You're driving down the road. A squirrel runs out in front of you.

[Thetexashammer 1062]

What do you do?

[Gen. Applewhite 227]

Gas it.

[Upgrayedd 5821]

PM @Rimbo

[Doc Reeves 6434]

I love all animals... except rats. And a squirrel is a tree rat.

 

If I feel a bump I'll know i need to hit the car wash later.

[Zavala 1384]

Keep going strait, let off the gas. If it's going to try to dodge you you may swerve to miss and actually swerve and hit it. Also, it's best to not wreck your truck trying to dodge an animal with the brain the size of a walnut.

[Nivek 16997]

Jerk it

[mdmost 43059]

Let off the gas but if it dies, it dies. It's a rodent that is highly suicidal. It's like those assholes that see no one behind you for miles but just can't wait to pull out in front of you forcing you to be the better person who avoids them. Sorry suicidal squirrel, you lost this coin toss. 

[TexArcher 38081]

I hit the brakes, unless someone's behind me.

 

[Pato del Muerto 52636]

Lift, or nothing. 

[Thetexashammer 1062]

25 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Jerk it

Always a good answer.

[elfenix 34343]

honk.  noise usually scares them back.

[Rimbo 26165]

4 hours ago, Thetexashammer said:

What do you do?

Don't ask questions you don't want the answers to.

 

 

😁

[mulletpelini 5216]

gotta check your mirrors....side of your eye, side of your eye

[RPM 26368]

don't drive angry

[miguelito 11330]

First, you make a roux.

[Limp Brisket 546]

Chase it down in the ditch.

[Lat22 4019]

We have no deal with them!

[NeverMarryAStripper 21978]

Keep going strait, let off the gas.

What if your name isn’t George

[futureman 22559]

those were mailboxes, you idiot.  I didn’t have the heart to tell you. 

[Telegraph_it 3360]

Knew a guy from high school named Chao Chen who drove a 98 Altima. I was leaving the neighborhood behind him on the way to school. This guy literally swerved out of the way to run over a squirrel. The image is still stuck in my head because it was so funny. 

He then went into the left lane to turn right because why not. 

[MrPhlegm 3413]

Knew a guy from high school named Chao Chen who drove a 98 Altima. I was leaving the neighborhood behind him on the way to school. This guy literally swerved out of the way to run over a squirrel. The image is still stuck in my head because it was so funny. 
He then went into the left lane to turn right because why not. 

Sofla amiright?

[MrPhlegm 3413]

Knew a guy from high school named Chao Chen who drove a 98 Altima. I was leaving the neighborhood behind him on the way to school. This guy literally swerved out of the way to run over a squirrel. The image is still stuck in my head because it was so funny. 
He then went into the left lane to turn right because why not. 

Sofla amiright?

[Underdog 28807]

Ran over a chipmunk few months back, felt bad for the little feller but he ran directly towards my tires couldn't avoided him if I had tried.  Hope he wasn't a family munk. 

[Doc Reeves 6434]

32 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Ran over a chipmunk few months back, felt bad for the little feller but he ran directly towards my tires couldn't avoided him if I had tried.  Hope he wasn't a family munk. 

If he ran to your tires... he probably was

[ohchaucer 1443]

Order some tiny instruments from El Paso. 

[Surly Bevo 25222]

I stop texting and google "is it squirrel season?"

[Whitman 694]

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

Last time a squirrel ran out in front of me, I had to turn the wheel sharply and swerve five or six times before I finally nailed the little bastard.

[futureman 22559]

2 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

Last time a squirrel ran out in front of me, I had to turn the wheel sharply and swerve five or six times before I finally nailed the little bastard.

reported. 

[Texaskimo 135]

Act as if it's not there. Either it wants to live in which case you not changing speed or directly means your course is as predictable as possible for it to dodge, or it wants to die in which case your course is as predictable as possible...

[futureman 22559]

a better question is

“you’re driving down the road.  a deer runs in front of you.  what do you do?”

I’ve hit three.  two on 71 and one on 16.  just grip the wheel and roll right through them. 

[Llano Estacado 1257]

Yeah well, I hit one with a van. Going 55 mph. Headlights on. Horn a-blowin’. Whew, that’s an elusive lil creature.

[Beau Vine 54471]

I started this thread way back in the Hornfans day when I nearly rear-ended a car who had locked up their breaks for a squirrel, and everyone said it was my fault.  

[futureman 22559]

Just now, Beau Vine said:

I started this thread way back in the Hornfans day when I nearly rear-ended a car who had locked up their breaks for a squirrel, and everyone said it was my fault.  

you shouldn’t tailgate. 

[Beau Vine 54471]

35 minutes ago, futureman said:

a better question is

“you’re driving down the road.  a deer runs in front of you.  what do you do?”

I’ve hit three.  two on 71 and one on 16.  just grip the wheel and roll right through them. 

I've hit a couple.  I've heard that you're not supposed to break, because that drops  the nose of your car, making it more likely that the deer comes in through your windshield.

[Beau Vine 54471]

Just now, futureman said:

you shouldn’t tailgate. 

Yeah, there you go.  

[Beau Vine 54471]

[Jiggy-Z 3437]

Back in '84, I did some minor damage to my '79 Mazda Station Wagon on the way to my high school job.  I tried to avoid hitting a squirrel after a brief rain that had left the roads slicked. I swerved did a 180 and ended up in a ditch.  I might have been slightly impaired.  I pretty sure there was a squirrel involved, but over the years I am not sure if I am confusing my stories or remembering the story I told my parents about how the car got damaged. Either way, pretend they are not even there.  They know the score.

[Armybrat 40940]

10 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Georgia cookbook?

[Beau Vine 54471]

24 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Georgia cookbook?

Arkie.  My wife's grandmother's town cookbook.

[BearSchlong 8128]

I just jump 'em.

 

[You don't know me 1161]

On 1/5/2019 at 11:04 PM, Nivek said:

Jerk it

I'm no expert, but how can you tell if it's a male from your car?

[bmbmd 1027]

I'm a headless burgoo man myself. (John Graves)

[Nivek 16997]

1 hour ago, You don't know me said:

I'm no expert, but how can you tell if it's a male from your car?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnMUvrspd7I

 

Edited January 7, 2019 by Nivek

[mulletpelini 5216]

21 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

I started this thread way back in the Hornfans day when I nearly rear-ended a car who had locked up their breaks for a squirrel, and everyone said it was my fault.  

 

21 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

I've hit a couple.  I've heard that you're not supposed to break, because that drops  the nose of your car, making it more likely that the deer comes in through your windshield.

That's the brakes kid.