That's a good rule anywhere - I once ran into not just one but a whole herd of Brahman cattle, having been blinded by the high-beam lights of a truck which had just turned one of them into shepherd's pie. The best I could do was to go for the belly - the damned cow ran off and was never seen again, by me at least, and the whole front end of the car looked like crumpled tissue paper.
Cattle, kangaroos, emus and koalas are a hazardous fact of life outside the big cities in Oz, at least here in Queensland. There'd be few drivers who've driven in the country that haven't had at least one incident or near-miss with the wild-life. And, I did run over a cat once - again in the dark, and it ran straight into my rear-wheel - no chance of surviving the Ferris wheel effect on it, I'm afraid. John Coyle Praxis Data Solutions Pty. Ltd. Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 3:09 AM Subject: Re: Re: OT - Cat Stew >A good rule of thumb in deer country (or any where else) is not to swerve to > avoid animals in your vehicles path. > > Kenneth Waller > http://tinyurl.com/272u2f > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gonz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Re: OT - Cat Stew > > >>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. > > > -- > 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
