I hit a large coyote with a minivan once, at about 75 miles per hour. It just ran into the highway at night, and afraid a sudden maneuver would flip the vehicle, I just tried to keep it away from the path of the tires and center the van. The impact cracked the plastic skirt under the front bumper and left some marks on the bumper itself. If it had been my bimmer, that would have been much worse, being much closer to the ground.
My sister-in-law is a nurse and once she was called late at night due to a bad accident. A family of four lost three people due to the driver trying to avoid a raccoon crossing the highway and running their car off the highway and flipping it. On 9/5/07, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I agree. If you are going to control animal numbers and a cull is > > necessary, shooting - as long as it is with a rifle and not a shotgun > > (unless at point blank range) - is fine. As long as death is instant. > > Traps are a no-no. Anything that produces prolonged and sustained > > suffering is bad. Like aiming a car and running over a feral cat. > > The suffering will not only be the cat's. Hitting anything substantial at > speed (unless you have something like a Defender) will result in major > bodywork damage and expense. Bones will easily penetrate tyres. Having seen > the almost complete rebuild required of a (metal) front end once, due to > (accidental) impact with a hare, I do think the original statement was > hyperbole. > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
