Suicide Leap

Busman747

Busman747

Always EVIL within us
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Today I was driving in the tiny winding lanes between West Bradford and Waddington. I was in a 40 ft coach which took up most of the road so I was naturally cautious :eek:

Suddenly, rounding a corner, I saw her.........she was standing on the top of a wall and was very unbalanced, her friend joined her and I realised that they both intended to throw themselves under the wheels of my coach.........:eek:

I eased up even more on the throttle and sure enough, when I was just a few metres from them, they jumped from the wall, legs peddling away in free air until they landed right in front of me.

Because of my low speed, I was able to stop in time, they recovered from their jump, shook themselves and trotted down the side of the coach to disappear into the distance................:bleedht:

For a few seconds, visions of Sunday lunch came to mind as I watched the two sheep pass by in my rear view mirror..........and then I wondered, Who else has had a close call with animals in the road? anyone?:D
 
:eek: BUSMAN!!!!! :rolleyes: :)


Thankfully I've never actually hit an animal but I've had a few cats that must have a death wish running in front of the car.
 
I once had a boss who, driving to work one morning, ran into a COW!:eek: His car was a write -off..........and the cow was uninjured!:confused:
 
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It might have been a lesbian suicide pact, that you prevented from happening.:D
 
garinda said:
It might have been a lesbian suicide pact, that you prevented from happening.:D
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....or perhaps they were friends of that dog, who apparently committed suicide by jumping off the Panoptican in Blackburn.;)
 
once hit a flock of pidgeons going to work at 5-00 in morning.was coming past bulloghs under the railway bridge to Blackburn rd. they were in the road and as i approached slowly flew up, then to my astonishment the dumb gets flew back down to the road------ too late, about 7/8 dead birds. it was weird - like they were doped or summat cos it all seemed to happen in slow motion. luckily the car was ok,just a few scratches etc.
 
We once killed a Wood Pigeon, driving near to Stone Henge.

I like to think we made a sacrifice to the Druids.
 
Dag, that was cold busman!

I've had a couple of stupid deer run into the side of my truck (the smart ones stand in the road hoping you'll veer off into a tree!) Also have come around an icy corner to see a cow standing in the middle of the road.

Finally, driving home one night found a guy with a flashlight driving ~20 cows down the road back to their pasture. I assisted with the round-up by honking my horn to get the stupid beasts to move a bit faster!

Brian
 
i was goin over the tops from blackburn to the m66 and it was november time and foggy as hell.i had full beams and i still could barely see a few metres infront of me.

a few cars went opposite way from me flashing i thought must be a cop car ahead so i slowed down slightly

then all of a sudden those damn suicidal sheep came infront of my car - i slammed on the brakes and thankfully didnt hit them. they'd got out of the field and decided they wanted to be lamb bhuna

i cudnt believe how they managed to survive i thought thats it - must've been inches away
 
I took a group of bikers from all over the country on a rideout round the Lakes and Ribble Valley. Coming through the Trough we came round a corner and nearly took out about 9 or 10 pheasants. One of the funniest signs I've seen was a "beware of the pheasants", sort of conjures up some Hitchcock style horror film. :D
 
One of my mates once run over a Pigeon near Asda. She siad the sound is awful......they POP like bag's YUCKY.
 
Busman747 said:
For a few seconds, visions of Sunday lunch came to mind as I watched the two sheep pass by in my rear view mirror..........and then I wondered, Who else has had a close call with animals in the road? anyone?:D
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Many years ago, I was driving down a very empty road in New Mexico and a deer ran right in front of the car - so fast, in fact, that my buddy in the passenger seat didn't even know what we had hit. Fortunately, I was able to control the skid and not roll the car down the embankment. A lot of sheet metal damage, 2000 miles from home!

Another time, I was driving home on a country road and spotted a deer on the verge between the road and a high fence. There was no time to do anything, but the deer decided not to jump out in front of my old, reliable, very old car. Guess he was waiting for something better, as he was killed by the Jaguar immediately behind me!:rolleyes:
 
About 25 years ago when you could drive down Stansfeld Street in Blackburn, (its one way the other way now) a largish brown dog shot out of a side street and slammed straight into my left wing with it’s head making a huge dent in the wing. It got up and ran off across the road and disappeared down a back.

I parked the car and went for a walk around to see if I could find it, because I was sure it must have been injured but it was nowhere to be seen. I’ve often wondered if it were OK or had run off and died somewhere. I was sure that the dog must have broken its neck or cracked its skull it hit the car that hard.

The only other occasion when an animal and me have clashed is when I was drawing up near my house on Newfield Drive and there were some kids stood on the corner. One fat lad had a kitten in his arms and the other kids were trying to get it off him. He was the area bully so I guess he must have pinched it off them. Anyway as I drew close he let the kitten go and it jumped right in front of me. Even though I was only doing about 15 mph at the time and slammed everything on the poor animal disappeared under my car. Luckily it avoided all wheels but I guess it must have hit its head on the sump or something because it was dead with a floppy head. The kids were heart broken and the fat lad had run off.

On a brighter note I was driving down a country lane and as I rounded a bend there was a duck and a gaggle of ducklings crossing the road in line astern. Naturally I was able to stop because in country lanes you can always expect the unexpected round a corner so my speed was commensurate with the prevailing conditions. That means I wasn’t going so fast.

My hazard flashers went on and I sat back and watched Mrs Duck waddle across the road with the ducklings following behind. I’ll swear that she turned towards me and dipped her head in acknowledgment.

I did have one heart-stopping encounter a few years back and so did a pedestrian. I was coming down Montague Street in Blackburn intending to turn right into King Street. As I rounded the corner I saw this dirty great big Fire Engine on my side of the road coming straight towards me with its lights flashing but no siren. I couldn’t go right because both those lanes were full of cars and things and there was traffic right up my rear end. My only option was to go left and mount the pavement and that’s were the pedestrian came in, or rather went out. He took one look at my looming bonnet and shot off like a scared rabbit. Phew!!!
 
Jambutty's story reminded me of something. After finishing talking to our neighbor, he began driving up the road. As he made off, our border collieran right under the rear wheel of his pickup truck.

The trucks tire roll right over the stupid dog. I stood about 5 feet away and waited to clean up the mess. Instead the dog stood up, shook himself off, and was away with no ill effects. It was truly bizarre!

Brian
 
When we were in Oz my niece had a very close call with a kangaroo...she was driving along a country lane after dark when the blooming thing bounced out in front of her........she missed it by a midges widgie.......and she was white and shaky after the event.
 
omg thank goodness i have never been in a car that has hit something!!
oh i tell a lie ....always hitting flies:D

my fella drives coaches....part time or when he can be bothered!!
 
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