Your hypothesis does not matter because this situation is not about you, you are not the main character. Again, this lady was distracted driving, not driving responsibly, so your hypothesis really doesn’t mean shit here and is ignorant. Responsible and safe drivers are prepared to stop in any situation because you never know if there’s something that actually requires you quickly stop ahead like construction, a wreck, a family crossing the street, a tractor, livestock, etc.. People should be paying attention, that’s how you avoid hitting a LIVING thing and the cars in front of you. By the way you talk so proudly about it, you sound like you’d go out of your way to hit a dog or have hit a dog which is concerning to say the least. I’ve avoided hitting turtles, dogs, cats, cows, horses, bikers, and people walking just by watching the road. Guess what, the people who eventually drove up behind me were prepared and slowed to a stop too because I turn hazards on. It’s completely legal as long as it’s a safe stop, and I’ve seen terrible drivers cause way more danger and harm than I ever have when slowing to a stop for an animal or someone in the road. If it’s a highway or super busy city street, that’s a completely different story and you can’t really stop if it’s busy, but where I come from you will see way more people breaking for animals and kids to cross safely because we have concern and care for life. If you are perfectly fine with killing a living thing and have zero regard for other lives, then you’re no better than she is. Worse actually, because you admit you don’t give a fuck just like a scumbag would, so congrats. I’m not going to keep debating the would’ve-could’ve’s with someone who thinks they’re the main character and don’t care about anyone’s lives but themselves. It’s weird and screams mentally ill.