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Has anyone here suffered a bird stirke?!?!
I had one last week, driving away from a roundabout, doing about 65/70, two birds a few hundred yards away on the road, they take off, one doesn't get the height, and hits the windscreen! Over the top of the car and splats on the road!
Anyway, I was talking to my dad about it this evening, he said, years ago, when he was working for a Cambridge Taxi Firm (31 31 31 - For those that know cambs). he and a colleague were doing a two man, not two car, job and drivng down the 1198 from Caxton to Longstowe, he saw a bird fly down to the road and then try and take off, but again, didn't get the height! The bird went es lastraigt through the windscreen and landed on his colleagues lap in the passenger seat!
I know that hitting game birds game be very hazardous to ones hydrocarbon burning activities, but I didn't think normal birds could be so damn vicious!!!
Are birds taken as a third party on insurance claims?!
I had one last week, driving away from a roundabout, doing about 65/70, two birds a few hundred yards away on the road, they take off, one doesn't get the height, and hits the windscreen! Over the top of the car and splats on the road!
Anyway, I was talking to my dad about it this evening, he said, years ago, when he was working for a Cambridge Taxi Firm (31 31 31 - For those that know cambs). he and a colleague were doing a two man, not two car, job and drivng down the 1198 from Caxton to Longstowe, he saw a bird fly down to the road and then try and take off, but again, didn't get the height! The bird went es lastraigt through the windscreen and landed on his colleagues lap in the passenger seat!
I know that hitting game birds game be very hazardous to ones hydrocarbon burning activities, but I didn't think normal birds could be so damn vicious!!!
Are birds taken as a third party on insurance claims?!
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Has anyone here suffered a bird stirke?!?!
I had one last week, driving away from a roundabout, doing about 65/70, two birds a few hundred yards away on the road, they take off, one doesn't get the height, and hits the windscreen! Over the top of the car and splats on the road!
Anyway, I was talking to my dad about it this evening, he said, years ago, when he was working for a Cambridge Taxi Firm (31 31 31 - For those that know cambs). he and a colleague were doing a two man, not two car, job and drivng down the 1198 from Caxton to Longstowe, he saw a bird fly down to the road and then try and take off, but again, didn't get the height! The bird went es lastraigt through the windscreen and landed on his colleagues lap in the passenger seat!
I know that hitting game birds game be very hazardous to ones hydrocarbon burning activities, but I didn't think normal birds could be so damn vicious!!!
Are birds taken as a third party on insurance claims?!
I hit a bird while riding my bike at about 120mph on the autobahn in Germany - thankfully it was only a small one as it hit my helmet but I managed to keep it sunnyside up. Gave me concussion and a stiff neck for a week and completely trashed the helmet.
Had 3 strikes myself as follows
1)200kph Karlruher Dreieck top lh corner of windscreen, flat bird, frightened the Sh!t out of me, no damage.
2) Riding an Ariel Leader, pheasant doing a hedgehopper, caught it full in the chest, 2 broken ribs and a pheasant supper.
3) Stopped on Autobahn for a coffee, came out to find some greenslime inspecting the front of the car. Asked them what they're doing and they started berating me for being a murderer, as a sparrow was wedged between my numberplate and the bumper. Needless to say I gave them the bird in more ways than one, and told them to bury it and themselves and come back to reality.
Another, not me, but I saw the damage..
4) My mother doing 80mph down M6 in a Morris Marina. (I'm hiding my head in shame!)Pigeon coming other way, totalled radiator and front grille, expensive engine replacement.... pigeon? just feathers in the engine compartment.
1)200kph Karlruher Dreieck top lh corner of windscreen, flat bird, frightened the Sh!t out of me, no damage.
2) Riding an Ariel Leader, pheasant doing a hedgehopper, caught it full in the chest, 2 broken ribs and a pheasant supper.
3) Stopped on Autobahn for a coffee, came out to find some greenslime inspecting the front of the car. Asked them what they're doing and they started berating me for being a murderer, as a sparrow was wedged between my numberplate and the bumper. Needless to say I gave them the bird in more ways than one, and told them to bury it and themselves and come back to reality.
Another, not me, but I saw the damage..
4) My mother doing 80mph down M6 in a Morris Marina. (I'm hiding my head in shame!)Pigeon coming other way, totalled radiator and front grille, expensive engine replacement.... pigeon? just feathers in the engine compartment.
First month of owning my Griff, enjoying a nice, clear open E Yorks back road, a pheasant launched itself out of a ditch, and bounced off the front o/s wing over the car. Still have a few very feint scratches near the headlamp, which I assume was from the brid's claws.
And this morning some huge hawk type of thing came out of a tree, but fortunately saw me just in time and made an impressively graceful u-turn. A close shave, because the size of this thing would have cause real trouble!
And this morning some huge hawk type of thing came out of a tree, but fortunately saw me just in time and made an impressively graceful u-turn. A close shave, because the size of this thing would have cause real trouble!
i used to work in a country pub and we were driving home one night inthe middle of nowehere, pitch black, turned a bend and theres a white owl in the middle of the road. we slowed down until we were about 20 metres from it, slowed down further and then eventually stopped about three forot from said owl. it didnt move at all, despite repeated flashing of lights, eventually it took off and the car wouldnt restart!...............for a few minutes anyway!
the truth is out there!
the truth is out there!
My Dad used to aim for pheasants whenever he saw them (he used to tell me and my brother that the merc sign was a sight for aiming at wildlife ), then stop and pick them up if he hit them- used to be a bloke in the village they lived in that would pluck & prepare them for a few quid - bloody tasty, but they stank the house out, so my mum made him stop bringing them home 
Also in the village was a Cat that had worked out it was easier to chase rabbits into the road under cars than actually chase them down - I hit 2 on 2 separate occasions coming home at night, only to see this cat come out of the hedge, check the road for cars, pick up the now limp bunny and hop back through the hedge!
), then stop and pick them up if he hit them- used to be a bloke in the village they lived in that would pluck & prepare them for a few quid - bloody tasty, but they stank the house out, so my mum made him stop bringing them home Also in the village was a Cat that had worked out it was easier to chase rabbits into the road under cars than actually chase them down - I hit 2 on 2 separate occasions coming home at night, only to see this cat come out of the hedge, check the road for cars, pick up the now limp bunny and hop back through the hedge!
I hit a peasant at 110 over bank holiday weekend. Having a bit of fun, round a corner to see this bird in the road, nothing I could do to move, smack, oh well, get out at my destination, look at the front of the car expecting the worse only to find 3 feathers and an almost perfectly square bit of 'game mince'.
Matt.
Matt.
Slightly off topic, but the late Frank Muir used to tell a wonderful story about driving home one night from the BBC in the 1930s.
He was driving his much prized Lagonda along a country road when around a blind corner ahead of him came a ratty old Austin 7 which was skidding and sliding onto on Franks side of the road.
Fearing the imminent re arranging of the mudguards on his pride and joy our Frank swerves towards the verge and hopes for the best. As the Austin 7 approaches the (lady!) driver leans out of her window and yells "PIG!" at Frank as she whistles past.
"Charming" thinks Frank as he gets the Lagonda back up to speed. Rounding the corner he comes upon a large pig standing in the middle of the road..............
Andy 400se
He was driving his much prized Lagonda along a country road when around a blind corner ahead of him came a ratty old Austin 7 which was skidding and sliding onto on Franks side of the road.
Fearing the imminent re arranging of the mudguards on his pride and joy our Frank swerves towards the verge and hopes for the best. As the Austin 7 approaches the (lady!) driver leans out of her window and yells "PIG!" at Frank as she whistles past.
"Charming" thinks Frank as he gets the Lagonda back up to speed. Rounding the corner he comes upon a large pig standing in the middle of the road..............
Andy 400se
I've hit all manner of wildlife in my car, dogs, cats, birds, rabbits etc etc.
The time when I hit a bird I was only travelling at about 60mph when a pigeon flew straight into the windscreen. It sort of bounced off, leaving a feather stuck to the screen. When I looked in my rear view mirror, it hit the ground behind like a sack of shit, shortly followed by a beautiful shower of feathers, very amusing
The time when I hit a bird I was only travelling at about 60mph when a pigeon flew straight into the windscreen. It sort of bounced off, leaving a feather stuck to the screen. When I looked in my rear view mirror, it hit the ground behind like a sack of shit, shortly followed by a beautiful shower of feathers, very amusing
Very old gag, but....
Q: What do you do if a bird cr*ps on your car?
A: Get her to clear it up, and then dump her, the disgusting woman.
I've never had a bird strike, but I once had a squirrel strike. It ran out into the middle of the road, stopped, looked at me (so I started braking), ran back the way it had come (so I came off the brakes and resumed progress) and then when it was too close for me to do anything, decided to try to complete the road crossing after all. So I had no choice but to run it over.
So remember, kids, indecision can be fatal!
Q: What do you do if a bird cr*ps on your car?
A: Get her to clear it up, and then dump her, the disgusting woman.
I've never had a bird strike, but I once had a squirrel strike. It ran out into the middle of the road, stopped, looked at me (so I started braking), ran back the way it had come (so I came off the brakes and resumed progress) and then when it was too close for me to do anything, decided to try to complete the road crossing after all. So I had no choice but to run it over.
So remember, kids, indecision can be fatal!
had an incedent with a bird.
Hammering along going up north to Fort William a bird decided to take off right in front of me. Splat, entrails on the window screen. The windscreen wipers only served to spread it all over the window. Hmm. Lovely. Had to clean off all the dried crap when we got there. Wasn't nearly as concerning as rounding a bend and coming face to face with a deer!!
I changed lanes rapidly and stood on the brakes. We only missed hitting it because it thought it would be a good idea to get off the road. Phew that could have been nasty,
Andy
Hammering along going up north to Fort William a bird decided to take off right in front of me. Splat, entrails on the window screen. The windscreen wipers only served to spread it all over the window. Hmm. Lovely. Had to clean off all the dried crap when we got there. Wasn't nearly as concerning as rounding a bend and coming face to face with a deer!!
I changed lanes rapidly and stood on the brakes. We only missed hitting it because it thought it would be a good idea to get off the road. Phew that could have been nasty,
Andy
Hit a pidgeon at 65 in jeep cherokee. Massive explosion of feathers forming a huge cloud.
Heard the snapping sound of young bunny under my heavily breaking wheel once. The dumb animal would have been safe if it had stayed on the other side of the road. Why on earth did it dart out under my wheel at the last moment? Must have been depressed.
Heard the snapping sound of young bunny under my heavily breaking wheel once. The dumb animal would have been safe if it had stayed on the other side of the road. Why on earth did it dart out under my wheel at the last moment? Must have been depressed.
ok, I can beat all of you with the following:
Lived in Western Australia for 4 years and was a truck driver, drove an artic ("semi" in Oz, but not "semiiiii" as they say in the USA) and hit a cow wondering about in the road, I was going 70 so couldnt stop.
Its ok the roo bars made sure his head came clean off! Had to go back and drag the steaming heap of the road as they swell up in the heat and if a car hits them it will probably kill the occupants. What a mess, I had to clean it up when it was all hard and smelly after being super heated for 2 days.
Still, could of been worse I might have hit a Koala and they are soo cute and cuddly!
Lived in Western Australia for 4 years and was a truck driver, drove an artic ("semi" in Oz, but not "semiiiii" as they say in the USA) and hit a cow wondering about in the road, I was going 70 so couldnt stop.
Its ok the roo bars made sure his head came clean off! Had to go back and drag the steaming heap of the road as they swell up in the heat and if a car hits them it will probably kill the occupants. What a mess, I had to clean it up when it was all hard and smelly after being super heated for 2 days.
Still, could of been worse I might have hit a Koala and they are soo cute and cuddly!
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