Oh I Think I Killed A Cat!

Cat is my worst experience. Was in the car and saw a blur out of the corner of my eye just before a heck of a BANG as it caught the corner of the front valence. It was very dead but as it had no collar I had no idea whose it was and there was nobody about to ask. Felt a real cad leaving it at the side of the road...

 

My daughters have cats, both young girls, but they are their cats. They try to keep collars on them, but cats do have a habit of losing them. They are constantly puting new collars on them. We have lost a couple of cats on the main road outside our house, heartbreaking for the kids and to see them heartbroken. I personally couldn't give a crap about them, but some folk do.

Not a lot you can do Sir Trev, but at least you felt bad, most are someone's pets, but unfortunately they ain't that road smart. Best you can do is leave them off the road so they don't get pulped, then owners can find and bury them.

 

Accelerating hard (well, it was an XBR500, so it's relative, but over 70) and had the blackbird visor strike... it had come out low, then swerved suddenly upwards when it noticed its peril... full on the visor. Helluvah thump, but it stayed there for a few moments until I turned my head or something and it came off... all I could see was black (felt like ages), fortunately the road was straight as I braked. I shat 'em (figuratively)

 

if you see the bird coming give it a header like iannone did at Phillip island that will take some of the force away

 

I pretended to be upset, for their sake. Always took them and gave them a decent burial. My missus just gives me a knowing smile
You ever seen or read Dexter, that's me that is!!!

 

Many years ago, I was a member of the QLD Laverda m/c club. One member hit a Horse ! He ran into the back end ! It Killed Him His Girlfriend (pillion) The Horse and put the horse rider in Intensive care for weeks. But that will happen on blind bend/country lane + 180kph estimated speed of bike !! The horses tail bone went through both rider & pillions chests. This was in 1982 83 ?

Cheers capt.

 

Bloody hell Capt!
That is one nasty accident.

 

About 10 years ago on my 94 trident , I hit a Labrador ! It was 9pm @ night, owner was walking it down along a road with no foot paths or street lighting ! I crapped it big time ! Forks got twisted up as did the Dog ! No one died but dog was pretty sore !! Lucky I was only doing about 40 kph...!!

Cheers capt.

 

A few years ago riding my little Vespa scooter a duck decided to cross the road in front of me. I ran over and killed it. I felt bad about it for quite a while. I know ducks mate for life so was imagining the other poor duck searching for his missus

 

Cats are not 'vermin' as the term itself has no meaning in law. What differentiates them is the fact they are not classified as 'livestock' (unlike dogs which are) and the obligations under the Road Traffic Acts relate to collisions with livestock. This was probably a practical decision in drafting the legislation since livestock can be controlled but cats, as Borat would say, not so much.......

 

Vermin?..how dare you look at her

 

I've only ever hit a partridge on the bike - it ran/hopped across the road in front of me as I slowed to turn left at a junction. It just bounced off the front mudguard and carried on it's way. Deer are a problem around here though - had to stop twice when down in the New Forest and there is never just one. Some poor sod hit one just up the road from Loomies two weeks ago - minor injuries and a written off bike.

 

Only a couple of starling size birds for myself, but a friend of mine was travelling in to work ready for the 6am early shift. He came around the corner and thought "bugger, that looks like a large.... BANG!!!... cow.
He was about a mile or so from hospital and managed to himself there to be greeted with the reflected image of himself in the glass doors, head to toe in cow shit & guts, which he found highly amusing. Not quite what you need with several broken ribs & a collapsed lung!
Anyway, gets in, getting treated when a nurse he knew popped her head around the door & recognises him, and then proceeds to burst into laughter. She'd travelled in on the same road and it turns out the police where at the scene of the crash. They'd found his bike, buried in the cow, and were frantically looking for the rider!

 

Yeah sure was
The Laverda Club President took the time to contact the Police who investigated the crash. The Horse had it's pelvis,back legs and back 1/2 of the spin destroyed, Rider died instantly & his girlfriend/pillion died at the scene before medical assistance arrived. It took hours to clean up after a long 1/2 day crash scene investigation.

 

Hi Dozer ,I'm the same don't want to meet the Cow unless I know it's Name, Prefer "rump" to topside, like meeting "Veal" especially

 

Makes me shudder... a horse and a cow having received a high velocity motorbike suppository!

 

I know it may sound somewhat contradictory but I don't like cats,,,,,,,,,but I do like pussies

Even at my age

 

Yep I can. It happened to my Sister on Exmoor, a Stag jumped the hedge and landed on her bonnet, it went through the windscreen missed her and her daughter, lucky her daughter was in the back seat at the time as very often she would sit up front to see the ponies.
Me, I got hit in the shoulder by a Starling at over 100mph, hells bells that hurt, my wife asked if the bird died wont tell you what I called her

 

Not really any sensible ratings to apply to that post as an economy class forum member so I've ticked 'thanks' for the information.
Both unlucky incidents, particularly the stag, and you Andy doing a 100, well what can I say!