Swerving to avoid animals on road

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Tue 21 Aug 2007 23:40  Back Top End
Swerving to avoid animals on road - nb857
I heard that hitting a dog (or similar/larger animal) at high speed can cause serious
damage to vehicles.


I have hit 2 foxes at shall we say "motorway speeds, officer" in a Skoda Favorit and no damage was done (to the car).

I used to drive alot in the early mornings and road kill became a speciality, nothing escaped me, except that kamakarzi cat.

Was offered $50 if I could nail a stray pig while I was cutting corn in Kansas. Pigs are more nimble than combine harvesters. While there we were lectured on the dangers of deer. One of my collegues then him a deer in the bosses new F350 Superduty much to his disgust. The boss however halved the cost of the collision when he did the same a week later before he got it repaired! We had ridgid trucks that we would pull pup trailers behind. One of my other collegues managed to kill a deer by running it over when it ran between the truck and pup. That, ladies and gentlemen, is Advanced Roadkill!
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Swerving to avoid animals on road  LHM Tue 21 Aug 2007 13:17
Swerving to avoid animals on road  normd2 Tue 21 Aug 2007 13:29
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Tue 21 Aug 2007 13:29
Swerving to avoid animals on road  SpamCan61 {P} Tue 21 Aug 2007 13:30
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Cliff Pope Tue 21 Aug 2007 13:43
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Altea Ego Tue 21 Aug 2007 13:48
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Tue 21 Aug 2007 14:02
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Brian Tryzers Tue 21 Aug 2007 14:08
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Dwight Van Driver Tue 21 Aug 2007 15:22
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Cliff Pope Tue 21 Aug 2007 15:35
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Altea Ego Tue 21 Aug 2007 15:34
Swerving to avoid animals on road  DP Tue 21 Aug 2007 16:43
Swerving to avoid animals on road  SpamCan61 {P} Tue 21 Aug 2007 16:55
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Altea Ego Tue 21 Aug 2007 17:01
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Tue 21 Aug 2007 17:21
Swerving to avoid animals on road  movilogo Tue 21 Aug 2007 17:42
Swerving to avoid animals on road  tyro Tue 21 Aug 2007 21:30
Swerving to avoid animals on road  nb857 Tue 21 Aug 2007 23:40
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Thu 23 Aug 2007 13:56
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Sim-O Wed 5 Sep 2007 17:27
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Clanger Tue 21 Aug 2007 22:04
Swerving to avoid animals on road  scotty Fri 24 Aug 2007 11:24
Swerving to avoid animals on road  milkyjoe Tue 21 Aug 2007 22:23
Swerving to avoid animals on road  SpamCan61 {P} Wed 22 Aug 2007 10:29
Swerving to avoid animals on road  andymc {P} Wed 22 Aug 2007 11:05
Swerving to avoid animals on road  stevied Thu 23 Aug 2007 09:27
Swerving to avoid animals on road  madf Thu 23 Aug 2007 10:15
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Chris S Thu 23 Aug 2007 14:15
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Thu 23 Aug 2007 14:28
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Martin Devon Thu 23 Aug 2007 20:25
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Brian Tryzers Thu 23 Aug 2007 21:11
Swerving to avoid animals on road  GregSwain Thu 23 Aug 2007 21:29
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Wed 5 Sep 2007 14:19
Swerving to avoid animals on road  henry k Fri 24 Aug 2007 01:04
Swerving to avoid animals on road  henry k Tue 4 Sep 2007 23:48
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Kevin Thu 23 Aug 2007 22:23
Swerving to avoid animals on road  PoloGirl Thu 23 Aug 2007 23:09
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Hamsafar Fri 24 Aug 2007 00:03
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Fri 24 Aug 2007 01:05
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Fri 24 Aug 2007 01:04
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Mad Maxy Wed 5 Sep 2007 12:09
Swerving to avoid animals on road  DSLRed Fri 24 Aug 2007 01:49
Swerving to avoid animals on road  billy25 Fri 24 Aug 2007 02:33
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Mapmaker Fri 24 Aug 2007 10:48
Swerving to avoid animals on road  wotspur Wed 5 Sep 2007 00:32
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Pugugly {P} Wed 5 Sep 2007 18:25
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Mad Maxy Wed 5 Sep 2007 12:16
Swerving to avoid animals on road  slowdown avenue Wed 5 Sep 2007 00:39
Swerving to avoid animals on road  oilrag Wed 5 Sep 2007 09:18
Swerving to avoid animals on road  rogue-trooper Wed 5 Sep 2007 12:14
Swerving to avoid animals on road  madf Wed 5 Sep 2007 13:08
Swerving to avoid animals on road  billy25 Wed 5 Sep 2007 15:20