If you see a turtle/tortoise in the road, do you stop and help? When I drive, I drive with the animal safety in mind. I%26#039;m always scanning the edges of the road - day or night. Since I%26#039;ve been in florida the past 3 years I have helped to save numerous water turtles and gopher tortoises by stopping to help them out of the road and into a safer spot. Is their anyone else out there like me?

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Yes, if I can do it without getting myself or my car hit in the process. 22% 2 Votes

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• Yes, it sounds silly but I have. Here in Missouri, in the summer, we get lots of turtles crossing the road. So, as long as the conditions are safe, I will stop and help the turtle across the road. I make sure that it is still heading its original direction and it gives me warm and fuzzy feeling when I am back on the road. Awwwww, ain%26#039;t that nice? 0% 0 Votes
• Oh yes! I%26#039;m from Pa., and many times I have helped the box turtles across the highways. I have encouraged my adult children to do the same. Love to see the turtle to get going into the woods safe and sound. 0% 0 Votes
• No, it%26#039;s just too dangerous in my opinion to get out of the car everytime you spot an animal. I%26#039;ll try to avoid the animal as much as possible though. (I live in FL too) 11% 1 Vote
• Yes, I sure do! I love animals! Turtles are such amazing animals. They can%26#039;t always make it out of the way in time. My mom taught me from a young age to help animals as much as I can. I remember as a child stopping along the road for turtles, and I have done it ever since! Thank you for doing your part! 11% 1 Vote
• I grew up in the counrty in TN. I moved ALOT of animals out of the road.
  
  If it%26#039;s at all possible try to move the turtles and other reptiles far from the road. I moved a turtle out of the road once and actually watched him trun around and head back. Turns out he was cold and the road was warm. So now I%26#039;ll carry them far from the road or to a nearby park (this works better cause the park has paved walkways that are safer for them than a roadway.)
  
  Just be careful of the size and type of turtle you pick up. I once had a 10lb mud turtle get lose in my car. Those jaws went through a broom handle I didn%26#039;t want to see what he could do to me. And I was saving the ungratefull thing from being shot by a farmer for killing catfish. 11% 1 Vote
• You are such a wonderful gift to animals as well as to human beings, from God.
  
  Yes, you are not alone, so keep on doing what you think is helpful, and so everybody that see you will follow. 0% 0 Votes
• The act of saving a turtle becomes an obligation in payment for our Dominion over all creatures. 0% 0 Votes
• YES!! my then 2year old (now 11) still talks about it.. its sad to see people zipping by w/ out a care... it was not un-safe for me to put my blinkers on and pull over... i shuffled the poor guy off the wrong path...in-fact i had idiots beeping screaming get out of my way.!!.. it was a sunny afternoon on a side street too... animals have never hurt me, and i blame us, humans for pushing them out from their homes, with the construction going on and on 11% 1 Vote
• There should be, and it makes the world a better place when there are people like you out there who care about animals. =] 11% 1 Vote
• i live in AL and i save turtles whenever i see them! 11% 1 Vote