f#@king BADGERS Arrrhhhh
21 May 2013, 05:47 PM
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Haha I don't think I've ever seen a badger outside of a Zoo :| Where abouts in EYorks are you? I do a lot of early morning driving on weekends around Howden/Newport area, seen/dodged loads of Deer but never a badger!
I'll be the one to say it though, quite often hitting an animal in the road is often the safest way of dealing with the situation. I almost crashed horrifically a few years ago from aggressively swerving away from a hedgehog (I didn't think about it, just panicked and swerved). I managed to collect it and recover, but for the sake of keeping a hedgehog alive I would easily have killed myself and/or somebody else if there was oncoming traffic.
I'll be the one to say it though, quite often hitting an animal in the road is often the safest way of dealing with the situation. I almost crashed horrifically a few years ago from aggressively swerving away from a hedgehog (I didn't think about it, just panicked and swerved). I managed to collect it and recover, but for the sake of keeping a hedgehog alive I would easily have killed myself and/or somebody else if there was oncoming traffic.
21 May 2013, 05:49 PM
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Haha I don't think I've ever seen a badger outside of a Zoo :| Where abouts in EYorks are you? I do a lot of early morning driving on weekends around Howden/Newport area, seen/dodged loads of Deer but never a badger!
I'll be the one to say it though, quite often hitting an animal in the road is often the safest way of dealing with the situation. I almost crashed horrifically a few years ago from aggressively swerving away from a hedgehog (I didn't think about it, just panicked and swerved). I managed to collect it and recover, but for the sake of keeping a hedgehog alive I would easily have killed myself and/or somebody else if there was oncoming traffic.
I'll be the one to say it though, quite often hitting an animal in the road is often the safest way of dealing with the situation. I almost crashed horrifically a few years ago from aggressively swerving away from a hedgehog (I didn't think about it, just panicked and swerved). I managed to collect it and recover, but for the sake of keeping a hedgehog alive I would easily have killed myself and/or somebody else if there was oncoming traffic.
21 May 2013, 05:53 PM
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I once ran over a hedgehog in my XR3i... I hadn't noticed
It was only after a few days of red hot summer when the rotting smell started to enter the cabin that I realised. Made a right mess in the inner arch, and reeked that bad I was heaving when I was cleaning it off... Car was lowered so much I couldn't see the gore until it was up on a jack!
It was only after a few days of red hot summer when the rotting smell started to enter the cabin that I realised. Made a right mess in the inner arch, and reeked that bad I was heaving when I was cleaning it off... Car was lowered so much I couldn't see the gore until it was up on a jack!
21 May 2013, 06:04 PM
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21 May 2013, 06:06 PM
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I was driving back from work at night in the company pickup and went round a corner to find 4 deer just hanging out in the middle of the road! I couldn't swerve as I was already going round a corner and they were across the road so I knew I would hit at least 1 but ended up hitting two deer in one go and killing them out right Thinking back I should have picked them up and put them in the back of the pickup...
Thinking back I should have picked them up and put them in the back of the pickup...
21 May 2013, 06:12 PM
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I was driving back from work at night in the company pickup and went round a corner to find 4 deer just hanging out in the middle of the road! I couldn't swerve as I was already going round a corner and they were across the road so I knew I would hit at least 1 but ended up hitting two deer in one go and killing them out right Thinking back I should have picked them up and put them in the back of the pickup...
Thinking back I should have picked them up and put them in the back of the pickup...
21 May 2013, 06:59 PM
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My daughter killed her 106 avoiding a dog.
She put the car into a wall.
She felt even worse when I put it to her that a mum pushing a buggy with one hand and holding the hand of her 5-yr-old could have been walking in front of that part of the wall at the time.
It is regrettably a case of praying (with your eyes open) that the animal gets out of the way.
Btw, I was once on a bus that hit a sheep at about 20mph.
The sheep bounded off, leaving a hefty dent in the front of the bus.
Our sheep are well 'ard.
She put the car into a wall.
She felt even worse when I put it to her that a mum pushing a buggy with one hand and holding the hand of her 5-yr-old could have been walking in front of that part of the wall at the time.
It is regrettably a case of praying (with your eyes open) that the animal gets out of the way.
Btw, I was once on a bus that hit a sheep at about 20mph.
The sheep bounded off, leaving a hefty dent in the front of the bus.
Our sheep are well 'ard.
21 May 2013, 07:08 PM
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Haha I don't think I've ever seen a badger outside of a Zoo :| Where abouts in EYorks are you? I do a lot of early morning driving on weekends around Howden/Newport area, seen/dodged loads of Deer but never a badger!
I'll be the one to say it though, quite often hitting an animal in the road is often the safest way of dealing with the situation. I almost crashed horrifically a few years ago from aggressively swerving away from a hedgehog (I didn't think about it, just panicked and swerved). I managed to collect it and recover, but for the sake of keeping a hedgehog alive I would easily have killed myself and/or somebody else if there was oncoming traffic.
I'll be the one to say it though, quite often hitting an animal in the road is often the safest way of dealing with the situation. I almost crashed horrifically a few years ago from aggressively swerving away from a hedgehog (I didn't think about it, just panicked and swerved). I managed to collect it and recover, but for the sake of keeping a hedgehog alive I would easily have killed myself and/or somebody else if there was oncoming traffic.
and yeah its a lot better to hit than avoid as my sister did it once avoiding a cat and ran in to a bus shelter
21 May 2013, 08:06 PM
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21 May 2013, 08:28 PM
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My daughter killed her 106 avoiding a dog.
She put the car into a wall.
She felt even worse when I put it to her that a mum pushing a buggy with one hand and holding the hand of her 5-yr-old could have been walking in front of that part of the wall at the time.
It is regrettably a case of praying (with your eyes open) that the animal gets out of the way.
Btw, I was once on a bus that hit a sheep at about 20mph.
The sheep bounded off, leaving a hefty dent in the front of the bus.
Our sheep are well 'ard.
21 May 2013, 10:03 PM
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Least your going reasonable speed down there though,well I did anyway when was there, and some of them wear neckbands
Nearly came up against big deer one night on Beaulieu/lyndhurst road, I think.
Nearly came up against big deer one night on Beaulieu/lyndhurst road, I think.
22 May 2013, 12:35 AM
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Those badgers and deer are terrible for running out, hence the reason I am now far more judicial with the loud pedal. I'm responsible for quite a few rodents and vermin but thankfully nothing too large, domesticated or humanoid.
It loses a lot in the telling but when I was a student I had a green Ford Focus that I literally used to max out late at night or very early in the morning when I headed back, motorways were very quiet. One stunningly crisp morning about September time a large flock of pigeons took off from a field some way way and slowly deviated across the M6 toll right in front of my path, I caught the flock diagonally as they turned in. I can only guess at the number but most of the large flock were obliterated and the car carried feathers in the backdraft for some way up the road, much to the amusement of a car behind.
When I got back the front of the car looked like a painter's radio.
It loses a lot in the telling but when I was a student I had a green Ford Focus that I literally used to max out late at night or very early in the morning when I headed back, motorways were very quiet. One stunningly crisp morning about September time a large flock of pigeons took off from a field some way way and slowly deviated across the M6 toll right in front of my path, I caught the flock diagonally as they turned in. I can only guess at the number but most of the large flock were obliterated and the car carried feathers in the backdraft for some way up the road, much to the amusement of a car behind.
When I got back the front of the car looked like a painter's radio.
22 May 2013, 12:43 AM
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aaah the annual roadkill thread, sorry about your bumper. This was my last one after a deer decided to try a triple jump across it. Yes it was a lucky escape, still a grands worth of damage mind.
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22 May 2013, 01:13 AM
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I remember my first roadkill, a cat.
Well over 30 years ago but I'll never forget the sight of it in my rear-view mirror crawling away to die. Car(s) behind me, parked cars on the right and a drainage dyke on the left. A complete no-brainer unfortunately.
The fox that shot out in front giving me no time to react (at 70) wasn't so bad - instant death, but I wondered if it had cubs.
The foxhounds - well it wasn't their fault that they were brought up by bloodthirsty barstewards to be bloodthirsty barstewards.
I've seen a couple of dead badgers.
Suirprised how big they are.
Well over 30 years ago but I'll never forget the sight of it in my rear-view mirror crawling away to die. Car(s) behind me, parked cars on the right and a drainage dyke on the left. A complete no-brainer unfortunately.
The fox that shot out in front giving me no time to react (at 70) wasn't so bad - instant death, but I wondered if it had cubs.
The foxhounds - well it wasn't their fault that they were brought up by bloodthirsty barstewards to be bloodthirsty barstewards.
I've seen a couple of dead badgers.
Suirprised how big they are.
22 May 2013, 01:43 AM
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My list currently stands at 6 badgers, 3 cats, a fox, and a bloody big bird (not sure what brand of bird, unless it was a ball of red feathers and guts to begin with).
One of the more memorable ones was badger no.3, hit it in my 205 rally car complete with hefty PTS sumpguard - the bugger had all 4 wheels off the floor! Upon landing I spun around to make sure he wasn't in the middle of the road ready to cause someone else some damage and he was up and walking away! Didn't look so sharp after I finished the job...
One of the more memorable ones was badger no.3, hit it in my 205 rally car complete with hefty PTS sumpguard - the bugger had all 4 wheels off the floor! Upon landing I spun around to make sure he wasn't in the middle of the road ready to cause someone else some damage and he was up and walking away! Didn't look so sharp after I finished the job...
23 May 2013, 06:03 AM
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I must be quite lucky compared to you lot, I've only done one cat and a pheasant in over 30yrs, I saw the cat sat there and told it that I wasn't going to swerve and it's numbers were up if it ran out, but it didn't listen,bloody thing cost me 70 quid for a new fog light which was a weeks wages 28yrs ago 
Pheasant was more recent and cost me an Indicator and bent the fog cover bracket on the type r.
My best mate hit an ostrich, well the ostrich hit him side on, in the outback in OZ at about 80mph on a motor bike, he managed to keep it upright and wobble to a halt, at which point the girl on the back was screaming for him to get her off the bike because she hurt her leg, at which point he said yeah tell me about it, he had a compound fracture thats where your bone is poking out through your skin, then they sat by the road for a couple of hours, both with broken legs, and were eventually air lifted to hospital.
FYI worst bit was when they unscrewed the pins out of his bones without anesthetic, he fainted twice.
Pheasant was more recent and cost me an Indicator and bent the fog cover bracket on the type r.
My best mate hit an ostrich, well the ostrich hit him side on, in the outback in OZ at about 80mph on a motor bike, he managed to keep it upright and wobble to a halt, at which point the girl on the back was screaming for him to get her off the bike because she hurt her leg, at which point he said yeah tell me about it, he had a compound fracture thats where your bone is poking out through your skin, then they sat by the road for a couple of hours, both with broken legs, and were eventually air lifted to hospital.
FYI worst bit was when they unscrewed the pins out of his bones without anesthetic, he fainted twice.
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