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Posted by DriftinGirl
 - June 26, 2014, 14:38:18 PM

I have been called a "marshmellow" and confess that I am. I also love animals and think their lives are of great value BUT... I think this woman was correctly found guilty of a criminal act!! When she tested, applied for, and accepted a driver's licence she entered into a social contract to abide by the traffic laws which are designed to make sharing the road with other drivers as safe as possible. She broke that law and directly caused the death of two fellow road users.

Posted by gdrudd13
 - June 26, 2014, 09:54:07 AM

"what if the ducks were human beings?" Really? No, just... No...

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - June 25, 2014, 22:10:40 PM

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/06/25/highway-duck-rescuer-not-a-criminal

update......................

Posted by chief
 - June 24, 2014, 12:25:29 PM

As a safety guy I have investigated many, many fleet accidents. Training and common sense makes the difference.  Swerving to avoid an animal  ... when they show up at the door and tell your family you are at the morgue - a live duck or two really seems unimportant.

This woman didn't swerve to avoid hitting an animal... she PARKED in the middle of a road, obviously with limited visibility, to kidnap a bunch of ducks - resulting in two deaths!  I have no sympathy for her.
Posted by 49Reo
 - June 23, 2014, 20:52:54 PM

Always take out the animal....of course, when a moose wanders out in front of you, reaction takes over, but DUCKS??? I'm with Chief on this one; that she be banned from driving in ANY province.

Posted by DC
 - June 23, 2014, 18:48:56 PM
Quote from: CDNRatMan on June 20, 2014, 19:11:10 PM

I was also taught if need be take the animal out and avoid the other traffic or making a maneuver that was dangerous.

I learned the lesson to sacrifice the animal over your vehicle safety the hard way.  I was on a country road one day when a german sheppard just walked out in front of my car from nowhere.  I swerved to avoid it, but ended up hitting it anyway.  I lost control and I ended up going off the road and down an embankment, almost rolling over.  Could have killed myself and one of my wives in the process.  Of course the dog didn't make it and it exploded in half on impact. 
Posted by chief
 - June 23, 2014, 14:16:41 PM

Totally oblivious and deserves jail time, IMHO.

What sort of idiot would stop and PARK in the middle of a damn road where there was poor visibility. At the very least she should be prohibited from driving forever, after she gets out of jail. I have no sympathy for such stupidity.
Posted by CDNRatMan
 - June 20, 2014, 19:11:10 PM

   I was also taught if need be take the animal out and avoid the other traffic or making a maneuver that was dangerous.

Posted by pcarrell
 - June 20, 2014, 15:13:37 PM

When I was teaching my kids to drive I drilled it into their heads that they always had to be aware of what others were "expecting" them to do.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - June 20, 2014, 14:22:37 PM

  Sometimes you have to thinking before acting and think what can happen........

Emma Czornobaj guilty in 2 highway deaths after stopping for ducks.......

http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/emma-czornobaj-guilty-in-2-highway-deaths-after-stopping-for-ducks

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