What have you run over or hit with your car?

[Falcon Freak]

The duck thread got me thinking about my altercations with various wildlife

I collected a galah driving to Bathurst in 1998
I ran over a cat in 2002

Fortunately neither of them made any damage to the cars or left their internals splattered on the cars.

FF

NB - Looks like I am due to hit something this year! :

[fiery]

Does it count (or even matter) when you dont actually know what you hit...
I ran something large and dark over on the way home Monday night...
it was really late and I do know it was hit by a truck about 2 minutes after me.. so No I wasnt going back to look at what it was.

only a little bit of damage but hey as others say.. it will buff out _

[347Stroker]

Originally Posted by fiery

Does it count (or even matter) when you dont actually know what you hit...
I ran something large and dark over on the way home Monday night...
it was really late and I do know it was hit by a truck about 2 minutes after me.. so No I wasnt going back to look at what it was.

only a little bit of damage but hey as others say.. it will buff out _

I wondered where that indigenous australian fella had gone from up the road.....it was you.....you heartless cow..... :the_finge

[LUXO_8]

Originally Posted by 347Stroker

I wondered where that indigenous australian fella had gone from up the road.....it was you.....you heartless cow..... :the_finge

LOL i was thinking the same thing


ive been fair lucky with the amount of kms i do...... ive only hit a dog......

[fiery]

Originally Posted by 347Stroker

I wondered where that indigenous australian fella had gone from up the road.....it was you.....you heartless cow..... :the_finge

moo to you too.. thats so harsh... I cant believe you would say something that nasty... oh hang on.. yes I can... :thebirds: :monkes: :

[Peuty]

Originally Posted by 347Stroker

I wondered where that indigenous australian fella had gone from up the road.....it was you.....you heartless cow..... :the_finge

Don't laugh guys, I actually did run one over outside my local one night.....

[347Stroker]

Originally Posted by Peuty

Don't laugh guys, I actually did run one over outside my local one night.....

Was he "on walkabout" or just lookin for his other thong?

[Peuty]

Originally Posted by 347Stroker

Was he "on walkabout" or just lookin for his other thong?

Hahaha, he was on the prowl...so to speak.

Crime rate was low that night.

[AnthonyQLD]

Originally Posted by 347Stroker

Was he "on walkabout" or just lookin for his other thong?

:

[The G6ET Spot]

Originally Posted by 347Stroker

I wondered where that indigenous australian fella had gone from up the road.....it was you.....you heartless cow..... :the_finge

Over the years driving trucks i've hit plenty of things including one of those indigenous australian fellas as you call them.On the M4 at Homebush.

A cow at Kempsey coming back from Brisbane.

But the most interesting one of all was a camel I hit at Renner Springs which is about 200k's north of Tennent Creek. I was running late going to Darwin so was in a bit of a hurry and the bloody thing appeared from nowhere straight into the front of the truck at 130k's.What a bloody mess, was still cleaning crap out from the truck 2 weeks later.

[ef_classic]

I hit a fox today at about 11 oclock at night, came out of nowhere and straight under the car.

Heard a few thumps, went back and it is as good as dead, no damage to my car thankfully.

[xurbanx]

Dad clipped a kangaroo when he still had the EB Falcon, there was damage to the front bumper.
I've hit a possum, it was grey, in the middle of the road at 12am and I was coming at 60km going into the a slight bend. Saw it once, braked and swerved left only to have the possum running to its right ... Went to the servo to check for any damage and nothing. (amazing considering the Fiestas front bumper sits lower than most cars I know)

[TIKFD6]

I had a Sulfur crested ИИИИy hit my passenger side mirror in my EA, after i hot my power pole.
I had a Phesent hit my barina GSi and bust the fog light.
I hit a crow in my XGXR6.

And the best one was when the Pit wall at Winton jumped out in front of my in the ED.

[Feathers]

Not me, but my Dad hit a guy on a bike 20 years ago when he was an interstate truckie. Killed him.
Wasn't his fault, and there were several witnesses who made statements saying that they saw him trying to avoid the guy, and there was nothing else he could have done to avoid it.
The local cops knew the guy (town drunk), and they agreed with the witnesses.

[bob^]

I had 3 people in the back of my car the other day. That sits it about 50mm or so off the ground...
Anyway this possum ran out infront of the car, so I hit the brakes, as I'm not one to hit animals if I can avoid it safely. The possum stopped in the middle of the road, on the lines, so I started driving off again when the stupid thing ran back out infront of the car. All you could hear was BANG BANG BANG on the floor of the car.
Turned around to see if it was still alive, and the thing was no where to be seen...

[AUIII XR8 MAN]

Lets see i've hit......
How many brids??????,
Dogs,
Cats,
Rabbits,
Lizards,
Snakes &
a Kangaroo
Yes i live in a country area so hitting wild life form time to time is part of driving on country roads.

[EvilChief]

3 kangeroos in the space of 1 hour driving back from mtisa at 2am

hit a wally about a year later on a back street home

and some stupid power pole jumped out on me ...


does hitting dirt count for anything?

[Falcon Freak]

Originally Posted by EvilChief

and some stupid power pole jumped out on me ...

Those power poles are nasty things. Wish they'd keep off the roads. _2:

FF

[TIKFD6]

Oh, i forgot this one.
I was driving an Army Mack accross the Barkley Tablelands near the QLD/NT border, and i had a big 6' Red Roo jump out in front of me.
Needless for me to say, i was doing 100km/hr and there wasnt much left of him.

[Falcon_Phill]

Just a bird. It just sat there, seen me coming, doing about 60. then 'thwomp' and it hit my roof, then over onto the boot, then that was it.

[FGX-351]

toads:P

[Gabbs]

I havn't had a good run with trolleys. Hit one with my eb falcon while reversing and the thing went flying down the car park and flipped. I sure showed that trolley whos boss. Went home and checked the bumper as well and it had a tiny mark on the grey bumper. Other time I reversed the ba into a trolley. Left a little indent in the bumper. All these incidents would have been avoided if people put the damn trolleys in the bays.

[Venomous]

Originally Posted by gabbs19

I havn't had a good run with trolleys. Hit one with my eb falcon while reversing and the thing went flying down the car park and flipped. I sure showed that trolley whos boss.

Hey mate, thats awesome, bloody funny. Lol, you've made my night!

[NC 5ltr]

oooooooooo let me think.........seagulls,someone threw chips on the road and there was a floke of em so floored it,they all got away unscathed..............kangaroo in me feroza good thing it had a bull bar it put a dent in a solid bloody bull bar............. run a few bluetongues over unfortunatly as well as a few snakes............dodged a wombat(wipes sweat of brow) and a few pigeons and magpies.

[LTDHO]

The usual birds. Never hit a dog or a cat. (they move to fast.. lol)

However I have it two men on two sepparate occasions. Both times I was driving 40kph. Both were in white cars. Both fords.

[ten[A]cio[U]s]

I was driving home after the AFD dinner last year in wagga and a cat jumped out of a tree in front of my car and i hit it and the little fella jumped up and ran away real fast. i just sat there looking at my old man with a strange look of my face thinking what the hell just happened.

[Ralliart]

i haven't ran over anything yet but just about hit a dog a month ago , on the night it happen my front bumber bar had pant damage and i'm like NOOOOOOOOOO! : , so i had to get that fixed.

[LUXO_8]

Originally Posted by gabbs19

I havn't had a good run with trolleys. Hit one with my eb falcon while reversing and the thing went flying down the car park and flipped. I sure showed that trolley whos boss. Went home and checked the bumper as well and it had a tiny mark on the grey bumper. Other time I reversed the ba into a trolley. Left a little indent in the bumper. All these incidents would have been avoided if people put the damn trolleys in the bays.

perhaps you should watch behind you as you reverse.....what if it was a little tike

[Paull]

A bloody great roo in my ZH at 120, not happy. It made a real mess of the front end but, as my said said:
Fairlane - 1
Kangaroo - 0

[Bill M]

I was a passenger in a VE Valiant that hit a wardrobe that fell off a trailer in front! Minor scratches on the Val, the wardrobe?....
Cheers
Bill