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Alexithymia~ May 22nd, 2009 9:02 AM

So you're driving...
 
...
and you notice a Mother Duck leading all her cute little fluffy ducklings across the road.... very sloooowly.
So what would you do?

Stop, get out and carry them across?
Stop until they are all safely across?
Frighten them across with your horn?
Keep on driving as if they aren't there, and it's their fault if they get run over?
Go another route?

Umm, I'd probably stop and wait for them to cross.. but how about you?

sirboulevard May 22nd, 2009 9:04 AM

Stop and wait for them to cross. Im not an animal you know. Well, I am, but im not evil.

templekeeper May 22nd, 2009 9:05 AM

The first option is ridiculous.
The second one takes a while.
The third one will get someone to follow you to a gas station and beat you up (seriously, this does happen rarely).
The fourth one might be against the law.
The fifth option is the only safe one there.

Legobricks May 22nd, 2009 9:49 AM

I'm assuming this is an isolated country road with nobody else around.
I'd stop, get out and kick them off the road, with a modest appliance of force of course, and only if they don't move off faster when I initially get out. Trying the horn wouldn't occur to me until after doing this, funnily enough.

Percy Thrillington May 22nd, 2009 9:53 AM

First or second options, depending on how much time I have left to get to where I want to go and how much ducks there are.

s l u g May 22nd, 2009 10:18 AM

I''l jump my across them, cause you see i'm a master driver. Otherwise i'd just run the car over it's not my fault aren't they supposed to be at the lake at this time...?

Aziza May 22nd, 2009 12:10 PM

I would wait!
Of course I would, maybe even take some pictures! XD
Ducks are cuuuuute. ~

Careful With That Axe, Pichu! May 22nd, 2009 12:23 PM

I'd probably invite my friends over at home.

Roasted duck for dinner!

BHwolfgang May 22nd, 2009 3:11 PM

Um, option A and B are what I'll do. Well, it depends if I have the time. If not, then I'll just take another route.

Yrie May 22nd, 2009 3:22 PM

I'd wait for them to cross, since I couldn't dream of running them over, and I might frighten them if I tried to help them cross. So yeah, I'd stop and wait.

I'd wait for them to cross, since I couldn't dream of running them over, and I might frighten them if I tried to help them cross. So yeah, I'd stop and wait. Unless my job's in jeopardy or something if I don't get there on time, then I'd take another route.

Sweet Candace May 22nd, 2009 3:23 PM

I would stop. I wouldn't want to run anything over. I would be very safe and let them cross.

ruby May 22nd, 2009 3:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueSnowHoundoom;4663482"
So you're driving and you notice a Mother Duck leading all her cute little fluffy ducklings across the road.... very sloooowly.
So what would you do?:

Stop, get out and carry them across.

I love Ducks, as you may already know I used to have them. 83

Only problem was they crapped everywhere. xD

But seriously they're awesome, they quack and everything. :D

BeachBoy May 22nd, 2009 3:40 PM

Stop, tap on my emergency lights, and help them across if traffic permits.

I've done the same with turtles. XD

True Reign May 22nd, 2009 3:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueSnowHoundoom (Post 4663482)
...
and you notice a Mother Duck leading all her cute little fluffy ducklings across the road.... very sloooowly.
So what would you do?

Stop, get out and carry them across?
Stop until they are all safely across?
Frighten them across with your horn?
Keep on driving as if they aren't there, and it's their fault if they get run over?
Go another route?

Umm, I'd probably stop and wait for them to cross.. but how about you?

1. No
2. No
3. Maybe
4. Maybe
5. No

It's their fault they are in the road.

레트로 May 22nd, 2009 4:09 PM

Did it ever occur to you, to simply go around . . . ?

>_>;

Mr.Kirby May 22nd, 2009 4:59 PM

Ha ha ha, my sister and I have run into a situation like this before but with Peacocks instead. We just wait until they cross the road, and if they won't budge we'll try to coax them out of the road.

ShinjisLover May 22nd, 2009 5:03 PM

I could NEVER run over the poor ducks with the car, especially considering the baby ducks. You all wouldn't like it if you got hit with a Monster Truck (which is a like a car to the ducks), so you shouldn't hit the ducks. Heartless bastards.

I'd just wait for them to cross.

Michii May 22nd, 2009 5:18 PM

I'd drive around them. If they're going that slowly, then they shouldn't be too hard to swerve around. You could argue that there's traffic, but you know what? If you say that there's traffic, then I say that the lanes next to me were easy to get onto. Or here's a guy in front of me who ran them over. Whatever floats your boat. XDDD

But I'd never let little ducks get hurt. Ever. ;;

ShadowLeader May 22nd, 2009 5:30 PM

if its a bad day i run them over..
stop and honk my horn...but that might just make them scatter all over the road....
then i run them over

Nnoitra Jiruga May 22nd, 2009 6:20 PM

Honk my horn. If that doesn't work...throw food on the other side of the road. x D

Klippy May 22nd, 2009 6:36 PM

It seriously all depends on what is going on around me. If another car has just swerved out of the way and I am either forced to hit them or risk crashing, I'd probably run them over, even if that's morbid. I'm afraid my life is much more important than a few ducks...

If I have enough time to slow down and alert any drivers behind me that I am stopping, then I will do so. But I won't risk my life or any other driver's life for any animal.

Just today, I was able to safely slow down in enough time to not let a tumbleweed crash into the front end of my car. So that was a nice thing. XD;

SaMaster14 May 22nd, 2009 6:50 PM

I would most likely stop until they are safely across. I don't think I would go as far as to get out of the car and help them, but I wouldn't run them over or honk either...

Gerri Shin May 22nd, 2009 7:40 PM

the only legal option around my driving area is options 2 and 5. Since I'm encountering this situation, option 5 is automatically discounted, thereofre the only course of action left is option 2. Stop and wait. If I'm on my way to work I usually pull out my cell and call in to work that I'm stopped up, though I won't tell them why.

Snivi May 22nd, 2009 8:22 PM

Stop and honk at them hurry up!

PokemonMichael May 22nd, 2009 9:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShinjisLover (Post 4664681)
I could NEVER run over the poor ducks with the car, especially considering the baby ducks. You all wouldn't like it if you got hit with a Monster Truck (which is a like a car to the ducks), so you shouldn't hit the ducks. Heartless bastards.

I'd just wait for them to cross.

What you said. >:O.
There so cute. I love ducks. Id go around another route.


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