Chipmunks! Oh my gosh they are the pancakes of the road I swear it! I've never hit anything in the road except a chipmunk (knock on wood).
The only time I hit something was when a chipmunk was running across the road in front of me. I wasn't going fast mind you, only around 50 km/h. He dashed across the road and I quickly calculated that if I went just a little to the right (not much, we're not talking swerve here, just steer a little bit), I would completely miss him. Nope, little bugger did a complete stop and gosh darn it, didn't I hit him dead on because of it....flat as a pancake in .5 seconds. Not a good way to go, but it was fast. I felt awful!
The only other times I've ever witnessed anything being hit was two cats on two different occasions. I stopped for both. One was just up the road from my place. The cat was in the middle of the road I can not believe the oncoming people did not see her because they drove right over her. She was rolled down the road a bit but was not hit by any of the wheels. She ran into the barn and I stopped and went in after her and let the people know what happened. The other time the cat was in shock and came round and ran away afterwards. I didn't actually see what happened, but there were a lot of people already stopped to help out and I think animal control was already on the way.
Sometimes I think a little more attention to the road and a little less cell phone chatting, instant messaging etc. would save a lot of critters from becoming road kill.
UC
