My car killed an animal earlier. Now what?

sheramber

How many cases are there of someone being prosecuted for removing road kill?

Att eh amount of deer left lying at the side of road up north ,  neither the council nor Bear bother to clear them up.

facade

[Deleted User] said:

Perdue?

a typo, d is next to s on the keyboard.

Car_54

facade said:

[Deleted User] said:

Perdue?

a typo, d is next to s on the keyboard.

But u is a long way from e ...

NBLondon

[Deleted User] said:

facade said:

[Deleted User] said:

Perdue?

a typo, d is next to s on the keyboard.

But u is a long way from e ...

If (as Adrian suggests) the poster meant "pursue" but mis-pelt it as "persue" then hit the d instead of s that gives "perdue"  which AutoCorrect converts to Perdue.

Google tells me that's the name of a US poultry company or a Senator from Georgia.   {Insert Deity of choice} knows why that is suggested rather than pursue or peruse.  Maybe Perdue Foods also sell squirrel steaks for the Southern market?

lincroft1710

Ditzy_Mitzy said:

lincroft1710 said:

unforeseen said:

If you hit cattle or a horse then you would probably be notifying the authorities from your hospital bed

Not necessarily.


Back in the late 1950s my father hit a New Forest pony in a hire car (old style Ford Popular 103E), the pony limped away, the Pop had wing and headlight damage, parents and myself unhurt.

I wonder if the severity of your particular accident was reduced because of the light weight of the Pop?  It would have carried much less energy into the collision than a modern car, which is fortunate for the pony!  Glad it survived and hope it wasn't badly injured.  

The unladen weight of a Pop was around 720 kg and we were probably travelling less than 30 mph before dad braked. Back in 1957 cars were much slower. Have no idea what happened to the pony

olgadapolga

lincroft1710 said:

Ditzy_Mitzy said:

lincroft1710 said:

unforeseen said:

If you hit cattle or a horse then you would probably be notifying the authorities from your hospital bed

Not necessarily.


Back in the late 1950s my father hit a New Forest pony in a hire car (old style Ford Popular 103E), the pony limped away, the Pop had wing and headlight damage, parents and myself unhurt.

I wonder if the severity of your particular accident was reduced because of the light weight of the Pop?  It would have carried much less energy into the collision than a modern car, which is fortunate for the pony!  Glad it survived and hope it wasn't badly injured.  

The unladen weight of a Pop was around 720 kg and we were probably travelling less than 30 mph before dad braked. Back in 1957 cars were much slower. Have no idea what happened to the pony

It died, most likely. If not from the accident or another problem then probably old age, especially as this was 64 years ago.

facade

[Deleted User] said:

facade said:

[Deleted User] said:

Perdue?

a typo, d is next to s on the keyboard.

But u is a long way from e ...

Persue is actually spelt Pursue?  Turns out I've been spelling it wrongly for over half a century- probably from when persue was the correct spelling

Biggus_Dickus

facade said:

[Deleted User] said:

facade said:

[Deleted User] said:

Perdue?

a typo, d is next to s on the keyboard.

But u is a long way from e ...

Persue is actually spelt Pursue?  Turns out I've been spelling it wrongly for over half a century- probably from when persue was the correct spelling

A peruse of pursue vs persue:     

Which is correct pursue or persue?

The main difference between Pursue and Persue is that the Pursue is a seek to attain or accomplish (a goal) over a long period and Persue is a obsolete form of pursue. To follow with harmful intent; to try to harm, to persecute, torment.

 

 

Alanp

AdrianC said:

[Deleted User] said:

Alanp said:

I understand that it’s the local council that is responsible, and it’s unlikely they’ll Perdue you if you took a road kill home. After all, you’re doing their job for them

Perdue?

Perhaps "pursue"?

Yes, damn predictive text or maybe finger trouble, I couldn’t alter it but I guess you’d all know what I meant 

Alanp

Alanp said:

AdrianC said:

[Deleted User] said:

Alanp said:

I understand that it’s the local council that is responsible, and it’s unlikely they’ll Perdue you if you took a road kill home. After all, you’re doing their job for them

Perdue?

Perhaps "pursue"?

Yes, damn predictive text or maybe finger trouble, I couldn’t alter it but I guess you’d all know what I meant 

And I didn’t realise what a hornets nest I would stir