Another perfectly good pair of underpants ruined!

[PK99]

In Cumbria many years ago, a deer leapt over a dry stonewall and hit my number plate and the road in the same instant - a fraction of a second later and it would have been the windscreen and me. Bent numberplate was the only damage, the deer bobbled around under the car, appeared out the back and hobbled off into the forest.

In Hwange safari park i hit a warthog on the way back from a night time game drive

 

[brand]

Years ago going to one pub in the dark I would often get to particular part of the route and look to my right and sometimes there was an owl flying silently and at the same speeds as me...slow. It would often turn its head slowly and looked back at me...creepy bugger. When I look for it again it would be gone but I knew where he was, directly above my head and using my bike light to hunt its prey. It often speeded up and swooped down on something in front of us on the grass verge. Selfish bugger Never offered to share!

 

[vernon]

A colleague of mine, long since retired, used to work for the civil service in Africa.

One of his co-workers in Africa was killed when driving home drunk. He ran into the back of an elephant which sat on the car and crushed it.

The elephant survived the collision as did the rear seat passengers.

 

[up hill struggle]

I once had a bird fly into the front of a van I was driving & got wedged in the grill, I knew id hit it but had expected it to be knocked to the side of the road but was kinda sickened after a few moments when a trail of blood started to ripple up the wind screen, had to use a plastic bag to remove it from the grill.

on another occasion I saw a flock of seagulls flying across the motorway, one of which collided with a trucks trailer and literally exploded, feathers went flying everywhere but other than the feathers there was no trace left of the bird. I saw no body fall to the road or any remains on the truck when I passed it, just a red bloody splodge on the trailers side.

 

[brand]

[QUOTE 3246125, member: 45"].

And I once cycled over a duck.[/QUOTE]
I hope it went in the pot?

 

[Pale Rider]

I hit what I think was a dove, it exploded and there was literally a blizzard of down in the air.

Another driver was tailgating at the time and he had to use his wipers to clear his windscreen.

Shame about the bird, but it served him right and he dropped back after that.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I've had a 1/2 brick deliberately thrown off a motorway bridge by kids hit the car windscreen. Amazingly it did not go through it, but it did break it beyond me being able to continue. Needless to say the kids scarpered the moment they realised they had finally hit something... that was not pleasant.

And not long after I had learnt to drive, I had a lump of ice fall off a bridge on the more remote part of the M62 which hit the roof of the car and left a dent in it (which thankfully because the sunroof was easily pushed out)...

 

[Easytigers]

I've had a 1/2 brick deliberately thrown off a motorway bridge by kids hit the car windscreen. Amazingly it did not go through it, but it did break it beyond me being able to continue. Needless to say the kids scarpered the moment they realised they had finally hit something... that was not pleasant.

And not long after I had learnt to drive, I had a lump of ice fall off a bridge on the more remote part of the M62 which hit the roof of the car and left a dent in it (which thankfully because the sunroof was easily pushed out)...

I've heard of people doing the half brick thing but was hoping it was more urban myth rather it actually happening. Glad you were ok!

 

[stephec]

I've heard of people doing the half brick thing but was hoping it was more urban myth rather it actually happening. Glad you were ok!

The bridge near Ashton on the Manchester end of the M67 was notorious for it a few years ago.

 

[jayonabike]

I'm always squashing stuff in my lorry, mainly rabbits. I had one run out in front of me on friday night, I braked but it was to late. On the return journey I saw it, rather flat on the road with no head.
I've had a swan fly into the side of the cab, that made me jump. It didn't break the side window but it must of broke its neck as it wasn't moving when i looked in the side view mirror.
Pigeons, I've hit a few of those. This poor bugger hit the windscreen head on, somersaulted over the lorry hitting the inside lane of the M1 only to be run over by the arctic driving behind me.

 

[raleighnut]

I was coming back from a camping/touring trip with all the base-camp kit in the trailer when a Badger ran out right in front of the bike I was doing over 20 mph at the time (downhill) so had no chance of stopping all that. Definitely had to stop for a fag after that.
First one I'd ever seen in the wild, big bu**ers ain't they

 

[Easytigers]

Ouch!

 

[raleighnut]

Ouch!

Nearly

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

A colleague of mine, long since retired, used to work for the civil service in Africa.


One of his co-workers in Africa was killed when driving home drunk. He ran into the back of an elephant which sat on the car and crushed it.

The elephant survived the collision as did the rear seat passengers.

Was gonna top trump everyone, but you've beat me to it!

Anyway, a few years ago, a friend of mine hit a cow that skipped down a bank and straight out into the road in front of his car.

Friend suffered whiplash injuries but, unfortunately, neither cow nor car survived the ordeal!

 

[Saluki]

We hit a Roe Deer in Scotland. We had an Isuzu trooper and the deer lost. Actually we skinned and filleted him and he went in our freezer. Yum.
Years ago I was knocked off my horse by a pheasant to the head. He flew up and clocked me on the side of the head. Pheasants are harder than you think. The horse wasn't best happy either.

We did hit a pigeon the other day. It flew right at the car and into the windscreen. What a bang! I thought that the windscreen would go for sure as we'd picked up a good sized chip in it earlier in the day. The screen didn't go. Then 2 days later the head gasket went so it's a good job that we didn't have to replace the screen. I'd have been less happy than I was when the car died.