What would you do?

Either the dog is dead, dying or can be saved, either way get it to the local vets ASAP dont just look at the tyre marks on its body and cry
 
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What the OP is saying that the dog is injured in the road, and because that is an inconvenience to him he, the owner or the person who hit the Dog should drag the dog out of the way, regardless of the injury to the dog or the feelings of the owner who was present, just so he can save a few minutes travel time, rather than wait for the Police and/or vet to arrive and move the dog safely.......
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To be fair, you're portraying me as much more selfish than I was being. :p

I wasn't in the massive queue, but a far smaller one, observing the massive queue. So was more intrigued by the situation....

kd
 
Castiel said:
You can't just move a dog.......Dogs and Horses are two animals where the Police must be called if they are run down....I doubt the Police would be too happy if some random bloke dragged it out of the way just because it was holding him up for a few minutes.
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You dont understand the legislation.

The police dont have to be called to attend at all.

The accident must be reported in 24 hours.

There is a difference.

Also if a dog is loose in the road, there is no circumstances where the driver who hits will be found at fault, and the owner of the dog will find themself faced with a bill for repairing the driver in questions vehicle.
 
atpbx said:
You dont understand the legislation.

The police dont have to be called at all.

The accident must be reported in 24 hours.

There is a difference.
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If you read the thread, post #56 to be precise......you will see I understand the legislation perfectly.....thanks though.


Castiel said:
If the dog leaves the scene then there is no reason to move it either.....

What the OP is saying that the dog is injured in the road, and because that is an inconvenience to him he, the owner or the person who hit the Dog should drag the dog out of the way, regardless of the injury to the dog or the feelings of the owner who was present, just so he can save a few minutes travel time, rather than wait for the Police and/or vet to arrive and move the dog safely.......

Personally it depends on the condition of the animal, if it is able to be moved safely then the best thing would be to cover it in a blanket and get it to the nearest vets asap....however if the dog is severely hurt, or if it looks like a spinal injury or the dog is extremely agitated and thus aggressive then wait until the Police arrive, they have trained personnel to deal with this....simply dragging it to the side of the road because some people think it is inconvenient is, in my opinion a pretty bad attitude to have.

It certainly is not down to someone who cannot be bothered to wait in queue for a few minutes to decide and the person who hit the dog must report the incident within 24 hours to the police, obviously if they are not required on scene at the time. (although the owner is responsible for the dog)
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Reverse back and forth over it until its ground into the tarmacadam.

thats my serious answer.
 
Why didn't you just drive around the pancake?

Anybody hear about that case recently, a women was charged whilst on holiday, because her dog-sitter failed to secure a gate, the 3 dogs escaped ripped a dog to shreds and attacked a person
 
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Castiel said:
If you read the thread, post #56 to be precise......you will see I understand the legislation perfectly.....thanks though.
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My apologies, I missed that one.

There is still no reason why the animal should not be moved as quickly as possible so as not to cause an obstuction.

Its the same as when people swerve to avoid animals at speed and write their cars off or seriously injure themselves.

They are animals, you do not put yourself at risk to save a rabbit, or a fox, or someones poodle.
 
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atpbx said:
There is still no reason why the animal should not be moved as quickly as possible so as not to cause an obstuction.

Its the same as when people swerve to avoid animals at speed and write their cars off or seriously injure themselves.

They are animals, you do not put yourself at risk to save a rabbit, or a fox, or someones poodle.
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That is the important part.....as quickly as POSSIBLE....and you should not put yourself or others in danger to avoid an animal....a certain amount of common sense in any given situation is required.

Like I said, if it is possible to move the dog, then get it to a vet asap, if not call the Police, they will know what to do.
 
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