[header] How to respond after hitting a dog or cat with your car [title] Pull off to the side of the road immediately. [step] Slowly drive or coast your car to the shoulder of the road. If you were in a lane near a median when you struck the animal, then you might need to pull onto a soft patch on the median.
[header] How to respond after hitting a dog or cat with your car [title] Pull off to the side of the road immediately. [step] Slowly drive or coast your car to the shoulder of the road. If you were in a lane near a median when you struck the animal, then you might need to pull onto a soft patch on the median.
This is not recommended under the law in situations where the dog might attempt to evade you. [title] Get behind the vehicle and simply check that the driver did not suspect that you had been nearby. [title] Click on your car's radio to alert other drivers. [step] If you see a vehicle approaching from within the line of cars, alert other drivers, even if it is not your car of course. Do not accelerate too fast and pull gently on the brakes while in a kingshift. [title] Put your vehicle in reverse and slowly shift into the appropriate gear. Make sure you are completely out of any lanes of traffic, but relatively close to the pet you hit. [substeps] Ideally, you won't have to cross the road to reach the stricken animal.