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asterix

Comrade Member
Location
Limoges or York
2776143 said:
You remember that bit about being able to stop in the distance you can see?

That's a joke. The essence(!) of motoring is that everything should get out of your way.:gun: Unless it is bigger than you.:surrender:

They built a new road once, near where I lived, through virgin countryside. The road-kill was phenomenal. On more recent new roads (not in the UK, obviously) I notice that in similar circumstances the road is fenced off.
 

swee'pea99

Squire
2777055 said:
I am convinced that it is the act of getting inside the vehicle and isolating yourself from the world that gives rise to a greater or lesser degree of detachment and dehumanises people.
Kind of analogous to the way one suspects many growly bears on t'internet wouldn't say boo to a real life goose if they happened to bump into one.
 

Pat "5mph"

A kilogrammicaly challenged woman
Moderator
Location
Glasgow
Oh, I don't know about that! :whistle:
Dislike :ninja: :boxing: :headshake:
:biggrin:
 

Bromptonaut

Rohan Man
Location
Bugbrooke UK
Similar experience to OP.

Doing just under the 50 limit on a straight road with ample visibility. Cat shot under a field gate from my left. Fraction of second for options and I decided safest choice was to go over it.

If it'd been a person, and only a child would have had the agility etc, I might have missed it by doing a danger dive across the road or going left and ripping the nearside off my car on the drystone boundary wall, risking my sleeping son's life in process.

No contest.

Sorry moggy.
 
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