Owl Dead

JustinR1979

Captaincodpiece wrote: »

He believes this is real.

Seen the wheeler dealers in Germany getting the bmw Z1?
See him go round a roundabout the wrong way with cyclists coming towards him, and gives them a cheery wave!

Captaincodpiece

JustinR1979 wrote: »

Seen the wheeler dealers in Germany getting the bmw Z1?
See him go round a roundabout the wrong way with cyclists coming towards him, and gives them a cheery wave!

The 911, bmw 635 and a third car were all on eBay at the same time with some rubbish about the buyers being unwilling to wait until the show had been on tv before they could have their cars.

lovinituk

aardvaak wrote: »

Is the OP drunk - Of course not at 9.30 in the morning

trolling - definitely not

I might say you were a bit mental but that would be an insult to people genuinely suffering from a mental illness!

pelirocco

aardvaak wrote: »

let alone a lorry driver with places to be

At 5.30 in the afternoon?

The lorry was far too big to be there - there seems no reason for it - not a main 'A' or 'B' road.

The driver probably thought he didn't care as he knew he had little marking on his vehicle so unlikely to be traced

As an owner of a transport company I can confirm that all our drivers of course just drive along little roads at 5.30 pm for the fun of it !!!

Do you actually realise these vehicles deliver stuff .....and amazingly they have to come of the main roads to do it.

All lorries do have markings to enable them to be traced , you may not have heard of them , but they are known as number plates to the non idiots amongst us;)

societys_child

Appears that the offence would be: "to run over an animal and then eat it"

but, as any following vehicle didn't actually run over it, they can take and eat it (although, apparently, it would belong to the Highways agency (so possibly theft?)

Not found any legislation, just this:
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4239387.The_new_Sussex_delicacy_%20_%20_road_kill/

" . . . before picking up road kill, there are certain laws to be aware of. It is illegal to run over an animal and then eat it so, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the game animal would belong to the land owner, which would be the Highways Agency. But if the car in front hits the animal, then it is fine for someone else to pick it up and cook".

Captaincodpiece

societys_child wrote: »

Appears that the offence would be: "to run over an animal and then eat it"

but, as any following vehicle didn't actually run over it, they can take and eat it (although, apparently, it would belong to the Highways agency (so possibly theft?)

Not found any legislation, just this:
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4239387.The_new_Sussex_delicacy_%20_%20_road_kill/

But it says

Klare Kennett, from the RSPCA, said: “Picking up a dead animal from the road and taking it home to eat is not committing any crime, or indeed any cruelty. As long as that animal was killed accidentally in a road traffic accident, then it is no more cruel than buying meat from a supermarket that has been bred and killed for eating.”

In your link.

topdaddy_2

aardvaak wrote: »

The Law............

Thats cleared that up then.

societys_child

Captaincodpiece wrote: »

But it says

Klare Kennett, from the RSPCA, said: “Picking up a dead animal from the road and taking it home to eat is not committing any crime, or indeed any cruelty. As long as that animal was killed accidentally in a road traffic accident, then it is no more cruel than buying meat from a supermarket that has been bred and killed for eating.”

In your link.

Yeah, I know, but it seems to depend on who ran it over, if it wasn't you, you can take it.

silverwhistle

I don't think I'd want a pheasant that had been run over by a 44 tonne lorry...

matttye

AdrianC wrote: »

Why?

- If it's dead, it's dead. Unless you plan on taking it home to bury it, there's nothing you can do.
- If it's badly injured, are you going to wring its neck or batter it with your wheelbrace? No, me neither. Or are you going to pick it up and take it to the vet?
- If it's more lightly injured, are you going to track it down wherever it's run off to, and coo soothingly to it whilst you wrap it lovingly in a jacket and take it to the vet?

By all means, stop at the first safe opportunity to ensure your vehicle's safe to continue and not too badly damaged, but...

Yes I would take an injured animal to the vet. I'd value an animal's life above my car any day of the week.

neilmcl wrote: »

I hit/was hit by a pheasant on the A1 at 70mph causing over £400 worth of damage to my car. Was I supposed to stop the car in the middle of the carriageway and go looking for the poor bird!

Obviously not. I thought it went without saying that I would only stop if it was safe to do so but obviously you have to be really specific on the internet otherwise people come up with all sorts of crazy scenarios and ask if you should stop. :rotfl:

shegirl wrote: »

I once saw a buzzard fly into the wheel of a motorbike, after going in head first it's body was tossed straight back out onto the side of the road, jerking and completely headless -right next to me.The motorbike carried on (no I didn't see where the head went)


Should the rider have suddenly stopped himself and risked his life and that of others due to a dead bird? No.

See above.