Close Call

prawny

Nearly got taken out this morning.

Riding to work this morning about 4 miles down still in the countryside(ish) I noticed 2 deer hanging around by the side of a 40(ish!) mph stretch of road so I slowed expecting them to bolt any time, sure enough they ran across uin plenty of time for the car coming in the opposite direction. The unseen 3rd one wasn't so lucky.

A chap in an Alpha coming the other way hit the thing smack on at aboout 40mph no more than 10 feet away from me, the deer, a big fat adult male, hit the windscreen and vaulted almost directly over my head and landed in the road behind me twitching.

I nearly damn shat myself.

I would have been fine though I was wearing a helmet.

Don't want to think about what would have happened if the thing had landed on me :shock:

I'm getting the train home tonight.

will3

Excellent, so you've got a years supply of vension then?

How did that leave the car?

prawny

will3 wrote:

Excellent, so you've got a years supply of vension then?

How did that leave the car?

The car was well and truly fcuked.

Unfortunately I failed to pick up the carcass, even more so that the accident happened no more than a mile away from my retired butcher dad's house :roll:

It was ready tenderised too.

harpo

A mate was driving along the A9 in a van and the car in front hit a deer and it got vaulted over their van and landed in the windscreen of the car behind them killing the driver!

sharm1969ca

so ya didnt strap it across the cross bar then? cycle home and pick it up on the way back,hang it for a few days or so and sorted. poor thing though and lucky escape for you.

will3

See if that deer had been wearing a helmet......

's the trouble with deer - no lights, no insurance, no road tax

lost_in_thought

You were lucky!

Taking the train tonight? But why? Surely that's your bad luck done for today...

Shut the stable door...

davmaggs

You need a venison rack. I think they do a carbon version now so you'll still be lightweight whilst carrying 200kg of fresh deer.

As a bystander you are entitled to take the venison, and I for one would pay to see a cyclist load it all up and carry it home.

prawny

I was going to hang around but the driver said he saw me and the other 2 deer but not the other one, I legged it before he accused me of distracting him. I'm waiting for the dealy mail headline.

'NOW CYCLISTS FORCE DRIVERS TO MURDER WOODLAND CREATURES'

or similar

prawny

lost_in_thought wrote:

You were lucky!

Taking the train tonight? But why? Surely that's your bad luck done for today...

Shut the stable door...

I'm thinking bad things come in 3's.

Monday night I on the same stretch of road I arrived at the schene of a head-on car crash just after it happened and before the cops, today I saw the accident happen, stands to reason tonight or tomorrow I'll be in the accident 8) thats my reasoning anyway, I've never been a fan of logic.

Plus i'm tired, first week back and all that.

Paddy O Dawes

Jeez, you're one dangerous feller to be around. Dunno where Cannock Chase is, but a good ways from here, thank the lord...

attica

prawny wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

You were lucky!

Taking the train tonight? But why? Surely that's your bad luck done for today...

Shut the stable door...

I'm thinking bad things come in 3's.

Monday night I on the same stretch of road I arrived at the schene of a head-on car crash just after it happened and before the cops, today I saw the accident happen, stands to reason tonight or tomorrow I'll be in the accident 8) thats my reasoning anyway, I've never been a fan of logic.

Plus i'm tired, first week back and all that.

Derailment tonight should round that off nicely. :roll: (Lordy I hope I'm wrong)

Glad you're in one piece though.

W1

It's Alfa, BTW.

prawny

W1 wrote:

It's Alfa, BTW.

:oops:

I'm a very very tired car nut today

:oops: :oops: & :oops: some more.

antfly

Surely you`re having good luck seeing as how the deer missed you.
Being killed by a falling deer, now that would have been unlucky but you would have made the news, probably. "And finally"...

rolf_f

So time for a sweepstake for what will happen to Prawny next? I reckon a piano will fall on him........

prawny

antfly wrote:

Surely you`re having good luck seeing as how the deer missed you.
Being killed by a falling dear, now that would have been unlucky but you would have made the news, probably. "And finally"...

It's kinda how I've always wanted to go just not yet I need to sort out my life insurancce first. The wife would kill me all over again if I did now.

Also I've never ridden a carbon framed bike.

antfly

I would get that carbon bike quick if I were you.

Eau Rouge

Might the driver need you to call the police to verify his story?

prawny

Eau Rouge wrote:

Might the driver need you to call the police to verify his story?

I was thinking that I didn't give any details to him at the time as it was only an animal involved, do you think they might need a witness? TBF he was calling the police as I left and neither the deer or the car were going anywhere soon. The road is dead straight but i've seen 2 deer and a fox hit there in the last 18 months. Other 2 I only saw the aftermath.

will3

prawny wrote:

Eau Rouge wrote:

Might the driver need you to call the police to verify his story?

I was thinking that I didn't give any details to him at the time as it was only an animal involved, do you think they might need a witness? TBF he was calling the police as I left and neither the deer or the car were going anywhere soon. The road is dead straight but i've seen 2 deer and a fox hit there in the last 18 months. Other 2 I only saw the aftermath.

Don't think you have to inform the police of roadkill wildlife - they'd be inundated.

Hello, which service?

Police please

Hello, yes I've run over a rabbit............

The only thing he'd be calling for is if he's gonna cause a blockage for some time with his car wreck!

Tonymufc

Oh deer, oh deer, oh deer. See what I did there.




Sorry! I'll get me coat. :oops:

prawny

I thought you had to report anything over a certain size? Oops no just looked it up horses cows, sheep, dogs not deer

It was definately blocking the road though, both sides. And twitching. :?

will3

prawny wrote:

I thought you had to report anything over a certain size? Oops no just looked it up horses cows, sheep, dogs not deer

It was definately blocking the road though, both sides. And twitching. :?

hmm poor thing
you should have finished it off.

merkin

W1 wrote:

It's Alfa, BTW.

Well you've spelt BMW wrong
I think it's a myth that the person who strikes the deer cannot take the carcass. :?
Have a beer and count your lucky stars prawny, that must have been one hell of a shock

deptfordmarmoset

I remember a slightly surreal conversation while at a conference in the New Forest a couple of years back:

Conference organiser 1: I hit 3 deer last year on the AXXX
Conference organiser 2: That's why there's a 50 mph limit on that road
Conference organiser 1: Is there a speed limit there? I never noticed.

SmellTheGlove

I nearly damn shat myself.

I would have been fine though I was wearing a helmet.

I laughed quite loudly at that bit - my helmet could also double as a gazunder...