The anti-speeders get it in every time ...

[craigalsop]

monster1 said:

Lucky he was only doing 40mph. Any faster he could have been killed.

If he had done 60, he'd have passed before the deer went into the road....

[marvelharvey]

puggit said:

will someone think of the baboons!!!!

My coffee is no longer in my mouth

[RichB]

madant69 said:

I went to an RTA once where a BMW had hit a badger and the impact was so hard it had snapped his flywheel in half!

Hummm? Flywheel on a rear wheel drive car is behind the block between the cltch and the gearbox, how the did the badger get in there to snap the flywheel in half

No, I reckon the guy's flywheel suddenly fractured causing the engine & gerabox to immediaty sieze, which threw him out of control and into an innocent badger standing-by minding his own business.

Anythink else is just too far fetched! Rich...

[bennyboysvuk]

Hmm, just thinking something along the lines of how much road sense is required not to run out in front of a car.

Obviously, squirrels, rabbits and pheasants are in the very lowest road sense bracket as we see these the most in various states across the road. However, it would seem that children possibly have a similar amount of road sense to deer and badgers!??!?!*

I conclude that kids should be forced to take cycling profficiency at 5 years old thus improving their road sense and allowing the rest of us to get to our destinations more quickly due to higher speed limits, consequentially meaning that we can either spend more time at work or with our loved ones which would mean happier lives for all of us in the world. Fantastic.

* This is based on no facts or figures, just something that crossed my mind.

PS - (quote) The coffee is no longer in my mouth. (/quote)

[cptsideways]

I heard a while ago that a vast majority of "Rural Accidents" were animal related, many of these incidents occur as single vehicle accidents.

I think the assumption was that the avoiding manouveres caused the accidents, usually into the nearest tree.

I know I feel pretty guilty after hitting poor bunnykins, badgers mash your bumpers, deer ruin your bonnet. I know I've hit em all several times.

Speeding or not wont change your reaction to an instant hazard.

[alans]

Hit a pheasant once in my lotus, distroyed the front of the car and the damm pheasant ran off!

[oyster]

Hit a squirrel once. When I looked in my mirror it was injured but still squirming in the road obviously stranded. The other drivers were avoiding it.

I went back, got out to see if I could lift it to the verge, most of it's insides were squeezed out though so nothing I could do except put it out of its misery. I drove over it again almost with my eyes closed - the crunching noise was very strange...

[tonto]

I have a photo of a horse having a bit of a coming together with a car that I would like to post. Can anyone tell me how I get the image in this topic ?

[streaky]

wolosp said:

I was driving through the White Mountains in the USA a few years ago, and they have Moose warning signs along country roads! Apparently many people are killed each year after rounding a corner only to be confronted by something the size of a horse on stilts! If you're unfortunate enough to hit one of these things, the colision breaks its legs, and the whole thing comes through your windscreen

You mean like this : ... only bigger?

[tonto]

Ahh , I see how its done now ... hmm just need to set up my a web site !!!

[cazzo]

oyster said:

I drove over it again almost with my eyes closed - the crunching noise was very strange...

Aah the old put it out of it's misery trick.

Many years ago I was driving home (Italy) late at night and saw an Ambulance at the side of the road with lights flashing, there were no other vehicles around and I slowed down to prepare for what might be there, only to see one of the Ambulance crew 'clubbing' the large casualty, that at first glance appeared to be a person, with a big stick anyway it turned out the Ambulance had hit a Porcupine and the guy was putting it out of it's misery - but for a moment I thought that as no-one was around they were saving themselves a trip to hospital and 'despatching' the casualty themselves!