One of my generic fears

[Wingnut]

Hope he gets well again... This is something that (having hit a dog once) is always in the back of my mind whilst riding...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/9409694/Motor...-hitting-sheep

[actungbaby]

Hope he gets well again... This is something that (having hit a dog once) is always in the back of my mind whilst riding...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/9409694/Motor...-hitting-sheep

yes me too but it pass with time . not like its your fault so you know dont freet

about it buddy

[slofox]

Yeah, I know what you mean. I hit a sheep once. Once is enough...

[G4L4XY]

There is a corner on the way between whangamata/waihi where a family of wild chickens like to hangout....sometimes they like to hangout ON the road so seeing one of them suckers mid corner whilst ya hanging off the side of your bike is a real undie stainer.
I've narrowly missed one whilst 2up luckily was able to avoid it without riding off the side of the road down the cliff

[Akzle]

Yeah, I know what you mean. I hit a sheep once. Once is enough...

really? Wasnt for me. Had to run the cunt over twice at least.
Sheep are fuken stupid.

[russd7]

really? Wasnt for me. Had to run the cunt over twice at least.
Sheep are fuken stupid.

was thinking along similar lines, often only hitting them once isn't enough especially when they are kicking whilst ya trying to shear the buggers.

that said, i hope the rider makes a full recovery.

[Wingnut]

Down here there are many instances of Mr Joe Farmer, grazing his livestock in the road reserve with just a single strip of fence separating them from vehicles @ 100kph. I wonder how the liability side of things would go. Surely the farmer would have to fork out if their stock caused any incident that resulted in vehicle damage. Probably like getting blood from a stone though. Seeing how hard up the majority of Dairy Farmers are these days..... So keep an eye out for rouge cows....

[Tazz]

Ouch. Hope he pulls through. Just one of those shit timing things in life eh.

Hope he gets well again... This is something that (having hit a dog once) is always in the back of my mind whilst riding...

Almost hit a dog in the middle of the road coming around a corner at only 65k (100k zone) a few weeks back, and the owner tried to tell me off instead of her dog...

Down here there are many instances of Mr Joe Farmer, grazing his livestock in the road reserve with just a single strip of fence separating them from vehicles @ 100kph. I wonder how the liability side of things would go. Surely the farmer would have to fork out if their stock caused any incident that resulted in vehicle damage. Probably like getting blood from a stone though. Seeing how hard up the majority of Dairy Farmers are these days..... So keep an eye out for rogue cows....

Not that I don't think it is the best idea to do that (you see it with horses too and fencing they could pretty much step over into traffic if spooked too) but just to state the obvious, you could always engage your grey matter and slow down a bit around them instead of carrying on at 100kph. Pretty sure you'd be lucky to come out alive let alone be worrying about vehicle.

[Berries]

So keep an eye out for rouge cows....

Why, do they lave less road sense than black and white ones?

[Wingnut]

Not that I don't think it is the best idea to do that (you see it with horses too and fencing they could pretty much step over into traffic if spooked too) but just to state the obvious, you could always engage your grey matter and slow down a bit around them instead of carrying on at 100kph. Pretty sure you'd be lucky to come out alive let alone be worrying about vehicle.

Not sure what you think I meant there but my point was simply regarding the liability side as surely farmers must be held accountable. We had a ute vs cow incident at work a few years back. Not sure what the outcome with that was. The insurance company sorted it all.

[SMOKEU]

Over in South Africa, I have a few relatives who have hit kaffirs on the motorways. The trouble with them is that at night they're nearly invisible, all you can see is a flock of eyes moving from one squatter camp to the next. At least most sheep are white, so they're easier to spot.

[willytheekid]

Poor Marty

Hope its a speedy recovery, sending my family's love and best wishes to his

[slofox]

really? Wasnt for me. Had to run the cunt over twice at least.
Sheep are fuken stupid.

It ran away before I could get it again...

[Motu]

I wonder how the liability side of things would go. Surely the farmer would have to fork out if their stock caused any incident that resulted in vehicle damage.

Up until a few years ago, the '90's anyway, the farmer had all the rights - if you hit a cow with your car and killed it, you had to pay for the cow, and he didn't have to pay for your car. Things have changed, but it pays not to hit big things.

Yesterday I came across some cows being let out onto the road, I stopped and asked the farmer where they were going. He said just down the road a bit, but just ride through them, so I did. This was a small mixed group, cows with swinging udders, calves and bulls with swinging balls. I was riding next to the big boys with balls and horns, but it's all cool - you watch what they are doing, they have their ears swivelling to keep track of you...just watch the body language and don't do anything to spook them.

[Road kill]

Not sure what you think I meant there but my point was simply regarding the liability side as surely farmers must be held accountable. We had a ute vs cow incident at work a few years back. Not sure what the outcome with that was. The insurance company sorted it all.

The accountability is all yours.
We don't invite you cocks into our area to play your little boy racer games,,,so fuck off.