds by being a moron. I'm old, but my tolerance for fuckery like that keeps getting lower as I age.

Accidents do happen, but some jackass trying to be all badass by speeding in a residential area can fuck right off and die. And yes, I'm talking about you, Robert, you absolute prat. Jackass. Done told you once. Fuckwit.

Anyway, yeah, chances are high the lady was justified as long as the dude is still alive

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But... Why was the chicken crossing the road? 🤔

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 5 hours ago

Well it failed. The chicken's owner only maced the driver.

[–] cabillaud@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Because he thought he was standing on the wrong side of the road

[–] dukatos@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Deserved... It could be a child instead of chicken.

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

The single most memorable part of Twin Peaks season 3 was this exact scenario but with a child, while the mother watched the whole thing, horrified.

edit: okay not exactly like that, the hit and run driver in the Twin Peaks episode didn't stop and honk, they were just in the wrong lane from the get-go. But still very similar situation

CW: a fictional portrayal of a child dying to a hit and run accident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V62BJFn-BTQ

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 day ago

in this case, this is especially relevant

The woman stopped to let the chicken cross the road, so there was clearly something happening and obviously some sort of reason that this person was stopped in the road, and the driver behind them sped around and hit the chicken. that 100% could have been a pet or infant or child instead

The woman who hit the chicken made the explicit decision to ignore the warnings that were evident, and still hit something. fucking abhorrent behaviour

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago

Yeah you want to avoid hitting children if you can help it. They are really big and make a mess.

[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I was taught by my driving instructor to not try and avoid smaller animals because swerving or sudden breaking would be more likely to result in a major accident than simply plowing through it. Whereas larger animals medium sized dog for example could lead to a wider accident if you hit them.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 10 hours ago

Yeah when you're going at 70. Not 30.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

that's relevant on the highway, not residential neighbourhoods

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You should be aware enough of traffic around you to know if slamming the brakes on presents a significant hazard. (And if you can't react to an animal appearing in the road you're likely driving too fast for the visibility and conditions)

[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Luckily I've never had to turn a cat inside out, but they frequently dart out infront of vehicles close enough that slamming on the breaks won't do much even at low speed. I have a friend who's cat died on a stretch of road that had a 30 km/h speed limit.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

One of the best reasons to keep cats indoors, but yeah I said "likely" because exceptions do exist.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The driver was able to avoid the car stopped in the road to let the chicken cross. Instead of stopping behind them and waiting, they pulled out to cut around the stopped car.

I see this kind of behaviour all the time in my neighbourhood, at a crosswalk with a “kids crossing” sign and curb barriers designed to keep people from cutting around on the right. If someone is stopped to make a left hand turn, they cut on the right anyway, and if someone is stopped to let a kid or an animal cross (animals cross there all the time), they cut on the left.

People have been hit at that intersection. But people still keep doing it.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Surely that's illegal. Driving on the opposite side of the road, into potentially oncoming traffic, at a pedestrian crossing with no visibility.

I think the problem is Americans just seem to drive like idiots.

[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

I've spent a bit of time in the US and your assessment is absolutely correct. I've never seen so many car accidents. The highways were lined on both sides with bits of car in varying sizes.

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The driver was a first time Skyrim player

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

AND STAY THE FUCK OUT OF RIVERWOOD!

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[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

lol, her expression says it all, "Worth it, 10/10 would mace that bitch again."

Might do a little jail time but the chicken killer will think twice. I mean, christ, you live in Key West. Get on island time already.

[–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Also I'm pretty sure the chickens are legally protected in Key West.

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[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The chicken didn't cross the road, but still made it to the other side.

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 47 points 1 day ago (10 children)

i cannot put into words how much i despise people who don't see anything wrong with crushing animals with their car, it's so fucking gross and IMO should disqualify them from handling a heavy vehicle.

It's no different than shooting animals with a gun (proper or airsoft or whatever), which i think any sensible person would agree should bar you from owning guns.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 28 points 1 day ago (16 children)

It's no different than shooting animals with a gun (proper or airsoft or whatever), which i think any sensible person would agree should bar you from owning guns.

I think there's quite a big difference between senselessly running over an animal and shooting one with a gun. I mean hunting for food and animal population control are kinda necessary in a lot of situations, while running over an animal isn't.

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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 179 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (17 children)

The way this kind of animal murder is normalized for drivers is beyond disturbing. Imagine a cyclist who came upon some birds blocking the cycle path, pulled out a pocket knife, and started stabbing them so they could get through 20 seconds faster.

It's the same psychopathic "might makes right" mentality that makes people turn a blind eye to the needless, systemic, unfathomable horrors of animal agriculture.

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[–] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

20 years ago I was driving on a 50mph road and there was this group of about 20 birds drinking water around a large puddle right on the side of the road.

Something spooked them just in the moment that I was driving by them. In that split second, they all swarmed right in front of my vehicle smashed into the side and front. As I looked back in the mirror through the feathers floating in the air, I could see at least six or seven birds injured on the road behind me. It made me sick to my stomach and I still have this image in my head years later haunting me.

I can't imagine someone would do that on purpose.

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