I nearly ran over a dog 😓

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Today whilst driving home through a busy holiday village, a dog ran straight out in front of me from a row of holiday cottages. I was only going about 20, stopped and didn't hit him but it was close. It shook me up.

pulled over to try and grab dog but had had gone. I couldn't run off down the road as had my two kid with me - both are disabled and I couldn't leave them in the car on the main road.

we had a drive around (really slow drive) and find that some guy had put the dog on the lead and was trying to find owner which put my mind at ease that it was no longer loose around traffic, it was so busy too!

but I feel so upset, I was close to hitting it and I would have never of lived with myself. I love dogs. I have my own and I couldn't bear the thought of it 😓

It is not the first time it's happened to me either. Not so long ago a dog ran full force out of the beach pathway onto the main road that goes past it in the same area and another time a cat ran out of the verge onto the dual carriageway way I was driving on, thankfully I never hit any of them but I've felt cheaply afterwards.

please help me feel better. Although I know the dog is now on lead, the guy did not who the dog belonged too. I had a knock around at the holiday cottages where it ran out from but no one was in 😓

I hope you are beginning to feel better. Your driving at a responsible speed in the village is probably why the dog was not hit.

Thank you! He or she literally ran out from a drive that was not in sight to me as hedges around it. If I was 2 second ahead and I'm sure he would have been hit regardless of my speed but thankfully yes I was able to stop in time! Things like this really upset me for days, I know he wasn't hit and he was put on a lead - I think if we didn't see him with the man with lead I'd be worrying sick someone else would have hit him. It was so busy!

Your driving at a responsible speed in the village is probably why the dog was not hit.

This.

The way you drive meant you didn't hit the dog when other drivers might have.

So you didn't nearly run over a dog, you successfully avoided it. This is a win.