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There is obviously fault to be attributed to the walker by lying about what had happened but I think its worth thinking about how many animals are killed by car

There is obviously fault to be attributed to the walker by lying about what had happened but I think its worth thinking about how many animals are killed by cars on a regular basis. We probably all know someone whos pets were killed by cars and the local wildlife is regularly splattered across the roads. I think we need to seriously slow down the speed of our roads to avoid killing so many pets and endangered wildlife. Its possible the walker was doing nothing terribly wrong and the dog was hit and then the walker panicked and made some wrong choices in communication.

theonemind 8y ago
I really wish people would internalize that auto accidents rank pretty highly as a cause of death, and that we could all but make it disappear by just paying attention and putting safety first. A lot of people will do reckless things routinely to save 15% or 20% of the time off of a trip, and can't stand to pay attention to the road. We should really treat it like the dangerous activity it is. When I sit down to drive, I usually remind myself that I just want to get to the other side in one piece.
dahdum 8y ago
My thought is that the text from the walker saying the dog was home safe wasn’t the actual person who took the dog. In that case the vetted person subcontracted to someone else, and perhaps didn’t know the dog had died at the time of the text.
- benatkin 8y ago
  This sounds likely to me. Maybe someone at Wag even suspects this happened but thinks it's better if Wag doesn't know about it.
usaphp 8y ago
> I think we need to seriously slow down the speed of our roads to avoid killing so many pets and endangered wildlife. You don’t need to drive fast to kill a dog running under your car. Even 20mph is enough to seriously injure a dog. Speed limit is not the problem here. Maybe auto pilot will fix the reaction time for the car needed to stop before the accident occurs
- baroffoos 8y ago
  Slowing down gives you more time to see something coming and hit the brakes so you don't hit the dog at all. No auto pilot can stop the car faster than its stopping distance. Lowering speed makes the stopping distance much smaller.
Johnny555 8y ago
I think it's even more likely that your dog may die in the hands of a dog walker because they don't know your dog's habits. My dog likes to chase squirrels, he can be calm and docile on a walk, but then if he sees a squirrel, he'll lunge at it and if you're not paying attention and ready for it, he'll yank the leash out of your hands. So I do think it's entirely possible that the dog walker was not grossly negligent, but he did lie about the dog being safe at home, and that's bad for both him and Wag.
- sliken 8y ago
  You'd hope a professional dog walker would be familiar with how leashes work. There's this loop at the end, if you wrist through it then grab the leash a dog should be able to yank you off your feat before getting free. My (at the time) brand new girlfriend was walking her dog with me. I had the leash and the dog sprints off. I got this withering look that spelled out to me that this was likely then end of our relationship. Fortunately all was forgiven once I showed her the half of the leash I still had.
  - Johnny555 8y ago
    If you want a professional dog walker, you probably shouldn't be looking on Wag -- those are just normal people making a few bucks. Much like how if you expect a professional driver, you won't likely find one on Uber. Though in any case, having the dog pull the dog walker down on the sidewalk doesn't help much when the dog ran out on the road in front of a bus.

theonemind 8y ago

I really wish people would internalize that auto accidents rank pretty highly as a cause of death, and that we could all but make it disappear by just paying attention and putting safety first. A lot of people will do reckless things routinely to save 15% or 20% of the time off of a trip, and can't stand to pay attention to the road. We should really treat it like the dangerous activity it is. When I sit down to drive, I usually remind myself that I just want to get to the other side in one piece.

dahdum 8y ago

My thought is that the text from the walker saying the dog was home safe wasn’t the actual person who took the dog. In that case the vetted person subcontracted to someone else, and perhaps didn’t know the dog had died at the time of the text.

benatkin 8y ago
This sounds likely to me. Maybe someone at Wag even suspects this happened but thinks it's better if Wag doesn't know about it.

usaphp 8y ago

> I think we need to seriously slow down the speed of our roads to avoid killing so many pets and endangered wildlife. You don’t need to drive fast to kill a dog running under your car. Even 20mph is enough to seriously injure a dog. Speed limit is not the problem here. Maybe auto pilot will fix the reaction time for the car needed to stop before the accident occurs

baroffoos 8y ago
Slowing down gives you more time to see something coming and hit the brakes so you don't hit the dog at all. No auto pilot can stop the car faster than its stopping distance. Lowering speed makes the stopping distance much smaller.

Johnny555 8y ago

I think it's even more likely that your dog may die in the hands of a dog walker because they don't know your dog's habits. My dog likes to chase squirrels, he can be calm and docile on a walk, but then if he sees a squirrel, he'll lunge at it and if you're not paying attention and ready for it, he'll yank the leash out of your hands. So I do think it's entirely possible that the dog walker was not grossly negligent, but he did lie about the dog being safe at home, and that's bad for both him and Wag.

sliken 8y ago
You'd hope a professional dog walker would be familiar with how leashes work. There's this loop at the end, if you wrist through it then grab the leash a dog should be able to yank you off your feat before getting free. My (at the time) brand new girlfriend was walking her dog with me. I had the leash and the dog sprints off. I got this withering look that spelled out to me that this was likely then end of our relationship. Fortunately all was forgiven once I showed her the half of the leash I still had.
- Johnny555 8y ago
  If you want a professional dog walker, you probably shouldn't be looking on Wag -- those are just normal people making a few bucks. Much like how if you expect a professional driver, you won't likely find one on Uber. Though in any case, having the dog pull the dog walker down on the sidewalk doesn't help much when the dog ran out on the road in front of a bus.