i just saw a dog get hit by a car
 

just two minutes ago i was outside because this dog came into my yard and my dog was going crazy.. so his owner was getting him.. he didnt have a leash anyways they were accross the street at my neighbors and i was going to say hi to my mom and my dog was on a leash and whatever.. the dog must have seen my mom and walked over to see her and a car came and hit him.. i felt so bad.. he walked off the road but the car drove off with out even looking back and the two girls were screaming and crying and freaking out and ran after but they didnt stop.. my neighbor went after him on his motorcycle.. hes scary but i cant stop crying.. ive never seen anything like that happen.. my neighbor gave him his phone so the girls could call someone otherwise my mom would have driven him to a vet.. i swear this will never happen on this street again.. it happened to my moms dog when she was like 15 and her best friends older brother was hit by a car and died too.. is there anyway i can make sure no one speeds on this road? can i start a petition? it was literaly 500 feet from a school too.:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

It is horrible to see something like that!!

Call the police department EVERY DAY to report speeding on this road. Eventually they will post a car there to check.

We live on a main thoroughfare - the speed limit is 25mph like all the other subs - and people fly down our street between 45 and 50mph all the time. We do have a police officer who lives a few houses down and regularly parks his care in his driveway. That helps somewhat but the only thing that slows people down (temporarily) is when there is a car posted near the stop sign (that people also regularly blow through).

OMG! Is the dog going to be O.K? Maybe try informing your police station and they can patrol the area more, or set something up. Usually people won't speed on roads where cops are known to hide out. Please let us know if you here anything about the poor dog, and if the guy caught the idiot who did this.

Oh, honey, I'm so sorry you had to see that! Is the dog okay, did he survive? That is so devastating.

There were alot of speeders on one of our cross streets - I think there were enough complaints and finally 3 speedbumps were put in.

My towns horrible when it comes to catching people.. its been happening in my neighbor hood since my mom was 11 she is now 40 (we live next to her old house now).. im going to start a petition.. its all mostly because a gym is down the street and all the 'rich' people go there.. i feel sick now too.. i could prevented it and let him borrow my dogs leash.. the car was going about 50 in a 35 and your actually supposed to slow down there is a sign in my front yard that says SLOW SCHOOL ZONE..im talking to my mom she says because my city is so incompetant she wants to run for office..

Oh the poor dog. Did it survive?
I would not want to have witnessed anything like that.
I hope they get the SOB who sped away.

My daughter got stop signs on her street several years ago.
It is a very heavy traveled street daily because cars use it to
get to the train station in the am for the city and speed down it
because they are usually late.
She got a recorder and interviewed every child, parent and bus
driver on the street for weeks. Then she got her movie camera
and waited from 6am until the school buses left and recorded
all the cars and speeders. Of course the local police are never
to be found. She took all the evidence to a local board meeting
accompanied by her neighbors and showed them the movies,
and interviews. She got not only one sign but two at the cross
road across from her house. Her husband gave her a STOP SIGN
party and decorated the house with stop signs and invited everyone
to celebrate the night away the day the signs went up.

he was able to walk after.. seriously though the neighbor that went after him has stepped in front of three speeding cars one of them was a police.. i told my mom that i am going to do everything i possibly can to stop this.. how many people or animals have to die before someone actually does something? my mom also wanted to know if there was any type of city job or office she could run for that would be able to stop this?


who can i write to in the city from this site? ==> http://www.ci.haverhill.ma.us/departments/index.htm

That is horrible! I can't believe the person didn't even stop. We have a major problem with people speeding around here too. The bad part is, it's an ongoing problem that people are aware of, yet they let their animals and KIDS!!! play in the road, do whatever. It's crazy! It's not a problem near us because we live in a circle, but on the main streets in the neighborhood...forget it! I always creep because I never know who ar what is going to run out in front of the car!

Here are some steps we've taken that have at least *helped*:
First, call your local police department OFTEN...encourage others to do the same. Eventually, they WILL get tired of you calling and will check up on things.
Secondly, contact your city council and/or attend a meeting. They don't want their name to look bad and want to be elected again...they don't want a bunch of angry citizens on their case because they didn't give attention to areas where it was needed. Keep records of your efforts.
Third, if you still don't get results, call your local news. See if you can get them to do a story...explain the injuries and deaths that have been caused and that your pleas for help have been ignored. They will jump on the chance...especially with you being near a school. It's one thing for the city leaders to look bad to their own citizens...they certainly don't want to look bad to an even larger area.
Lastly, put on oversized sunglasses, take your hairdryer to the street, and act like you are clocking people. Maybe if you present yourself as a lunatic, they will be too worried to speed. ;)

Good luck!:)

Sadly, I don't think enough people care about animals to listen to you. Try a different strategy. Focus on children getting hit by a car. Use the fact that many animals have bit hit and killed and it's only a matter of time before a child gets killed. That will get people's attention and you can get something done about it.

i am determined to stop people from speeding.. i swear that i will do something to stop it.. from calling the police everyday to using connections my aunt has.. (two of her best friends are a fox news caster and president of mtv and her fathers best friend is donald rumsfeld) anyways.. im going to go online and find one of those sites that you can make a petition on and spread it around the web.

Do some reasearch on the online petition before you waste your time with that. They are not legally valid and it would be a wasted of time and accomplish nothing.:)

So sorry you had to see that. It is good you are talking about it. Witnessing a traumatic event can have a bigger impact on you than people realize. Hope you feel better soon. Taking action the way you are will also help you feel better!

Sounds like a good plan :thumbup:

Just think about how you communicate the problem. When you are fighting for animals, people tend to disregard you. Make the safety of children the main focus and they will always listen. Its sad, but sometimes this is what you have to do.

Oh, well thanks for telling me.. i'm going to NY this weekend to see my aunt and uncle.. i'm gonna see if they can help me out since they are both lawyers.

Oh my gosh....this just makes me sick. I am SO SORRY that you had to see something like this :( This is just awful! I know I for one would be traumatized if I witnessed something like that. Thank goodness the dog is still alive though. That poor baby :(

There is a guy that lives down at the end of my street and he just FLYS - I'm talking 60 mph or more going down a street with KIDS on it - I can barely see his truck pass by it goes so fast. Every time I see that I just CRINGE!!!! :mad:

If I were you I would call the city (and try to get others too as well) and see about them putting speed bumps on your street. This is just so uncalled for!! :mad: