Chapter 374: Why is a grown man bickering so much!

There is an inexplicable feeling that no matter what it is, as long as it belongs to me, its fate is bound to be full of twists and turns.

For instance, my Sports Camera, or the headlights on this car of mine.

Last time I was fighting for the lane with that guy who was a Human Parking Spot Occupation, the car had to have its headlight replaced; I didn't expect that this time, after hitting a dog, the headlight would be broken again.

Sigh, could all of this be part of the system's calculations?

So this car from the "headlight factory" was given to me on purpose!

But the priority now is to solve the problem; just like before, no matter the situation, as long as there is a deceased party, they always seem to have the moral high ground when they speak.

Zhou Yi stepped forward and said, "Hello, I am the one who hit it, but just now your dog..."

Before he could even finish his sentence, he was directly interrupted.

"You hit it, right? How are you driving? Do you even know how to drive? My Beibei is so big and you didn't see it? Are you blind?" The woman started yelling directly.

Even though he knew yesterday that this woman was not someone who reasoned, and even though Zhou Yi had told himself countless times not to get unnecessarily angry.

But, this kind of person is damn near mentally ill; one sentence from them is enough to make you lose your cool.

Zhou Yi was so angry he laughed: "I don't know how to drive? Your dog suddenly rushed out from the green belt; who could react to that!"

"Besides, the country says every day that you must use a leash when walking a dog. Did you use a leash? Your dog ran onto the road, okay!"

However, facing Zhou Yi's words, Xiang Yuyu on the other side didn't listen at all!

Just as Zhou Yi thought, she grew up in a wealthy family, and later, because she was good-looking, the husband she married was also not bad.

She really receives preferential treatment wherever she goes.

In her view, the dog she keeps is raised like a son and doesn't bite at all, so there is no need for a leash.

It is not the same as other people's dogs!

Of course, many people who walk dogs without leashes actually have this kind of thinking, believing that their own dog is especially well-behaved and never bites, unlike those other dogs, so there is no need for a leash.

At this moment, seeing her dog hit like that, she certainly wouldn't have any kind words while in a fit of rage.

"Oh? Even if I didn't use a leash, does that mean you can hit my dog to death? Did it provoke you or offend you?" Xiang Yuyu shouted even louder.

And while shouting, she started wiping away tears.

"My Beibei, I've raised it for a full three years, it has never bitten anyone, it has always been so well-behaved, why is this happening!"

In any case, it left the originally furious Zhou Mouren stunned; the way she looked, the other party seemed even more aggrieved than he was.

"Miss, everything has to be reasoned, right? It didn't provoke me, but it suddenly rushed out and I couldn't stop the car. Do you know what a 'ghost popping out' is?" Zhou Yi said again.

"I don't care, it was you who hit it like this anyway. My Beibei has a pedigree certificate and is very expensive; you see for yourself what you're going to do!"

Here we go again; that "I don't care" also has a very "setting aside the facts" kind of feeling.

However, Zhou Mouren had already seen plenty of such remarks, so he said quite naturally: "What do you mean you don't care? If you don't care, then what am I supposed to care about? I have already called..."

Since he couldn't win the argument, there was no point in arguing.

However, he discovered that some people just love to interrupt others, as if speaking loudly and talking non-stop makes them reasonable!

"So you mean you don't intend to take responsibility, right? Everyone saw it, right? Yes, I didn't use a leash, but he hit Beibei like this!"

"It's already breathless; am I not even a little bit right? Now he actually says he doesn't care; how can there be such a person in this world!"

Some of the slightly older neighbors nearby also started to speak up.

An older woman spoke up: "Young man, look, let me say a fair word. You didn't use a leash, so you are indeed at fault, but even if you didn't use a leash, it's going too far for you to hit someone's dog like that."

Zhou Yi was taken aback upon hearing this and retorted: "Ma'am, you're wrong about that. I didn't hit it on purpose; the dog suddenly rushed out."

"I know you didn't do it on purpose, but look, you're the one driving, right? Let's have everyone take a step back. You should compensate them a little; don't let this little thing turn into a grudge," the older woman said.

Other people were in agreement, and some were in disagreement.

There were also people telling Zhou Yi to report it to his insurance.

"Young man, it doesn't cost you money anyway, there's insurance. Just let the insurance pay for it. After all, they've raised the dog for a long time; it's a life, you can't just let it go like that."

You're just letting the insurance pay, but they have lost their dog!

"That's right, young man, be a bit more generous. A big man shouldn't bicker with a woman over these things," an old man nearby said.

Zhou Yi: "???"

How did this turn into a man-versus-woman issue? He had really heard too many such remarks since he was a child.

Like, how can a big man always bicker with a girl, isn't it shameful...

It seems that if the other party is a girl, if he says a few more words, it feels like he's not a man.

Amidst the pile of words, Zhou Yi remained silent, just looking at everyone with a smile on his face.

When everyone finally stopped talking, Zhou Yi then said: "Are you all done? Can you let me say a word?"

"I don't think I ever said I wouldn't take responsibility. I just wanted to say that I have already called the police. Can't we just wait for the police to arrive? If it's my responsibility, I will absolutely not hide!"

"But, if it is not my responsibility, then I will certainly not bear it!"

Xiang Yuyu over there spoke up: "Calling the police, right? Fine, let me tell you, don't think about leaving today without giving an explanation for this!"

While speaking, she took out her phone and started making a call.

"Hey honey, sob sob sob, Beibei was hit to death by someone driving, right at the entrance of our residential compound. He even called the police and said he wouldn't take responsibility. Come back quickly."

Some people nearby were filming with their phones, which was normal.

This is an era where everyone is a photographer; as long as there is an argument or something, someone will film a video and post it online.

Those things aside, adding fuel to the fire with some remarks is even more common.

The others stopped trying to persuade him and just chatted among themselves. A group of old men and women are too bored on weekdays; it's hard to come across such a lively event, so they must chat about it properly.

Zhou Yi ignored them and walked straight to the front of his car to check his headlight; it was broken completely, and that whole section was shattered.

Before long, a police car pulled up. Very quickly, Traffic Police Lao Song got out of the car, followed by his apprentice, Da Fan.

"What's the situation? Who called the police? Move aside, everyone, don't crowd around. You know it's dangerous to stand on the road!" Lao Song started maintaining order as soon as he got out of the car.

That is probably the most primitive kind of thinking: a person standing on the road will naturally feel uneasy, feeling that they could be hit by a car at any moment.

But if something happens, this little family will gather around here; at that time, standing on the road is no longer a concern.

Anyway, there are so many of us, you who are driving wouldn't dare to hit us, right?

This is not much different from the idea of "we have many people, the advantage is with us."

"Comrade, Comrade, I am the one who called the police," Zhou Yi said from the side.

Lao Song looked at Xiang Yuyu, then looked at the scene, and immediately said, "Tell me, what happened?"

Zhou Yi did not speak directly, because he knew that if he wanted to speak, he had to wait for the other party to finish.

However, it doesn't matter; does speaking first really have any advantage?

The Traffic Police Team will not be biased; issuing a Responsibility Determination Certificate requires looking at evidence.

Xiang Yuyu wiped her tears while saying, "Comrade, I bring my Beibei out to play every day; it's been eight years and nothing has ever happened."

"But just today, I was just staying here for a while, and then this person hit my Beibei to death, and he even said he wouldn't care at all!"

"Comrade, my Beibei has a pedigree certificate; it cost over ten thousand when I bought it, and I've raised it for eight years. It is my family. Now, I can't even go on living, I..."

Lao Song rubbed his brow; his apprentice, who was just about to speak, was stopped by a look from Lao Song.

"You were over there, the dog was hit over here, so you didn't use a leash, right?" Lao Song asked.

These traffic police often encounter similar accidents, among which pet dogs are the most common.

It is always the owner not caring, thinking it's fine, and then the dog is suddenly hit by a car.

The specific division of responsibility is not very clear according to the regulations; it is still that old saying: analyze specific cases specifically.

Many people often say online that in such-and-such a case, a dog was hit, and the driver ended up paying compensation.

Then someone else will stand up and refute, saying why is the situation I encountered that the driver didn't pay?

Then the two will start arguing, neither able to convince the other, and finally they start comparing who has more money; the one with money is the one who is right.

The division of responsibility for traffic accidents is not that simple.

The simplest thing is, what if the car owner was speeding and hit the dog to death?

In the understanding of some people, speeding is a violation, so the traffic police should fine them as they should, but the two things cannot be confused.

This is another error of empiricism.

Because the division of accident responsibility does not just depend on whether your behavior was a violation, but also on the causal relationship between your behavior and the result!

This is a point that many people ignore in their daily lives.

For example, you are speeding and hit someone's dog to death, versus you are driving in slippers and hit someone's dog to death while the slippers did not hinder your normal driving—which one do you think will have responsibility?

Speeding will cause your braking distance to become longer, and it is possible that a causal relationship exists between that and hitting the dog to death.

While driving in slippers is a violation, if the investigation is clear that this matter does not possess a causal relationship with the result of hitting the dog to death, then do you think there will be responsibility?

So at this time, we say one thing at a time; you violated the rules by driving in slippers, so you should be fined accordingly.

Lao Song asking like this is a clear process, yet such a simple question seemed to ignite a firecracker.

Xiang Yuyu felt incomparably stifled in her heart; why!

"I really can't understand why you keep asking me this. It's clearly my dog that was hit to death; why do you both keep asking me why I didn't use a leash?"

"My Beibei doesn't bite people, why would I use a leash? He hit my dog, okay!"

While speaking, Xiang Yuyu pointed at Zhou Yi.

Lao Song's brows furrowed, but he still explained, "This lady, according to the regulations, you must use a leash when walking a dog."

"If there is no leash and it leads to a traffic accident, to say nothing of anything else, at the very least, you as the dog owner will definitely have responsibility!"

"Do you think I should ask clearly?"

But... Xiang Yuyu still wanted to say something, but the Lao Song opposite had already gone to ask Zhou Yi next to him.

"Comrade, I have a Dash Cam here; you can look at the corresponding speed and the situation beforehand," Zhou Yi said without waiting for the other party to ask.

Lao Song nodded, got into the car, and started watching the video from the Dash Cam provided by Zhou Yi.

Sigh, if only everyone were as easy to talk to as this young man.

You wouldn't even need to talk, just present the evidence; whoever's responsibility it is, it is, how nice that would be.

The Dash Cam recorded it very clearly; Zhou Yi was not speeding from beginning to end, nor did he have any violations.

Driving normally and arriving here, a dog suddenly darted out from the green belt; basically, as a normal person, there is no way to react.

It wasn't an intersection; one would habitually tap the brakes when passing by, but this was purely the side of the road.

However, for the sake of insurance, they would still investigate the scene Monitoring and brake marks to comprehensively judge whether there was speeding or violations.

Lao Song's apprentice had already gone to handle those things, and in about ten minutes or so, he returned with the results.

"Master, this young man had no violations from beginning to end; it was just that dog... 'ghost popping out,' suddenly darting out, no way to avoid it."

Lao Song nodded, then called both Xiang Yuyu and Zhou Yi over and said, "Now our side has basically finished the investigation."

"This miss, now, although it is your dog that was hit to death, that gentleman has been driving normally the whole time and has no violations."

"And you, as the dog owner, should wear a leash when walking the dog. This is firstly so the dog doesn't bite others, and secondly, to protect your dog..."

"But my Beibei doesn't bite people!" Xiang Yuyu couldn't help it again upon hearing this; she felt everyone was working against her.

When others hit a dog, they don't talk about compensation, but just harp on about how a dog without a leash will bite people.

"Will you let me finish speaking? If you continue like this, then let's go to the Traffic Police Team to talk about it, okay?" Lao Song's face was a bit dark.

No matter who it is, being constantly interrupted while speaking will put them in a bad mood.

Although the Responsibility Determination Certificate will be issued later, it needs to be made clear now.

Many people who raise dogs really don't have that awareness; they just feel that leashing the dog makes the dog uncomfortable and is troublesome.

They think their dog doesn't bite, so it must be fine.

But this is an act to protect your own dog; let alone being hit by a car when going out, if you don't use a leash like this, there will always be people who take certain measures.

This is also a point that Zhou Yi finds speechless; some people love dogs in all sorts of ways and treat them as family, then their own behavior should naturally have no problems.

But if you love it, you have to protect it; correct opinions should be listened to and accepted.

"Because you didn't have a leash, the dog suddenly darted out and hit the car, so you are fully responsible for this incident. Do you understand what I'm saying?" Lao Song said, looking at Xiang Yuyu beside him.

What? Xiang Yuyu was stunned: "I hit your dog to death, and I'm responsible? On what grounds!"

"On the grounds that the other party was at fault; they were driving normally, what responsibility would they have?" Lao Song said again.

"Fine, so I'm responsible, right? Just wait, my husband will be here very soon, today this matter must be cleared up!"

Lao Song said: "No matter who comes, the determination remains the same. If you feel dissatisfied, you can pursue legal channels."

Lu Hao didn't speak, just looked at his own shattered headlight.

He had originally thought he would have some responsibility; after all, according to what he found online, it seemed like cars were always responsible when they hit people.

But now, if the other party is fully responsible, could he... could he also make the other party pay for his light?

Today's first chapter, heading out to have a drink with friends.

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