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I nearly ran over a horse once, luckily I didn't but it was close enough for me to realise that hitting a horse would be a very bad thing. I have run over a little duckling, it was crossing a dual carriageway with it's family in a line, and looked really sweet - or at least it would have if I wasn't heading towards the whole family at 70mph . I got the one at the back of the line and my wife said all the others turned round and looked at it - it still haunts me to this day. The wife reminds me of it every now and then when she wants to make me feel bad.
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I hit a Badger in my old 1200 Nova, was pulling Badger furr out of it for months.
I also hit a bird (unknown description) at insane speeds (130mph plus) once, I heard a thud, big mark on the windscreen behind the rear view mirror and the guy following me just got showered with blood'n'guts and feathers! (Private road of course)
I've nearly hit that bloody bird (or baby bird or something) that's made it's nest in the bank at Santa Pod just after the finish line three times now! When is it gonna learn that walking down the middle of the left lane of a drag strip is a dangerous place to be!?!
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Theres a load of free roaming dozy sheep where i like to go for it, off the M62 every week, Always hovering the brakes on this bendy national speed limit zone just in case, they are known to run across the road fast with out warning, theres no barriers if you swerve either, its a long way down to the stream an resevoir too.
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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Ed
Part of things
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May 10, 2006 10:04:19 GMT
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i drove over loads of bits of cars! as i drove through a pile up on the m25 once, it was raining slightly as i came round a bend and the carriageway was full of cars in all directions....the second lane was empty though.... the third lane had an vw sharan facing the wrong way in it, the first and hard shoulder had cars crashed into each other..... i was in the second lane going at about 70mph, a car next to me was in the first but slightly in front of me. i put on the brakes and started to aquaplane, so i came off the brakes and just let nature take its course. somehow the car in front got in front me and the two us drove through the cars in the second lane...hitting debris as we did so.....ill never forget seeing the passengers in the sharan in the third lane watching me go past. the thing is behind me was a few lorries it was the weirdest thing....i stopped few hundred yards later to check damage as a few cars had done so, i could hear a hissing but i couldnt see any damage. i got in the car and drove hard to get home in shock. got home and left the car for 5 mins.... went outside and the wheel was flat. took wheel off...had totalled the wheel and tyre but somehow it drove me home for 25 mins??? scary life passing eyes moment.
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Last Edit: May 10, 2006 10:07:32 GMT by Ed
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SteB
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May 10, 2006 10:05:56 GMT
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I hit a very small rock near the local tip whilst doing about 60mph in the mk1, resulting in a blowout and very dented and cracked rim. Worst part about it was trying to haul the thing up from 60 with non servo-assisted brakes with it pulling like mad toward the curb and impending ditch.
One hell of a rush. Managed not to damage anything further.
Been in a Fiat Multipla that connected with a pheasant at about 50mph, just on the corner of the A-pillar. Made one hell of a bang, surprised it didnt dint the thing
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May 10, 2006 10:07:50 GMT
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scary life passing eyes moment. Someone was looking after you that day dude
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GJM
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Alloy engines; like communism- great in theory.
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May 10, 2006 10:32:19 GMT
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Talking of cow incidents before i was born a few bulls managed to escape while dad was attempting to muck them out. They got quite far, down the road and across a field or two before some came to the main road which is recessed in a bit of a gully, one must have decided to take a dash across the road and hit...of all cars- a Mini. Safe to say the tonne and a half Bull was killed and the Mini written off, driver was ok apparently.
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Last Edit: May 10, 2006 10:32:55 GMT by GJM
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Ed
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May 10, 2006 10:40:12 GMT
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scary life passing eyes moment. Someone was looking after you that day dude i definately agree with you
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May 10, 2006 11:07:02 GMT
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my mum ran me over once... she just did not see me walking ahead!!! ive never seen her laugh so much
Rich
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1974 Fiat 130 Coupe 1987 Saab 900 turbo 1988 Mercedes 300ce coupe 1988 Skoda Classic Trials Car 1988 Skoda road rally rapid 1990 Saab 9000 Carlsson
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May 10, 2006 11:14:19 GMT
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Worse one for a "life passing before eyes" moment was in Leicester. I was waiting at a red light in a Rover with an autobox, foot on the brake in the peeing down rain. The lghts changed and I came of the brake and hit the gas but the car didn't move. Duh, I was in neutral. So I slapped the stick into D and just at that moment a motorway maintenance lorry came wizzing through the junction from my right wiith all 8 wheels locked doinng about 50 MPH like about 2 feet off my front bumper. If I'd have been waiting in D like I *always* was then I'd have been hit amidships in the drivers side and I'd probably not be here to tell the tale.
One of those thing were you think nothing of it for like about 30 seconds and then you go ice cold....
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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May 10, 2006 11:38:00 GMT
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a big kerb, the two wheeling down the road was fun,but fining out it had ripped off the suspension arm wasn't. ;D
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May 10, 2006 11:55:28 GMT
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When I lived in Portugal they had this thing of using flora and fauna instead of traffic cones and barriers. Someone had took up a manhole cover and stuck a small branch in the hole to warn traffic. Unfortunately the branch wasn't reflective at all, so when I came tanking down the road at dusk I just slammed right into the hole... Made a mess of the wheel, and the tyre, and made a frickin' huge bang! I got through 8 tyres and two wheels in 4 months due to curse word Portuguese roads... but they only pay about £12 road tax so they don't complain that much... ;D
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May 10, 2006 12:06:18 GMT
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Belguim
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May 10, 2006 12:06:52 GMT
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I think the only thing I've ever dead-as-a-doornailed was a suicidal squirrel. It ran out, so I slammed on the brakes (no-one behind me) and then disappeared under the car. Assuming it had gone, I moved off, only to hear a sickening crunch. Turns out it'd just been sitting in front of my rear nearside wheel, perfectly happy Not an animal, but bloody terrifying was a patch of diesel, on a T junction leading down a hill into a tunnel. As I turned into the junction the car suddenly snapped to the right, facing a directly oncoming Toyota. A frantic grab of the wheel had the car pointing into a foot-high concrete curb instead. It then snapped back the other way, this time I caught it and slithered through the tunnel, which fortunately was clear of traffic. I think I had the foresight not to hit the brakes (much) because christ knows where I would have gone then! Guy behind it saw it all, we walked back up the hill and the whole corner was slick with diesel - presumably a bus or truck had turned in there and sloshed it about OT, funniest thing I almost hit was..well. Coming back on the A45, sitting at 60, came up behind a truck so I went to pass it. As I moved into the middle lane, it swerved, following another truck in front into the fast lane, where they both proceeded to stay. I moved in behind them to take up the fast lane, thinking they'd clear out, which they did - both jinked left into the middle, following eachother. I started to accelerate, looked up and what did I see? A 12 foot christmas tree spinning directly towards me at a vast rate of knots! I swerved so hard I almost took my neck out, surpised I didn't clip anyone! Just had to avoid that damn thing, would have probably killed me! Couldn't find what it had come off though, no vans or lorries in front! Just seemed to have appeared out of thin air! Maybe an encounter with a Somebody Elses' Problem Field?
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May 10, 2006 12:35:17 GMT
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If you hit a badger, DO NOT GET OUT TO CHECK IF IT IS OKAY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
It probably has a flick-knife. It'll cut you. Cut you reeeeaaal bad.
Viscious little abstrads.
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Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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bryn
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May 10, 2006 13:03:04 GMT
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There's some funny stuff in here, B'stardardchild, I have visions of you living in a Disney like glade with wild life everywhere... All in technicolour with a Monza doing donuts in the middle. Smacked Bambi around the head with a Rover P6 once, it flailed around in the road for a while, I called the RSPCA but they were an hour away. So I was going to crack it over the head with the jack handle, when a car sped past, Bambi jumps up and legs it. Turns out it was just stunned, RSPCA woman was quoted as saying when I called back, 'Sorry, forgot to mention that, you obviously didn't snap the neck then.' And we nearly killed Huggy Bear (Antonio Fargas) in Paris ten years ago, we came screaming off a roundabout mid evening in a Saab 9000 and skidded to a halt just in time. He stood frozen side on in a running man like pose, as my mate in the back nearly went through the screen, he shouted, "It's Huggy fu*kin bear!"... It still rings in my ears now. He was dressed in the full Huggy kit with a couple of others, and we know it was him because we got his autograph and had a chat. Top bloke, not phased at all. ;D Other than that just the usual...
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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Shortcut
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I won't be there when you cross the road, so always use the Green Cross Code.
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May 10, 2006 13:12:19 GMT
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If the farmer has let his livestock escape onto a road, I don't see why it is that he should have been compensated.... surely he should have been responsible for the damage to the car??? Agreed Mostly because it was in France. French farmer, french cop, english car. Who do YOU think is gonna get the blame! ;D ;D
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This space available to rent. Reach literally dozens of people. Cheap rates!
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bstardchild
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May 10, 2006 13:19:12 GMT
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There's some funny stuff in here, B'stardardchild, I have visions of you living in a Disney like glade with wild life everywhere... All in technicolour with a Monza doing donuts in the middle. Hmmm - it's not like that at all - in fact it's bloody scarey at night!!!! Eyes looking at you from the verges everywhere Smacked Bambi around the head with a Rover P6 once, it flailed around in the road for a while, I called the RSPCA but they were an hour away. So I was going to crack it over the head with the jack handle, when a car sped past, Bambi jumps up and legs it. Turns out it was just stunned, RSPCA woman was quoted as saying when I called back, 'Sorry, forgot to mention that, you obviously didn't snap the neck then.' I hit one of them with a 205 - I knew I hadn't killed it cos it was thrashing around like a t wat - it had pulled me front bumper off and spread clarret and sh ite up the side of the car to the top of the doors but no other damage - phew So it wasn't much longer for the world I reversed over it and it kicked the farking door in!!!!! A rse The other pheasant story was when I was a kid in me dads car again it was before the days of laminated screens and we weren't going very slowly (unusual for me dad cos he's the one holding you up on country roads!!!) The pheasant made it thro the front screen and had enough momentum to hit the back screen which also shatter and to this day dad swears the f arker flew on from there!!!! Cos me Dad, Mum and me and my sister and brother were covered in broken glass, feathers, and a not too small amount of clarret!!!! It's funny now ;D
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May 10, 2006 13:42:29 GMT
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not really a run over story, but once a bunch of friends were being driven back from a pub in Alfreton, Derbyshire in the back of another friends escort van, one of my mates was sat with his back against the rear doors (stupid I know but we were all drunk) - matey sets off sharpish from a set of lights, the doors burst open depositing other friend in the middle of the road. He was unhurt but a little non plussed, however when we discovered he hadnt lost a drop from the pint he was holding we all started cheering!
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May 10, 2006 13:49:43 GMT
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not really a run over story, but once a bunch of friends were being driven back from a pub in Alfreton, Derbyshire in the back of another friends escort van, one of my mates was sat with his back against the rear doors (stupid I know but we were all drunk) - matey sets off sharpish from a set of lights, the doors burst open depositing other friend in the middle of the road. He was unhurt but a little non plussed, however when we discovered he hadnt lost a drop from the pint he was holding we all started cheering! That happened to me when I was about 3, out of an Imp-type Husky (less pint, obviously).
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