Comments on: Prevent Roadkill With Tips From A Country Road Driver http://www.veganreader.com/2009/07/30/prevent-roadkill-with-tips-from-a-country-road-driver/ Thoughtful Reading For A Compassionate Planet Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:47:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://www.veganreader.com/2009/07/30/prevent-roadkill-with-tips-from-a-country-road-driver/comment-page-1/#comment-4761 admin Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:28:02 +0000 http://www.veganreader.com/?p=198#comment-4761 Welcome, Art, It is good to hear from others who are taking special care with the wildlife that is forced to cross country roads in the dark. That is extremely sad about the baby possums. This year, there have been turtles everywhere on our neighboring roads (we've never seen them before this) and we've managed to help several off the road and to water sources they were heading for. Please, keep up the good work and thank you so much for visiting VeganReader. I'm so glad you're enjoying what you read. Mim Welcome, Art,
It is good to hear from others who are taking special care with the wildlife that is forced to cross country roads in the dark. That is extremely sad about the baby possums. This year, there have been turtles everywhere on our neighboring roads (we’ve never seen them before this) and we’ve managed to help several off the road and to water sources they were heading for. Please, keep up the good work and thank you so much for visiting VeganReader. I’m so glad you’re enjoying what you read.
Mim

]]> By: art http://www.veganreader.com/2009/07/30/prevent-roadkill-with-tips-from-a-country-road-driver/comment-page-1/#comment-4760 art Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:01:28 +0000 http://www.veganreader.com/?p=198#comment-4760 I just found your site and am enjoying it very much.This article really hit home. My friend and i often go out to the country side on the weekends from dusk till midnight to look for animals that come out at night. We use a spot light and often times see some cool animals. We too get real angry with speeding drivers and often times pray that we come up on a snake in the road first to move it or an animal to get it to move further from the road. We often find dead possums and have been able to stop and save some of the babies that the mother was carrying when she was hit. but it seems most just dont care or think of the other life out there much, and why should they when they think of them as food. I just found your site and am enjoying it very much.This article really hit home. My friend and i often go out to the country side on the weekends from dusk till midnight to look for animals that come out at night. We use a spot light and often times see some cool animals. We too get real angry with speeding drivers and often times pray that we come up on a snake in the road first to move it or an animal to get it to move further from the road. We often find dead possums and have been able to stop and save some of the babies that the mother was carrying when she was hit. but it seems most just dont care or think of the other life out there much, and why should they when they think of them as food.

]]> By: flowergabber http://www.veganreader.com/2009/07/30/prevent-roadkill-with-tips-from-a-country-road-driver/comment-page-1/#comment-4724 flowergabber Sun, 18 Sep 2011 03:57:02 +0000 http://www.veganreader.com/?p=198#comment-4724 The reason innocent animals arte killed on the roads is because we build roads, and use cars. I ride my bicycle and wish we would all abandon the tragic results of using automobiles. Sidellann The reason innocent animals arte killed on the roads is because we build roads, and use cars. I ride my bicycle and wish we would all abandon the tragic results of using automobiles.
Sidellann

]]> By: flowergabber http://www.veganreader.com/2009/07/30/prevent-roadkill-with-tips-from-a-country-road-driver/comment-page-1/#comment-4723 flowergabber Sun, 18 Sep 2011 03:55:15 +0000 http://www.veganreader.com/?p=198#comment-4723 The tragic killing of animals on roads can only be stopped when we all abandon using cars. I ride my bicylce because I cannot stand harming innocent life. Sidell The tragic killing of animals on roads can only be stopped when we all abandon using cars. I ride my bicylce because I cannot stand harming innocent life.
Sidell

]]> By: admin http://www.veganreader.com/2009/07/30/prevent-roadkill-with-tips-from-a-country-road-driver/comment-page-1/#comment-4534 admin Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:32:39 +0000 http://www.veganreader.com/?p=198#comment-4534 Welcome Luvfurballs, Thank you for sharing your compassionate feelings with us. Like you, I say a prayer for each killed animal I see, and sometimes, I feel like I am praying half the time we're driving...especially in the springtime when wildlife seems most abundant and active here. I really understand how you feel, and am glad you will post this article on your Facebook page. The more people we can get to think about these few simple driving safety tips, the more lives we may spare. Best wishes to you, Mim Welcome Luvfurballs,
Thank you for sharing your compassionate feelings with us. Like you, I say a prayer for each killed animal I see, and sometimes, I feel like I am praying half the time we’re driving…especially in the springtime when wildlife seems most abundant and active here. I really understand how you feel, and am glad you will post this article on your Facebook page. The more people we can get to think about these few simple driving safety tips, the more lives we may spare.

Best wishes to you,
Mim

]]> By: luvsfurballs http://www.veganreader.com/2009/07/30/prevent-roadkill-with-tips-from-a-country-road-driver/comment-page-1/#comment-4533 luvsfurballs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:48:55 +0000 http://www.veganreader.com/?p=198#comment-4533 Hi- Thank you for your article. I am disheartened as I make my 13 mile drive to and from work each day. I dread every mile and hope to not see any new animals laying in the road. I am hoping to move closer to work just so I don't have to see this every day. It truly saddens me!!! I say a prayer for each animal, and next, think that the person who killed it probably could have avoided ending the life of such a precious animal. I am posting your article to my facebook page...hopefully more will give thought to the animals living near the roads. Hi-
Thank you for your article. I am disheartened as I make my 13 mile drive to and from work each day. I dread every mile and hope to not see any new animals laying in the road. I am hoping to move closer to work just so I don’t have to see this every day. It truly saddens me!!! I say a prayer for each animal, and next, think that the person who killed it probably could have avoided ending the life of such a precious animal. I am posting your article to my facebook page…hopefully more will give thought to the animals living near the roads.

]]> By: admin http://www.veganreader.com/2009/07/30/prevent-roadkill-with-tips-from-a-country-road-driver/comment-page-1/#comment-4369 admin Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:45:18 +0000 http://www.veganreader.com/?p=198#comment-4369 Greetings, BSwift, We're so sorry to hear of such a sad accident, and it sounds as if this really has you thinking about how other animals could be protected from accidental death on the roads. We have never before heard anyone suggest what you have - really an interesting idea. I wonder, could this possibly work, and could it be targeted in such away that the sound would be focused only on the road and margins. Obviously, we wouldn't want everyplace to be full of this sound or it would make all of life miserable for small animals who couldn't get away from the noise due to the proliferation of roads. It's really an interesting idea. One I've often wished for is that cars had a small light on their back end that could be lit up so that drivers behind one could be signaled that wildlife is ahead. If the driver in the front of a line of cars notices an animal about to cross the road, he could signal this light (maybe it would be in a unique color not already used on automobiles) and this would at least prevent some accidents, though it wouldn't prevent those that happen when no other cars are in front of you. This whole subject of preventing roadkill is definitely deserving of inventiveness and new ideas. Thank you for sharing yours here and we are very sorry about your accident. Mim Greetings, BSwift,
We’re so sorry to hear of such a sad accident, and it sounds as if this really has you thinking about how other animals could be protected from accidental death on the roads. We have never before heard anyone suggest what you have – really an interesting idea. I wonder, could this possibly work, and could it be targeted in such away that the sound would be focused only on the road and margins. Obviously, we wouldn’t want everyplace to be full of this sound or it would make all of life miserable for small animals who couldn’t get away from the noise due to the proliferation of roads. It’s really an interesting idea.

One I’ve often wished for is that cars had a small light on their back end that could be lit up so that drivers behind one could be signaled that wildlife is ahead. If the driver in the front of a line of cars notices an animal about to cross the road, he could signal this light (maybe it would be in a unique color not already used on automobiles) and this would at least prevent some accidents, though it wouldn’t prevent those that happen when no other cars are in front of you.

This whole subject of preventing roadkill is definitely deserving of inventiveness and new ideas. Thank you for sharing yours here and we are very sorry about your accident.
Mim

]]> By: bswift http://www.veganreader.com/2009/07/30/prevent-roadkill-with-tips-from-a-country-road-driver/comment-page-1/#comment-4367 bswift Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:28:55 +0000 http://www.veganreader.com/?p=198#comment-4367 Coming home today on one of the winding roads so common in these NC mountains, I saw two squirrels chasing each other. I immediately started slowing down but to no avail. They kept coming. I slammed on my breaks, swerved...again to no avail. The lead squirrel disappeared under my Prius. (sometimes driving a really quiet hybrid) has its downside). I scrunched up my shoulders praying to not hear or feel the impact of squirrel with the car or wheel. Not my or the squirrel's lucky day. I hit him. I watched his contortions in my rear view mirror. I found a place to turnaround but alas he was dead by the time I got back to him. So, as I gave one last prayer for the squirrel and asked for forgiveness, a thought came to mind. Isn't there some way to reduce or even eliminate such 'accidents?' So, I found this article -- and I also wonder if anyone knows about whether using 'pest repellent devices' like the one listed on this web page have been tried? http://squirrel-x.com/ultrasonic.htm What if cars had such devices that emit high frequency impulses. Would these impulses warn the animals and dissuade them from running into the path of automobiles? Anyone got any input on this? Coming home today on one of the winding roads so common in these NC mountains, I saw two squirrels chasing each other. I immediately started slowing down but to no avail. They kept coming. I slammed on my breaks, swerved…again to no avail. The lead squirrel disappeared under my Prius. (sometimes driving a really quiet hybrid) has its downside).

I scrunched up my shoulders praying to not hear or feel the impact of squirrel with the car or wheel. Not my or the squirrel’s lucky day. I hit him. I watched his contortions in my rear view mirror. I found a place to turnaround but alas he was dead by the time I got back to him.

So, as I gave one last prayer for the squirrel and asked for forgiveness, a thought came to mind. Isn’t there some way to reduce or even eliminate such ‘accidents?’

So, I found this article — and I also wonder if anyone knows about whether using ‘pest repellent devices’ like the one listed on this web page have been tried? http://squirrel-x.com/ultrasonic.htm

What if cars had such devices that emit high frequency impulses. Would these impulses warn the animals and dissuade them from running into the path of automobiles? Anyone got any input on this?

]]> By: Voidnull http://www.veganreader.com/2009/07/30/prevent-roadkill-with-tips-from-a-country-road-driver/comment-page-1/#comment-4292 Voidnull Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:08:12 +0000 http://www.veganreader.com/?p=198#comment-4292 I have been reading VeganReader on/off for about 7 months now, but never commented. Well, I just wanted to tell you what happened to me 3 years ago. My boss gave me a lift home from work, because I don't have a car. He is a very hard and cruel man. I know that I am a hypocrite, because I'm a dairy farmer. But at the farm, I try to treat the cows with the most respect and love I can. I also refuse to send cows out and put them on trucks which will take them to their deaths. I even told my boss he can fire me for that if he wants to. I am from Israel. Military service is mandatory, and my boss was no exception. He also acts as a general security guy for the area. (we both live in an area close to Syria and Lebanon, though we live in different villages) So, due to this, he has a gun with him at all times. He is also in charge of a weapon-room in the village he lives at, I've been there before. It's full of hand grenades, military uniforms, M-16 rifles, helmets, radios, and so forth. I think this has made him a rather harsh man, towards animals, at least. He seems to think less of animals than himself. Sure, he saved the life of a cow once, he had to swim in cow shit for it, to hold her head up, so she won't drown. But, let me remind you, this was probably done for money. If the dairy farm loses a potential cow, it loses money. Anyway, that was a little background on the guy. So this one night, he gave me a lift back from work, because I don't have a car. We were nearing a junction, and then suddenly he spotted a jackal running on the LEFT side of the road (we drive on the RIGHT!). He increased the speed, moved over to the WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD (!) and ran over the jackal. It was intentional. It was murder. I was shocked. I knew he shoots jackals in the farm, sometimes for fun, but actually running over once intentionally? What the hell? What has humanity come to? I could not believe what I had just seen. He even dared to ask me, in a humouristic manner: "Did you enjoy this just as much as I did? haha". I was absolutely stunned. He lost all of my respect for him that day. When I told a co-worker about the incident, 2 years later, all he could say was "Hmm, well, that's fine, there's nothing wrong with it". People like these two fellas, disgust me. I have been reading VeganReader on/off for about 7 months now, but never commented.

Well, I just wanted to tell you what happened to me 3 years ago.

My boss gave me a lift home from work, because I don’t have a car.

He is a very hard and cruel man. I know that I am a hypocrite, because I’m a dairy farmer.
But at the farm, I try to treat the cows with the most respect and love I can. I also refuse to send cows out and put them on trucks which will take them to their deaths.
I even told my boss he can fire me for that if he wants to.

I am from Israel. Military service is mandatory, and my boss was no exception.

He also acts as a general security guy for the area. (we both live in an area close to Syria and Lebanon, though we live in different villages)

So, due to this, he has a gun with him at all times. He is also in charge of a weapon-room in the village he lives at, I’ve been there before. It’s full of hand grenades, military uniforms, M-16 rifles, helmets, radios, and so forth.

I think this has made him a rather harsh man, towards animals, at least.

He seems to think less of animals than himself. Sure, he saved the life of a cow once, he had to swim in cow shit for it, to hold her head up, so she won’t drown.

But, let me remind you, this was probably done for money. If the dairy farm loses a potential cow, it loses money.

Anyway, that was a little background on the guy.

So this one night, he gave me a lift back from work, because I don’t have a car.
We were nearing a junction, and then suddenly he spotted a jackal running on the LEFT side of the road (we drive on the RIGHT!).

He increased the speed, moved over to the WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD (!) and ran over the jackal. It was intentional. It was murder.

I was shocked. I knew he shoots jackals in the farm, sometimes for fun, but actually running over once intentionally? What the hell? What has humanity come to?

I could not believe what I had just seen.
He even dared to ask me, in a humouristic manner: “Did you enjoy this just as much as I did? haha”.

I was absolutely stunned. He lost all of my respect for him that day.

When I told a co-worker about the incident, 2 years later, all he could say was “Hmm, well, that’s fine, there’s nothing wrong with it”.

People like these two fellas, disgust me.

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