# I may actually go insane with anger **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 18, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848 "2012-08-18T03:04:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hbns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/21 "2012-08-18T06:33:31Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Why would anyone leave a laptop in an unlocked car overnight? So the window doesn’t get broken, obviously. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/22 "2012-08-18T06:52:12Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > otherwise I’d be typing from jail. Ducati, if you don’t call down, you will be in jail one of these days. Or dead. It sucks that your dog was hit by a car (and I’m glad to hear it’s okay). But you can’t respond to life’s misfortunes by acting like a raving maniac. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/23 "2012-08-18T06:54:09Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > TL/DR: Evil always triumphs. Crime pays. Fuck everyone you can; it don’t cost nothin. > If you’re a juror and someone claims insanity for murdering someone that hurt their family - acquit them before lunch and head for IHOP. The Fuck? Hitting stray dogs is a crime? > [@ducati](#): > > Earlier as I looked out my front window, I see my two [idiot dogs](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/dogs/Picture42244.jpg)romping in the street. > They’ve somehow escaped the fenced yard and made it to the Danger Zone. > > They’re never allowed out front for obvious reasons. They will never obey commands to return, just run hell-for-leather with their occasional freedom. Forget the acre in back they command… They are fucking dachshunds. You know what keeps dachshunds in the yard? A decent fucking fence. Quit spending your money on fucking dashcams a buy a fucking fence high enough to keep the little shits in the yard. And the obvious reason they never obey commands? You didn’t fucking train them. Fine, some dogs are shits to train, so buy a decent fucking fence. Somehow, I have a feeling that if the person did stop after hitting your little hell bent for leather dog, this wouldn’t have turned out any differently. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/24 "2012-08-18T11:43:39Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Somehow, I have a feeling that if the person did stop after hitting your little hell bent for leather dog, this wouldn’t have turned out any differently. That’s the thing. The person _did_ stop until the frothing psycho came running at her car, screaming at her. > [@](#): > > She slowed before she got to him, stopped after hitting him, then took off as I made it to the front yard screaming at her to stop. There is no question that she knew what happened, and I’m not sure she didn’t do it on purpose. I’ve met evil in my day, but what the fuck kind of worthless cunt runs down a fucking dog and drives on? Frankly, given how deranged he sounded, I’d have probably run too. Also, to the OP? > [@](#): > > They’ve somehow escaped the fenced yard and made it to the Danger Zone. > > They’re never allowed out front for obvious reasons. They will never obey commands to return, just run hell-for-leather with their occasional freedom. Forget the acre in back they command… If these had been brand new dogs you just got and/or their first ever escape attempt, I’d have some sympathy. But it’s not. So you build a better fence, or chain them to a tree with a long leash or…gasp…train them better. This was 100% your fault. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/25 "2012-08-18T11:47:46Z")
Who has a dashcam on their car? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/26 "2012-08-18T11:52:31Z")
The person was wrong for running away. But I still don’t have any sympathy for you. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/27 "2012-08-18T12:01:15Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Who has a dashcam on their car? Who has a dachshund under their car? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/28 "2012-08-18T12:14:40Z")
1. The dog was unharmed but you went into a rage? I don’t get it. How could you not know that the dog was okay? If it was okay, then I should have thought you would have been relieved and, regardless of the propriety of someone fleeing the scene, what’s the point? 2. Why would you chase after someone who had fled in this situation? What possible good could come of running him or her down? 3. What good could have come from confronting all the people in this situation so aggressively? 4. What’s with the little play-act with the policeman and the dash cam? Why not just say right out front that there were no threats and you have a recording to prove it? You sound like a scary, raging, psycho. I would have fled too. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/29 "2012-08-18T12:20:52Z")
We have dogs and I can sympathize with the OP a lil bit. However, our dogs are trained to return immediately on command and are kept out of situations where they would be harmed. Also, where I live there is a leash law. If one of our dogs got hit, we could be fined for allowing the dog to run at large, and if there was damage to the vehicle we could be held responsible. A few years ago a neighbor’s horse got out when a storm damaged her fence. The car that hit the horse was banged up, as was the driver. Neighbor was in hot water over it. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/30 "2012-08-18T12:25:53Z")
This is slightly off-topic, but **kayaker’s** post made me think of something. What if the driver had swerved to miss the dog and had ended up slamming into a pedestrian or another vehicle? Would **ducati** be held responsible? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/31 "2012-08-18T12:33:51Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > I may actually go insane with anger Wrong tense and too tense. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/32 "2012-08-18T12:59:59Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Who has a dachshund under their car? Who doesn’t have a dachscam? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/33 "2012-08-18T13:10:32Z")
> [@oreally](#): > > And thx for reminding me why I live way out in the middle of nowhere. I’ll tolerate the long drives to work. Far too many aholes out there who I don’t care to live anywhere near. On behalf of the rest of the human race, I’d like to thank you for living as far from the “aholes” as you possibly can. If there’s anything we can do to help relocate you to an even more isolated spot, please let us know. If you like exotic locales, I hear the bottom of the Marianas Trench is nice. Feel free to call day or night. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/34 "2012-08-18T13:27:21Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > He may 90% iat fault for letting his dogs get out but the fucker that hit the dog and took off is 100% responsible for \*his \*deplorable actions. What deplorable actions? I’ve had near-misses with dogs in the stret before, and it can be very hard to avoid them. That’s part of why it’s illegal to let your dogs run free. There’s nothing deplorable about hitting a dachsund that darts out into the street; it’s just tragic. And there’s nothing deplorable or tragic about NOT hitting the dachsund, which is what this driver did. (I think–the last sentence of the OP is a bit unclear.) And if somebody is running screaming at my car, I’m out of there, especially if I didn’t feel the thbump indicating that I’d hit their dog. Nothing deplorable about fleeing the crazy. And as for the death threats, notice that the camera was running for the drive-by question, but not for the running-and-screaming-after-the-car part. Plenty of time to shout horrible things during that time. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/35 "2012-08-18T13:52:58Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > A. Shoot > > B. Assault > > C. Rage at > > D. Share crumpets and tea. Oh, I think **D**. We are very much in tea party territory here. > [@misterW](#): > > I think Ducati typed this out a bit too soon after it happened. I would have been furious if someone ran over my dog in the way he described as well. > [@Ambivalid](#): > > +1 Maybe so, but **Ducati** is also [the sort of guy who feels threatened when when people ask him where the cleaning products aisle is, and waves his gun at them](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15367557#post15367557). (He also thinks you need to carry a gun to protect yourself from Canadians offering free tickets to entertainment events.) ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/36 "2012-08-18T14:01:57Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It sucks that your dog was hit by a car (and I’m glad to hear it’s okay). But you can’t respond to life’s misfortunes by acting like a raving maniac. Exactly my thoughts. I don’t remember the last time someone was so deserving of my sympathy but managed to lose it so quickly. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/37 "2012-08-18T14:11:00Z")
> [@oreally](#): > > 😕 Oh I forgot, if you identify a black person as anything other than “African American” you’re a horrible evil racist. Got it. > > :smack: > > PS I agree the OP in some ways did not have a leg to stand on but that doesn’t excuse the Ne…OMG SORRY…“African American”…making false accusations (playing the race card, what a shock! That’s so rare nowdays). Actually I’m most PO’d at the OP for not pressing charges against the ahole. I’m sick to death of that double-standard bullshit and how often it. You don’t think there may be an option or 2 in between “loud angry negro” and “African American”? You don’t think the OP could well have left race out of the description of the events? I do. I think when he got to the part where he was accused of threatening to blow someone’s nigger head off, most people would have grokked that the person was black. ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/38 "2012-08-18T14:15:44Z")
Police your goddamned dogs, you ignorant scumbag. Take responsibility for _your_ property, _your_ actions, _your_ attitude. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/39 "2012-08-18T14:39:45Z")
Mr. **Ducati** : –If a driver intentionally hits a dog they will not slow down afterwards. –If an enraged man --probably the pet owner-- begins screaming at the driver then the wisest thing for the driver to do is get the hell out of there. –If the enraged man jumps in a car and pursues the other driver, instead of tending to his pet, he is probably insane. At least temporarily so. –The reason for a driver to stop after hitting an animal is to see if he/she can help. If the apparent owner shows up there’s no real need for the driver to stick around. Commiseration is polite, but absolutely not warranted if the pet owner seems crazy. Mr. **Ducati** : In the linked thread about the Calagary Stampede your analysis and comments about police intuition were likely way off base (if the “crime” was giving out free tickets as seems probable.) All told, unless I get further evidence, I’m going to assume that your interpretations of reality are below average in accuracy, and that you are more likely to use your gun to kill innocent people than to justly defend yourself. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/40 "2012-08-18T14:49:16Z")
From a legal standpoint, you are liable for any damage your dog caused to the SUV. I hope the owner of the vehicle realizes this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848.md?page=3)