A lesson learnt.

[Virago]

Yes, see, he was moving his cones from one paddock to another. So he put cows out to warn motorists.

Trouble was, they weren't sounding their horns.......

[Bonez]

I never put the blame on anyone else. So why these comments?

H U M O U R

[mikey]

shouldn cow shit all over the road be a lkittle warning sign.....

[Bonez]

shouldn cow shit all over the road be a lkittle warning sign.....

You mean like desoil spills from trucks around town?

[eliot-ness]

A tip from someone who's been rear-ended a couple of times. Traffic jams were the problem in the U.K..The tail end always seemed to be just out of sight over the hill and on a fast stretch of road. Just before you reach the brow of a hill a light squeeze on the brakes, enough to operate the brake light, has the effect of slowing following traffic and as a bonus gives your reactions a head start if there is a hazard.

[Jeremy]

Actually that's a good point. How come there isn't a "cow" warning triangle? Preferably not one of those permanent ones, something more like those emergency triangles they are suppose to put up before an accident.

[Ixion]

Trouble was, they weren't sounding their horns.......

They were cows not bulls

[Bonez]

Actually that's a good point. How come there isn't a "cow" warning triangle? Preferably not one of those permanent ones, something more like those emergency triangles they are suppose to put up before an accident.

So what are you ment to put out after an accident.....................

[Gixxer 4 ever]

This thread has turned into a bit of a cow with a little bit of Bull Ox ....................

[MSTRS:Me]

This thread has turned into a bit of a cow with a little bit of Bull Ox ....................

Nothing new here....Mooooove along

[Stroker Girl]

Had a bit of a similar experience on the way back from the latest KB SH22 ride. My partner, mate & I went to look at some bike shops in Hamilton so didn't ride back with the main group. Ended up doing a bit of a detour through Ngarawhahia/the back of Glen Murray and were tootling along the 110/120km mark.

Was coming up to a long stretch when I thought I felt something brush my foot. Thinking maybe something had come off the bike I pulled over to stop as did the others. Must of been a sign as while I was checking my bike a car coming the other way pulled over opposite us & said that just around the corner at the end of the straight was a herd of cows running about. Thanks very much guys We're lucky we didn't go barrelling down the straight, cranked over for the sweeper only to find mooloo everywhere.

The cows had escaped from somewhere so while the others parked up either side of the herd to slow down any cars coming along I went up some driveways to track down the farmer. Eventually he turned up on this quad to move his cows back to where ever they had escaped from. I got the feeling that I had interupted his day!

[Gixxer 4 ever]

I got the feeling that I had interupted his day!

Interrupt away. Good on you. Good instinct on your part. Yep hitting a cow would be no fun. Be even worse if after the impact you got run over by another bike.....

[vifferman]

Yeah, the cow shit was a warning there were cows about, but seriously, wouldn't it be sensible for the farmer to either station someone up the road to warn people, or put some sort of warning up (flag on the fence, signs, or summat?) Apart from the danger to motorists, those cows ain't cheap - you'd think he'd look after their safety better.

[MSTRS:Me]

Must of been a sign as while I was checking my bike a car coming the other way pulled over opposite us & said that just around the corner at the end of the straight was a herd of cows running about. Thanks very much guys We're lucky we didn't go barrelling down the straight, cranked over for the sweeper only to find mooloo everywhere.

The Force is strong in this one. Biker/female intuition eh? Well done for finding the farmer too.

[Gixxer 4 ever]

Yeah, the cow shit was a warning there were cows about, but seriously, wouldn't it be sensible for the farmer to either station someone up the road to warn people, or put some sort of warning up (flag on the fence, signs, or summat?) Apart from the danger to motorists, those cows ain't cheap - you'd think he'd look after their safety better.

Yep that was my point. I am a farmer and when ever we put stock on the road we place a sign at the point of enter to the road and the point of exit. Always have some one at the lead of the mob and behind. Then we take the signs down. You as a driver know the stock are on the road and were they are leaving the road.
The problem with younger workers is they struggle to understand how close or far away from the mob they need to be. In the case of the weekend one person should have been on the top of the dip to warn drivers till the mob could be seen from a distance. The problem was the cattle had bunched up and were out of site.
The cow shit on the road was a warning but remember it had been going on for some K's and farmer graze the road side during the day and then put the cows away. So as a farmer I ( Wrongly ) assumed this is what had been done.

Still the other point here is we must ride to be able to stop within half our clear distance and ride staggered to give others clear space. This thread was started to make everyone think about the riding pattern not to point blame. After all we did stop in plenty of time but if my mate had not had the good sense to move in to clear road and as he was riding a 96 YZF 1000, even if we both hit the brakes hard at the same time and he had been directly behind me he would still have hit the gixxer cos it stopes so much better. Proven when he side swiped me with his mirror and came to a halt one full bike length ahead of me.
Heads up to him for safe riding practise.