It was my idea to share with the Hive community our recent sad accident in a collision with a dog, which my girls mentioned earlier link & link... But I noticed that many people are very ruthless and fiercely almost devouring with their condemnations. Why is there such leniency towards an animal and such severity towards people? It is not easy for people either, we are also imperfect, vulnerable and not ideal, we may be smarter than animals in theory, but our physical capabilities and skills are also limited.
Are you people who condemn doing everything so right? Regarding this situation, opinion is divided, two opinions regarding speed and chances of avoiding a collision at a lower speed. One side says that it was possible to brake, while others say that under such circumstances even at a lower speed it is not a fact that avoidance would have occurred. Some believe that an identical problem could have happened at a lower speed. It was a really difficult situation, if we tried to go around the dog zone, our lives and those of other people on the road would be at risk.
But the question is whether it would have been possible to do otherwise? I recently heard such a phrase when you scold and reproach yourself for actions taken in situations in the past, where in your opinion you could have done otherwise: you should have known - you couldn't! I'll tell you honestly, this one-second collision was like a shock wave, a shock for us. The dog really started running right under the wheels and at the last moment.
There is such a misunderstanding inside why his instinct of self-preservation and the sense of danger in front of a large, fast-moving object didn't work. This sharpness and confusion were at maximum speed, a fraction of a second, a couple of meters.... Maybe not everyone will agree, but I believe that in this accident we are also partly victims of the situation, we couldn't come to our senses for a couple of kilometers what had happened, my heart almost jumped out of my chest. We were very scared, we didn't know how to act.
And this mysterious mysticism happened, we were driving along the highway in Kayseri, the city of Aksaray, and there we noticed a statue of a dog, it fascinated us so much that we started discussing it, I even took a photo and after a few kilometers, when we drove into the open field, this happened...
Everything happened so quickly that we could not orient ourselves to take any measures. Moreover, for several kilometers we had no idea that something had happened to the car, we were worried all the time about the dog and the inevitable circumstances that had arisen. We were driving and were generally afraid to get out and see a dead dog, we are quite sensitive... But since after a while the car started to emit a loud signal throughout the car interior, a yellow exclamation mark on the screen and malfunction signals, we still had to gather our courage and check.
We stopped at a gas station a couple of kilometers away and we were horrified by how half of the car was torn off from us. My mother was very stressed, she almost became dizzy from what she saw.
Later, when we found out the cost of the damage, we felt like we were trapped, because at that moment it was a very large amount. In fact, I was going to work off these funds little by little, but it would take quite a long time.
And I thought that sharing this mess with the community is a good idea because it is a community of very good people and I have many friends who vote for my articles and I thought that if these people wanted to support with some 5 or 10 dollars, it would be a drop in the ocean for them in general. but if we put it together then it could help to fix such a big breakdown faster. One man made a reproach that we should be ashamed to write about this here. But why should it be ashamed? I remember that in the Hive there were articles before where other people asked for financial support for some problems.
And why should we even wonder or share such a story with the community with which we are related and connected for almost eight years? It's like our family, and that's why we shared. Family will always understand and support. We faced a very negative and judgmental reaction. And now we even regret sharing this story. But why were we so condemned or is it humane?
So in the end if anyone would like to help, we would be grateful 🙏🏻
I still say the dog had it coming, and wanted it to happen.
Life can be tough out in the country.
Either way, nothing can be done about it now.
Yeah, life is tough