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tpasmall t1_j6p8fvw wrote

Reply to comment by Radical-Normie in VCU student death highlights worsening pedestrian fatalities trend in Richmond. How can the city fix it? by CrassostreaVirginica

Without a doubt drivers need to pay more attention and the penalty needs to be higher for if they hit a pedestrian or cyclist. This needs to be a charge of vehicular manslaughter because it happened in a crosswalk, even if the driver had a green light.

That said, driving as defensively and alert as you can isn't always going to prevent an accident. I had a friend hit a pedestrian on 64 by the boulevard exit a few years back who was drunk and walking on the highway at night. My brother-in-law was driving down 301 at dusk and a pedestrian ran across the street without looking and got hit by his sideview mirror. Obviously these are highways and not pedestrian areas but still highlight the fact that you can't always punish the driver if they are driving defensively and the pedestrian is being reckless.

In the city is obviously a different issue, the streets are poorly designed, the speed limit is rarely enforced and people run red lights. They need to make it safer for pedestrians and if a driver hits a pedestrian due to negligence it needs to be at minimum a class 1 misdemeanor even if there is no injury.

But if you're following the laws and a pedestrian walks out between 2 cars with their head down, headphones on, without checking the street, not at a crosswalk, you can't put the blame on the driver.

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The_Cawing_Chemist t1_j6p8dxl wrote

Reply to comment by Kindly_Boysenberry_7 in Real Estate 101 - How to Tell a Bad Flip From a Good One by Kindly_Boysenberry_7

Really appreciate you chiming in. One final question: how do I (an idiot) make sure that I don’t hire an idiot agent? I’m sure most of them can drop fancy jargon I don’t understand in an attempt to sound knowledgeable and qualified, so how I do make sure I work with one who truly knows their stuff?

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TripawdCorgi t1_j6p89hz wrote

Reply to comment by freetimerva in Need Help Rehoming Dog with Human Bite History by trshwmn

Anecdotally, this is our current dog's backstory. Hunting dog, abandoned at some point due to either poor hunting skills or the human's inability to feed him in off season, bounced around a little bit before we adopted him. A few dogs we met while looking for a new buddy had similar backstories (abandoned hunting dogs particularly beagles and hound varieties). Again, it's anecdotal, but the rescues we spoke with seemed to be familiar with the scenario.

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BurkeyTurger t1_j6p880j wrote

Reply to I hope this WTVR news story helps Myra build her case against Joe by what-the-what24

Yeah that sounds like him. He's gonna need to find a new long-term squeeze or invest in a nanny if he wants things to work out. Hopefully it will hit him that the way things are now he can't be standard Joe and be responsible for small children full time.

Definitely agree with Soloemilia. Not having people, especially a woman, capitulate to him probably pissed him off the most.

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Cerebral-Knievel-1 t1_j6p7pvb wrote

Reply to comment by freetimerva in Need Help Rehoming Dog with Human Bite History by trshwmn

My own hound was a rescue from Nelson county. From an "oops litter" apperntly mom and dad weren't the intended parants for the breeder..
Back in my fathers time.. a litter like that would have been tied up in a sack and tossed in the river. And i have no doubt that my father probably tossed a few sacks himself.

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DogVacuum t1_j6p61xo wrote

Reply to comment by jeb_hoge in Need Help Rehoming Dog with Human Bite History by trshwmn

I adopted a Plott hound when living in Virginia. beautiful dog, couldn’t understand why he was available. The humane society said that in even slightly poorer areas, being abandoned is the best case scenario for hunting dogs, and that most of them just get shot.

It’s not a world I was familiar with, but I wound up with an amazing dog out of it.

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Poopforce1s t1_j6p5lvo wrote

Reply to comment by freetimerva in Need Help Rehoming Dog with Human Bite History by trshwmn

I have personally heard from two hunters that they will open the truck and just let the dogs out and drive away if the dog "don't run good". One laughed as he recalled backing his truck up to a bridge and watching the dogs jump into the river and driving off. The other said he would go to wealthy neighborhoods and do it so someone would take the dog in.

I also work in a rural part of the state and have personally rescued numerous hunting dogs whose owners lose track of them and then just leave them behind. If the dog has a collar, half the time the owner just never answers or calls back.

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