Briang, It is quite obvious to me that you have never been in the situation of having to make rapid decisions often involving life or serious injury, or you wouldn't be making your outrageous allegations.

Well I have, and I know that several others on this forum have too. I think I can say that given the circumstances obtaining at the time, what had already occurred, and the potential for a very serious accident, the officer took the only course of action really open to him.  I am also pretty sure that afterwards he also felt pretty bloody about what the situation required him to do, and such discussions as this, - carried out by a load of Armchair Experts will not help!

TF

It still doesn't alter the fact that he  killed an animal. End of.

And quite possibly saved the life or possible injury of a driver/passenger. End of.

 

There was an alternative don't do it. It seems to me that the police can do whatever they want.

I would answer that as yes if it involves saving the lives of others. Slightly off topic Briang if that dog had attacked and had seriously hurt or killed a child and the police had killed it would you still feel the same.

We are not talking about other things here it is about deliberately running over and killing a animal. END OF.

Slightly off to one side of the topic, but it seems very odd that this thread, and this thread alone, about "dogs" has not been closed and the discussion moved to the special "catach-all" dog thread.

Give it time

How many of us would be daft enough to swerve to avoid a dog whilst towing a caravan at 60 MPH.

Not me.

How many of us would be daft enough to swerve to avoid a dog whilst towing a caravan at 60 MPH.

Not me.

I am glad your so sure. Given a second to think, no I would not and didn't, I would just break to minimise impact. However, if something dashes in front, particularly from your peripheral vision, it is all to easy to react instinctively.

Slightly off to one side of the topic, but it seems very odd that this thread, and this thread alone, about "dogs" has not been closed and the discussion moved to the special "catach-all" dog thread.

Hi Navigateur - the "catch-all" discussion I think you are referring to is in UK Sites & Touring and covers discussions about dogs on Club Sites.

This discussion is not about dogs on Club Sites. In fact it could be argued that the main subject here is actually the action taken by the police in a specific instance.

Cheers

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