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    #32
    Lando Griffin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,952 ✭✭✭Lando Griffin


    A mutt ran out in front of a friend of mines car and she swerved to avoid it lost control flipped and landed upside down in a ditch totalling her car and broke nearly every bone in her senceless body.
    She was months in hospital.


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    #33
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    Lando Griffin wrote: »
    A mutt ran out in front of a friend of mines car and she swerved to avoid it lost control flipped and landed upside down in a ditch totalling her car and broke nearly every bone in her senceless body.
    She was months in hospital.
    Was the dog ok?? Sorry, but there'll be loads who really really want to know that. Joking aside, hope your friend recovered ok and yes, swerving can be a bad idea. I think this is more about people going out of their way to hit animals though, not hitting them when it's unavoidable.


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    #34
    Death and Taxes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,775 ✭✭✭Death and Taxes


    Ihatecuddles wrote: »
    My ex's mum was driving out of her driveway and there was a dead fox on the road, she carried on and went off to lunch.
    Came back an hour later and it was gone. She got out of the car and someone had put it in her bush!

    She a redhead? what with the foxy bush an all:D:D:D:D


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    #35
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    WileyCoyote wrote: »
    She a redhead? what with the foxy bush an all:D:D:D:D
    So much for resisting:D


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    #36
    Ihatecuddles-old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,785 ✭✭✭Ihatecuddles-old


    WileyCoyote wrote: »
    She a redhead? what with the foxy bush an all:D:D:D:D

    Blonde, she'd definitely get it as well!


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    #37
    kfallon
    Registered Users Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Ihatecuddles wrote: »
    Blonde, she'd definitely get it as well!

    MILF alert, where's the pics???


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    #38
    coolhull
    Registered Users Posts: 49,731 ✭✭✭✭coolhull


    NegativeCreep wrote: »
    If you're doing your driving test and an animal runs out in front of you you're supposed to run it over. Anything else could cause a crash.
    I barely missed a cat while doing my
    test. Had to reverse back and drive over it properly.


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    #39
    dj jarvis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,485 ✭✭✭dj jarvis


    there was a thread on this very subject about a month ago
    well it was about cats , and a poster stated that he does not swerve to avoid cats , i added i did not serve to avoid cats because it might cause a accident

    you would swear we were talking about running over disabled kids the reaction it got - FFS i would hit a cat every time rather than poss cause a accident

    some cat owners are truly a special bunch of fruit cake

    you should not avoid animals on the road , by the letter of the law

    unlucky squashed kitty indeed


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    #40
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    dj jarvis wrote: »
    there was a thread on this very subject about a month ago
    well it was about cats , and a poster stated that he does not swerve to avoid cats , i added i did not serve to avoid cats because it might cause a accident

    you would swear we were talking about running over disabled kids the reaction it got - FFS i would hit a cat every time rather than poss cause a accident

    some cat owners are truly a special bunch of fruit cake

    you should not avoid animals on the road , by the letter of the law

    unlucky squashed kitty indeed
    How dare you point your Daewoo at my Pussy.


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    #41
    Death and Taxes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,775 ✭✭✭Death and Taxes


    Pottler wrote: »
    How dare you point your Daewoo at my Pussy.

    Ya just couldn't resist anymore, huh:D


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    #42
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    WileyCoyote wrote: »
    Ya just couldn't resist anymore, huh:D
    Everyone has their limits:D


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    #43
    ITS_A_BADGER
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭ITS_A_BADGER


    Local-womanizer wrote: »
    I hit a badger myself, I was going about 30mph, 2 wheels went over him, it felt like I hit a speed ramp.

    Turned around to see the damage I left behind and he was nowhere to be seen!

    Now I am feared that there is a badger out there looking for revenge :(


    So it was you! :mad:


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    #44
    gerrowadat
    Registered Users Posts: 3,363 ✭✭✭gerrowadat


    dj jarvis wrote: »
    there was a thread on this very subject about a month ago
    well it was about cats , and a poster stated that he does not swerve to avoid cats , i added i did not serve to avoid cats because it might cause a accident

    you would swear we were talking about running over disabled kids the reaction it got - FFS i would hit a cat every time rather than poss cause a accident

    some cat owners are truly a special bunch of fruit cake

    you should not avoid animals on the road , by the letter of the law

    unlucky squashed kitty indeed

    Yes, this. I own two cats and love them dearly like a crazy person should, but I would not swerve to avoid one if I was clearly going to hit it. I'd risk killing myself and everyone else in the car.

    People don't seem to realise just how dangerous swerving a car going anything above walking pace is. Swering at anything above 50kph usually means either you or your car is fooooooked.


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    #45
    gerrowadat
    Registered Users Posts: 3,363 ✭✭✭gerrowadat


    NegativeCreep wrote: »
    I don't know the ins and outs but I'm pretty sure the rule is you just have to keep going at the speed limit and run the thing over.

    Same goes for truck license and cars, actually. If you're driving an artix or flatbed and you're going to hit the car, hit the car. You'll cause more damage by swerving.

    tl;dr Cars are like badgers for trucks.


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    #46
    jimthemental
    Registered Users Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭jimthemental


    gerrowadat wrote: »
    Same goes for truck license and cars, actually. If you're driving an artix or flatbed and you're going to hit the car, hit the car. You'll cause more damage by swerving.

    tl;dr Cars are like badgers for trucks.

    I'm going to take it that's a joke, and a poor one at that. Is it not better to swerve, maybe even jack knife a truck to avoid hitting some poor family in a car head on. I've driven a fairly small sized truck in Australia on crappy roads and have had to nearly sacrifice the truck on two occasions to avoid absolutely flattening cars, one of which I learned after had kids in it. Don't know how someone could be of this view.


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    #47
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    jimthemental wrote: »
    I'm going to take it that's a joke, and a poor one at that. Is it not better to swerve, maybe even jack knife a truck to avoid hitting some poor family in a car head on. I've driven a fairly small sized truck in Australia on crappy roads and have had to nearly sacrifice the truck on two occasions to avoid absolutely flattening cars, one of which I learned after had kids in it. Don't know how someone could be of this view.
    I suppose it depends on the circumstances, swerving an artic on a quiet road is one thing, on a busy motorway is another, where avoiding one car will result in hitting about 20 others instead. Not a choice anyone would want to have to make.


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    #48
    gerrowadat
    Registered Users Posts: 3,363 ✭✭✭gerrowadat


    jimthemental wrote: »
    I'm going to take it that's a joke, and a poor one at that. Is it not better to swerve, maybe even jack knife a truck to avoid hitting some poor family in a car head on. I've driven a fairly small sized truck in Australia on crappy roads and have had to nearly sacrifice the truck on two occasions to avoid absolutely flattening cars, one of which I learned after had kids in it. Don't know how someone could be of this view.

    Not a joke, it's part of the training for the truck licensing here.

    Clearly if you're on a country road, where you have time to react and driving into a ditch to save a car full of people is an option, sure.

    But, in most situations, flipping a truck over or jacknifing a truck above a certain size in a built-up area is a very bad idea indeed. People underestimate how much force is behind a truck when it's moving, and you could be avoiding a car to flatten a dozen pedestrians, or a small cafe or house.


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