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Coming around an intersection in 2nd gear on a 30 mph two-lane road near my home early Sunday AM I saw a bird sitting on the street a hundred feet in front of me. Normally they just fly away as I approach, so I didn't react to it.
I think I surprised the poor thing with my acceleration. It had only managed to get to the height of my foglamps before I clipped it. I was letting off at that point, probably not doing much more than 35 mph. I was shocked and dismayed as I looked in my mirror and saw it tumbling back onto the road, likley injured but still alive. We didnt stop -- what could I possibly do to help it?
The worst thing was I had my 4yo daughter in the car with me (in her carseat). We expressed to each other how sad it made us feel and I used it as a teaching moment to explain to her that this was why she had to be careful crossing the street, always hold my hand when doing so, not to play in the street etc, since just like we didn't mean to hit the bird, accidents happen, so you have to be careful.
I had no visible damage to the car, it was only a small robin-size creature, but I still feel horrible about it.
Weird... I did the same thing earlier tonight, while my wife and I were out for an after-work joyride. I felt badly, but my wife was pretty disgusted by it. Worse, she thinks that I'll get more and more aggressive in the Cayman, and eventually hit something larger, that does actual damage, or worse yet, another vehicle...
I was accelerating on an open straight-away, and normally the birds just scatter, like you said. The poor thing never got high enough, and smacked into the windshield. Definitely made me pause and reflect. Not slow down, mind you, just reflect...
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Rumour has it that the Boxster was parked and a superchicken got off course and hit it. I saw a horsefly once and I wouldn't want to get hit by one of those......
i hit a bird flying perpendicular to me on my test drive. I was powering it around a long curve when the bird flew out and hit the bumper and rolled off
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A crow flew out of the ditch once when I was on my motorcycle. Hit me square in the face right at the top of the visor - talk about wake a person up! The impact was pretty forceful. Not to mention the bee that hit me in the collar and rolled into my leather jacket, living and mighty miffed. I got stopped, opened my jacket, pulled out the bottom of my shirt before the little bugger finally stung me - the last great act of defiance!
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This year's birds are just learning how to fly. Try to keep that in mind when you spot a bird at this time of the year. Of course, if the bird was born with slow reflexes, if not you, then the next crow or hawk that comes along might get it.
I had my 4yo daughter in the car with me. I used it as a teaching moment to explain to her that this was why she had to be careful crossing the street.
I hit and ran over a deer ( a baby whatever they are called) on my motorcycle and stayed upright through the collision. Took me about a half mile to let up on the gas and stop the bike and realize I was ok.
Also had the bee in the collar, stung me twice before I could crush him.
Douge - sounds like you are still in shock - the word you are looking for is a fawn. Can't say I can top that act, unless you start calling a Chrysler Imperial an animal!
Am I bad person if I laughed out loud at that blood spray photo? Not that I did, or anything... I'm not saying, I'm just saying...
Yikes, that reminds me of airplane canopy ballistic tests where they launch frozen chickens from a cannon to determine if it can withstand the impact (the canopy, not the chicken ).
The stories of bees and motorcycles reminds me of when I was at racing school at Lime Rock in an open-wheel Formula Skip Barber doing acceleration exercises along the main straight. I was running through the gears and at maybe 80 mph when I hit a large and particularly juicy bug. Suddenly my entire helmet visor was clouded with yellow guts and I couldn't see a thing. I had to stop because I was laughing so hard.
We didnt stop -- what could I possibly do to help it?
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