I agree, but I gotta say something that I had to tell one friend of mine who'd been feeling guilty for years because he did the right thing.
Hit the dog.
I'm not saying intentionally aim for it, but if you've got to make a choice between injuring a human, and killing a dog, even yourself, you have no moral imperative to spare the dog. The dog isn't even capable of understanding that you saved it, nor is it capable of gratitude, nor will it assist society in the way that a human will. Pets exist to assist humans. The human will be upset, but that's what we breed dogs for: so that the human can feel less sad. No pet is truly worth the life of a human.
If swerving could hurt you, or someone else, and stopping could hurt someone else, and going straight could hurt an animal, then don't slow down.
Yeah, I'm not saying the liability is necessarily with the driver, it's just that people don't typically seem to consider that hitting the dog that charges out into the middle of the road is sometimes the better choice.
I agree, but I gotta say something that I had to tell one friend of mine who'd been feeling guilty for years because he did the right thing.
Hit the dog.
I'm not saying intentionally aim for it, but if you've got to make a choice between injuring a human, and killing a dog, even yourself, you have no moral imperative to spare the dog. The dog isn't even capable of understanding that you saved it, nor is it capable of gratitude, nor will it assist society in the way that a human will. Pets exist to assist humans. The human will be upset, but that's what we breed dogs for: so that the human can feel less sad. No pet is truly worth the life of a human.
If swerving could hurt you, or someone else, and stopping could hurt someone else, and going straight could hurt an animal, then don't slow down.
I don’t think that holds in this situation. It’s not like they stopped particularly suddenly, or were going very fast…
No, in this case, fault lies entirely on the bike…
Yeah, I'm not saying the liability is necessarily with the driver, it's just that people don't typically seem to consider that hitting the dog that charges out into the middle of the road is sometimes the better choice.