Comments on: Vehicular dogslaughter

By: Yerf

Yerf — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:42:26 +0000

Tough but fair.

By: Yerf

Yerf — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:41:45 +0000

Well, you’re lucky.

By: stiiv

stiiv — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:30:09 +0000

I bike around one of the UCSF hotspots. The drivers have always been courteous and aware of my bike.

By: Reasonable Normal Human

Reasonable Normal Human — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:55:24 +0000

Put your dogs on a leash you f-ing idiots. How is a bus driver supposed to see a little puppy running across the street no matter how slow they are going. You idiot mission hipsters fixed gear tight shorts wearing baristas should get off your bikes and get a job.
Love ya!

By: kusfwtf

kusfwtf — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:31:58 +0000

It sounds like the driver was wearing a purple shirt and the pedestrian was wearing some sort of wing costume like in those Victorias Secret ads. Also sounds like the puppies were brown and adorable.

By: EH

EH — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:39:06 +0000

It’s OK, the dogs understand English.

By: EH

EH — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:38:46 +0000

The owner is apparently an idiot, and these kinds of UCSF/OnLok/etc. medical-ish shuttles are always ALWAYS driven by the worst drivers. However, these two situations are not related.

By: EH

EH — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:36:05 +0000

Yeah, it totally sounds like that’s exactly what happened. Nice work, chief.

By: EH

EH — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:34:44 +0000

ASPCA guy is just parroting a line from Big Leash, his corporate overlord.

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:16:48 +0000

That seems entirely too merciful. I would vote for the dog owner having his arms and legs cut off, and being left on the street, several intersections away from home. The driver should have his license taken away for 5 years, on the grounds that he might carelessly run over an armless and legless person.

By: scum

scum — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:42:12 +0000

The dog owner should be walked around on a leash.

By: EL

EL — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:41:24 +0000

This intersection is a 4-way stop. Even if the van made a complete stop before making a right-turn, it would still be difficult to see a pair of unleashed puppies, especially if they were walking/running up from behind.

Likewise, we don’t know how far behind the owner was from the puppies, nor do we know if the puppies went across the street while the owner stayed at the corner waiting for the van to turn first.

By: JT Snowball

JT Snowball — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:44:09 +0000

I think this guy is the puppy killer

By: no fish today

no fish today — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:55:19 +0000

both parties sound responsible. the owner could not have been that far behind the dogs and it sounds like the driver tried to beat the pedestrian to the punch and make a quick, fast turn before the pedestrian reached the curb and street. way to not make a complete stop and yield to approaching pedestrians, ass man.

on the other hand, the dogs’ owner is an idiot for not being vigilant of both bikers and vehicles approaching. i bet it was a woman and i bet she had head phones on.

By: drip

drip — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:16:53 +0000

if it happened as described, i think you could lay some blame on both parties. if you are driving and you come across a crosswalk you should slow down and make sure no adult, child or animal is in the crosswalk or approaching it. on the other hand letting your dogs cross the street without a leash is irresponsible and asking for trouble. the dogs paid for these folks’ bad judgement.