Roadkill.

Pottler · 02-08-2012 10:45PM #1

Too bad taste for Motors, ahem. Sounds perfect for AH! Personally, I hate hitting living things when driving, guilts me out tbh(for a short while admittedly). Whatt'd ye hit, see get hit, was it messy, were you shocked/guilty, did you recover. SIL hit a deer once, it fecked up his pride and joy and he was deeply moved, mainly by the repair bill. Ever run anything over? Ever been run over?(I have, it hurts- face was torn off quite nicely, 3 weeks in hospital, but I was young and stuff heals) Got any stories?

mauzo · 02-08-2012 10:47PM

Only ever hit 2 birds. One was my friends dad and the other was my sister!

mikemac1 · 02-08-2012 10:47PM

Pottler wrote: »

face was torn off quite nicely,

Torn off? :eek:

Dont be at yourself · 02-08-2012 10:48PM

I hit a goose on the M50 once. Last thing I expected to see waddling across the middle lane.

Most important thing to remember in that situation is not to swerve: I'd rather kill an animal than smash into another car.

admiralofthefleet · 02-08-2012 10:48PM

there was a huge rat dead on the road in fernhill, arklow today. i cant wait to move home from this kip in a couple of weeks

girl in the striped socks · 02-08-2012 10:50PM

Thank god no. I'd hate it tbh.
I came very close to hitting a deer a few years ago. I still don't know how I managed to avoid it.
Will insurance cover you if you hit a deer or wild animal?

Sauve · 02-08-2012 10:50PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

there was a huge rat dead on the road in fernhill, arklow today. i cant wait to move home from this kip in a couple of weeks

There are rats there too.
Trust me

callaway92 · 02-08-2012 10:51PM

Rrrrrrroadkill.

RRRROADKILL

Alter-Ego · 02-08-2012 10:52PM

Pretty sure I've swallowed a few flies while cycling. Does that count?

Slightly OT:

Today I rescued a kitten from near certain death on the side of a busy main road. I even managed to find the little git a home already.

westendgirlie · 02-08-2012 10:53PM

A couple of year ago there was a serious number of badgers dead on the road. I means loads! Council would clean em up then, the next day, same amount dead on the road again!

I hit a badger on a back road once. I swerved thinking I might miss it and ended up killing its baby too. I cried

Shryke · 02-08-2012 10:56PM

The van in front of me hit a cat last week. The poor thing was on the side of the road, it looked like the van driver took aim at it, which pissed me off. I've never hit anything luckily although I almost ran a badger down on a country road at night. I spotted the lad in time and we had a good look at each other before he hopped in the ditch.

Pottler · 02-08-2012 10:57PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Torn off? :eek:

Yup, stepped out in front of a Ford cortina that was doing 65 on a dual carriageway(I was 9 and lollipop lady took a sikkie:eek:ooohh the claim I'd have now.....), I just never looked, was so used to crossing with the school lollipop bint, anyway, got thrown 25m and hit a wall face first, tore off my face basically. Hospital sewed it back on and it took, so I'm still a handsome blade tbtG. Spent a long time being told"don't scratch the scabs, ignore the itch!" Yeah right, scratch scratch. Never broke a bone, mainly because(here's the medical bit),- "I never saw the car, so I didn't tense up", or some shoite like that. Steeped tbh.

mauzo · 02-08-2012 10:57PM

This reminded me of the time I was going to lunch with a friend of mine. I got to his house and there was a dead fox on the road. Off we went out for lunch, we were pulling back into his driveway and there was the dead dog in his plants!! Someone had just taken it off the road and thrown it over his hedge!!!

YouTookMyName · 02-08-2012 10:58PM

bird flew into the car once, was doing 60 at the time too.

Had to stop to see if the grill and wing mirror was damaged.

grindle · 02-08-2012 11:00PM

A sparrow hit our school tour bus and it got lodged in the rubber rim around the door.
We all heard the tiny thud, and the bus driver shrugged his shoulders, but when we got off the bus it was sort of caked, dead, into one of the rims.
Really left an impression.

tribalwings · 02-08-2012 11:00PM

I got 2 pheasants and a hare at different times. All left a horrible mess of feathers and fluff. Traffic was too close to stop and check if there was anything left for cooking

Shryke · 02-08-2012 11:00PM

syndeyfife wrote: »

This reminded me of the time I was going to lunch with a friend of mine. I got to his house and there was a dead fox on the road. Off we went out for lunch, we were pulling back into his driveway and there was the dead dog in his plants!! Someone had just taken it off the road and thrown it over his hedge!!!

That would be the council giving it 110%.

admiralofthefleet · 02-08-2012 11:01PM

YouTookMyName wrote: »

bird flew into the car once, was doing 60 at the time too.

Had to stop to see if the grill and wing mirror was damaged.

happened a few weeks ago on the n11. my father in law was doing about 120 at the time. i looked back and all i saw was a cloud of feathers

Sky King · 02-08-2012 11:02PM

OK rough story, so dont read if you like animals.

Note: I actually like animals a lot (especially ducks) and so I feel particularly bad about this.

Anyway I was calling out to my mate's house and slowed down when i saw traffic on the other side of the road stopping and building up in a tailback. I didn't know why so I kept driving at a slower speed.

Then I noticed a mammy duck and a line of baby ducks behind her crossing the road. The splitter under my bumper took down the mammy and the front tyre crushed a few of the babies. I felt the crunch through the steering column and the flapping of feathers as I passed over the mammy duck, which i saw in my rear view mirror was still alive albiet paralysed as she was flapping on the road with the baby ducks unable to get up. The babies were milling around her and their crushed siblings, they didn't know what to do (they're ducks, remember).

I was going to get out and finish off the mother duck with my boot when I notice that a group of about 4 children and a couple of adults who had been watching the duck cross the road had witnessed the gruesome and macabre scene unfold and now were in a state of shock and distress. The kids were crying and stuff. So I elected to drop a cog and high-tail it out of there.

Like I said, i like animals and feel bad about this so lay off alright!

girl in the striped socks · 02-08-2012 11:04PM

Shryke wrote: »

The van in front of me hit a cat last week. The poor thing was on the side of the road, it looked like the van driver took aim at it, which pissed me off. I've never hit anything luckily although I almost ran a badger down on a country road at night. I spotted the lad in time and we had a good look at each other before he hopped in the ditch.

Stupid prick if he did aim for it.
Again a few years ago I narrowly avoided hitting a badger on the way to the pub. When I got there I got savaged, by a farmer, that I didn't hit it. The same lad had gone down with tb that day & was out drowning his sorrows.

starbelgrade · 02-08-2012 11:05PM

I drove into a flying bird the other day, or he flew into my car, depending on how you look at it.

Took me ages to get it out of the grille. I tried wedging it out with a stick, but it wouldn't budge. Next I tried a pliers, but that only succeeded in pulling it's head off, so I ended up shoving it out from the engine side with a long chisel.

Pdfile · 02-08-2012 11:06PM

i hit a cow once... she moaned and moo'd till she fell outta her disability chair.

Pottler · 02-08-2012 11:07PM

Sky King wrote: »

OK rough story, so dont read if you like animals.

Note: I actually like animals a lot (especially ducks) and so I feel particularly bad about this.

Anyway I was calling out to my mate's house and slowed down when i saw traffic on the other side of the road stopping and building up in a tailback. I didn't know why so I kept driving at a slower speed.

Then I noticed a mammy duck and a line of baby ducks behind her crossing the road. The splitter under my bumper took down the mammy and the front tyre crushed a few of the babies. I felt the crunch through the steering column and the flapping of feathers as I passed over the mammy duck, which i saw in my rear view mirror was still alive albiet paralysed as she was flapping on the road with the baby ducks unable to get up. The babies were milling around her and their crushed siblings, they didn't know what to do (they're ducks, remember).

I was going to get out and finish off the mother duck with my boot when I notice that a group of about 4 children and a couple of adults who had been watching the duck cross the road had witnessed the gruesome and macabre scene unfold and now were in a state of shock and distress. The kids were crying and stuff. So I elected to drop a cog and high-tail it out of there.

Like I said, i like animals and feel bad about this so lay off alright!

there is, apparently, according to my mate Dave, who knows everything(theres always one apparently), a law in Ireland that webbed footed animals have the right of way and it's irregal to run them over. Apparently. You are now officially a self confessed fugitive from the law:D

westendgirlie · 02-08-2012 11:09PM

That was a thumbs down Sky King !!!! (Except there was only a thumb up button)

Murderererererer !

Pottler · 02-08-2012 11:10PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

I drove into a flying bird the other day, or he flew into my car, depending on how you look at it.

Took me ages to get it out of the grille. I tried wedging it out with a stick, but it wouldn't budge. Next I tried a pliers, but that only succeeded in pulling it's head off, so I ended up shoving it out from the engine side with a long chisel.

:Dyou are a dirty chiseller. At least we know it wasn't a penguin.

westendgirlie · 02-08-2012 11:12PM

Does anyone else think birds are kamikazi nutters in the morning?

Mr Benevolent · 02-08-2012 11:12PM

grindle wrote: »

Really left an impression.

On the rim?

Pottler · 02-08-2012 11:14PM

westendgirlie wrote: »

Does anyone else think birds are kamikazi nutters in the morning?

I hate hitting them when they are messing on the road - swooping and diving together and stuff, It just feels crap, like you ruined a great moment, or somthing.. On another note, a mates new driver hit a cow with a laden artic, lost it and ploughed into a bungalow, writing off the cow, the artic, the bungalow and himself. At least he got the full house, so's to speak.

Mr Benevolent · 02-08-2012 11:15PM

Pottler wrote: »

there is, apparently, according to my mate Dave, who knows everything(theres always one apparently), a law in Ireland that webbed footed animals have the right of way and it's irregal to run them over. Apparently. You are now officially a self confessed fugitive from the law:D

All pedestrians have right of way, and that includes ducks. But the duck story is bull.

Gloomtastic! · 02-08-2012 11:17PM

Pottler wrote: »

mikemac1 wrote: »

Torn off? :eek:

Yup, stepped out in front of a Ford cortina that was doing 65 on a dual carriageway(I was 9 and lollipop lady took a sikkie:eek:ooohh the claim I'd have now.....), I just never looked, was so used to crossing with the school lollipop bint, anyway, got thrown 25m and hit a wall face first, tore off my face basically. Hospital sewed it back on and it took, so I'm still a handsome blade tbtG. Spent a long time being told"don't scratch the scabs, ignore the itch!" Yeah right, scratch scratch. Never broke a bone, mainly because(here's the medical bit),- "I never saw the car, so I didn't tense up", or some shoite like that. Steeped tbh.

Did you know most successful entrepreneurs had near death experiences? I believe it gives you a sense of invincibility.

Mr. CooL ICE · 02-08-2012 11:17PM

Never really hit anything, but last year I managed to hit about 3/4 pigeons within 2 weeks. They all seemed sick or suicidal or something.

It wasn't just when I was driving. Around this time, I noticed loads of pigeons flying into walls and trees and stuff. Maybe there was some pigeon form of myxomatosis around last August/September?

Roadkill.

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