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Wham!!! Glad it wasnt a pheasant!!

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..or a deer I guess

 

hey... just be thankful we live in a generally non-hostile wildlife environment - some of the things drivers can end up hitting in other countries don't bear thinking about.. from kangeroos that jump right back up and disembowel you while you inspect the damage to crabs on xmas island that puncture your tyres with their last two pincered salute

 

suicidal badger. at 50mph. big bang, bumper snapped in two. shaking hands, one stone dead foraging mammal. only time i've had the ABS kick in.

saved him being gassed by MAFF for carrying tuberculosis i suppose.

totally agree on not swerving although if it's a horse, deer, pig etc you're stuffed.

really shook me up though.

 

......I have to say this is turning into a splendidly gory thread.......

 

I used to live in Stroud, Glos. It sits in a valley, and at the top of the valley is common land, where farmers used to graze their cows. Road has a 60 limit, no lights, fencinf or run off areas : so imagine the scenario ! A couple of people used to get killed every year hit the bovine targets : the signs warning you of cows were quite comical, until you saw the damage a cow can do to a car doing 60 +.

Didn't do the cows any good either !

 

I used to live in Stroud, Glos. It sits in a valley, and at the top of the valley is common land, where farmers used to graze their cows. Road has a 60 limit, no lights, fencinf or run off areas : so imagine the scenario ! A couple of people used to get killed every year hit the bovine targets : the signs warning you of cows were quite comical, until you saw the damage a cow can do to a car doing 60 +.

Didn't do the cows any good either !

 

Just a fox for me, luckily he/she got pulled under the front wheel, so I just got a furry alloy.

Oh, and a baby bunny, but I dont think you get any points for one of them do you

There used to be a book in America called I think it was "Road Kill" it was recipies to use on just about anything that you may collide with on the roads.

robski

 

so when you see a hobos polkadot 'sack on a stick' poking out that pie...think twice

 

Robski
I remember that book - I think it was "the roadkill cook book" (subtle those Americans.... )

 

I had a fiesta which had air horns fitted.
One day the stopped working. But I carried on trying to use them now and again - never bothering to check what happened.

Mate was doing a service on my car and found a sparrow had come through under the bonnest somehow and was wedged on some electrical contact. Everytime I had pressed the horn it was frying the bird. I was suprised it didnt cause a fire.

The bird was burnt black and stiff I had to scrape it off with a stanley knife and chucked it over the next door neighbours garden using a twig

 

Mate of mine (taxi driver) going down a road late at night in Devon. Dip in the road, sheep standing in the middle... He avoids, goes into hedge, writes off car head on into tree.

Three months later and significant work with the jig... Same road, same dip - probably same bloody sheep - this time he hit it head on... Writes off car...

 

Although I'm rather worried about muppetizing this thread, here's a few roadkill cookbooks.. And no, subtly has never been our strongpoint..

 

Just the same happened to me 2 days ago. It was a female pheasant except the bstd thing went under the car. Can't understand how it got under without causing more damage as the bumper is pretty low anyway.

It must have also hit the number plate as one of the nylon screws busted off

It was like driving over a soft cushion and then saw the bird in the rear view mirror rolling down the hill in a flurry of feathers.

Not nice really.

Cheers


P1 pheasant plucker.

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR> the signs warning you of cows were quite comical, until you saw the damage a cow can do to a car doing 60 +.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

...why the hell was a cow doing that speed anyway???.......

 

Puff,
Was kinda worried reading your original message. (I'm thinking "Oh no - not the Scoob, please don't let it be the Scoob". I read on and was mightily relieved , it was only a Vectra.
Shame about the wildlife , but at least you are OK to Scoob on into the sunset ....

 

Talking about female pheasants I thought they stayed at home to do the cleaning ect!

 

Puff - Shame it wasn't that cockrell next door to you What did happen with that in the end?

I once hit a sheep in Yorkshire - caught its ****-end and LMAO as it spun round and round behind the car. I remember Dales laughing in the car behind as well. Sheep just got up and wandered off dazed (or Sheepishly)

 

Where to start!

Damage - Bumper £120
- H'light £60
- Bulbs £7.50
- Paint & fit £50
(+VAT)

Richard Sq

Nah! This thing was splatered - I'd have spent more time removing bone fragments than if i'd shot it

HunterB

Don't know. Not a great analogy that & I would sincerely hope not.

I would have swerved <I>BIG TIME</I> if I had suddenly seen your example

However, said partridge was 1/2 the size of a football...

andrew6321

Have to say that I didn't feel particularly great about it afterwards either & that's not because of the damage to the Vectra. Don't think your reaction is unnatural or "effeminate".

Since I have moved to Cambs, I have killed, witnessed the death of and seen the aftermath of other deaths, more than I ever have totalled together, over 20 years of driving Is this something to do with wildlife becoming more accustomed to cars & less frightened? (Yeah & more stupid )

fast bloke

Hares! Don't start me on hares!

4 months ago one did the kamikaze road dash, right to left, just 3 yds from my (Vectra) arrival

Broke the n/s fog light - £115

DavidRB

Correct - but if you're in the following car...

Skipjack

Scuttling Badger @ 60mph - Front bumper lip & no point in stopping 'cos do you remember lower suspension bar on a Sierra No chance!

DW

Cockrell was eaten the Sunday PM after I mentioned it! Freaky as it was definately alive at 14.00 that day must've hardly needed cooking it was that warm...

Waited a week (just to make sure) then went & took them a decent bottle of red wine

Thanks everyone for your concern over PTMW! & yes it was a scary moment & obviously even more for the partridge. In human terms a mere incident but in bird terms a tradgedy

BTW - I am a member of the RSPB!

 

A mate of mine also clipped a pheasent whilst driving down a country road some years ago. He's a really nice guy and care's about animals big time. He was horrified and thought " maybe,just maybe ,it's only stunned" so stopped the car to pick up the pheasent and move it to the side of the road to allow it to recover and all would be OK. He got out of his car, door left open, engine still running, and went to pick the pheasent up . As he did so his fingers entered the pulverised body, intestines et all. He immeditely fainted on the spot and eventually came to lying on the road next to his road kill. My question is ; what would anyone coming along the road thought !

Still makes me laugh

ROFTFLWTIMiis

 

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It was at Donnington a couple of weeks back on a driving course (Drive@Donnington). At the end the instructor takes you round for some 'hot' laps.

There we were, canning through Craner's flat out (pushing around 100mph) and this daft bugger of a pheasant decides now is a good time to cross the road

I have no idea how we missed it, although the instructor was looking for him next around - makes a change from cheese sandwiches for lunch

Chris.

 

I hit a fox Sunday night in my my01 whilst doin 70mph (honest).

Wrecked lower lip spoiler, broke PIAA light cover, cracked bumper and pushed it up into wing.

£600 to repair minimum

£300 for lip spoiler
£300 paint for wing

O well Sh*t happens.

Especially to me!

Ady

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by BT52:
<B> ..or a deer I guess

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When did you last see a Deer flying over an autoroute in France? Reckon i might have spotted that one !!!!!

Jza