damn, drove over a duck today on the motorway

Prothet_of_Doom

loskie wrote: »

70mph is the limit

Only if there's police or speed cameras :rotfl:

Prothet_of_Doom

pendragon_arther wrote: »

Quuaaack!!! Not only were you exceeding the speed limit, sir, but you failed to collect the duck for eating purposes :eek:

If I remember correctly, Road kill is not an option for the person that hits it.

My dad used to bring home pheasants that "the car in front hit"

These days on country roads people emergency brake for pheasants. Madness.

SailorSam

I hope you phoned the ducktor to see was it ok.

Strider590

Prothet_of_Doom wrote: »

If I remember correctly, Road kill is not an option for the person that hits it.

My dad used to bring home pheasants that "the car in front hit"

These days on country roads people emergency brake for pheasants. Madness.

Worse, they do the same for squirrels...... Which are officially vermin no matter how cute and fluffy they may be.

Gloomendoom

Prothet_of_Doom wrote: »

These days on country roads people emergency brake for pheasants. Madness.

These days, hitting a pheasant can make a hell of a mess of the front of a car.

Gers

The advice I was given about our country tracks is to speed up every so slightly if there's a stupid pheasant walking up the middle of the road. The increase in speed 'forces' it to take flight whilst driving just behind them only makes them run. It works.

There's some lovely long-eared brown hares here. They just run up the road in front of the car zig-zagging their way.

As for the deer... they get really scared when they've wandered on the track but can't get out of the way easily because of fencing. Little Sika's are the worst of all. They make me feel as if I'm stalking them.

Zero_Gravitas

Gloomendoom wrote: »

These days, hitting a pheasant can make a hell of a mess of the front of a car.

Indeed - a couple of years ago I hit a pigeon that was just taking off from the road in front of me; I was travelling about 55 mph. Smashed straight through the grille of my Volvo V70. I suspect a pheasant would have gone through the radiator as well.

pappa_golf

Gloomendoom wrote: »

These days, hitting a peasant can make a hell of a mess of the front of a car.

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neilmcl

Gloomendoom wrote: »

These days, hitting a pheasant can make a hell of a mess of the front of a car.

+1. I hit a pheasant which decided to cross the A1 in heavy traffic, smashed my fog light and the bracket attached to the front bumper. Since the bracket itself was an integral part of the bumper assembly I ended having to have a brand new bumper, fog light and respray, costing £££.

Strider590

Gloomendoom wrote: »

These days, hitting a pheasant can make a hell of a mess of the front of a car.

They can yes, but the car behind with some idiot in Audi on his phone, or a woman leaning between the seats to "coochy coo" the spawn, won't have seen said pheasant and when you brake harshly your car will be in a lot more mess than if you'd only hit the bird.