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Hey, here's a sidetrack question: what's the largest animal you've ever hit with a car? I guess some of you don't actually drive yet, but for those who do, what was it?
I've killed a few squirrels in my day, a couple armadillos, but a woodchuck has to reign supreme. They aren't very smart creatures, or very swift either. Waddled right under my front right tire. I still maintain it was comitting suicide, because what other logical explanation is there? That particular woodcuck definitely couldn't chuck wood, in any amount. Couldn't even cross the blinkin' road successfully.
Never hit a deer, thank goodness (you can get injured as much as the woodland creature), but I saw one completely creamed by a big pickup truck in the lane right next to me. We must have been going over 65MPH, but luckily for him (and unluckily for the deer, I guess) his truck was strong enough that he didn't even slow down after the hit. Wasn't a very big deer either - even before the truck hit it, though the collision done made it much smaller. The thing just exploded. Really gross. Had to scrape a little bit of deer off of my windshield later that morning.
I flattened a tire while swerving hard into a curb to avoid hitting a cat. I missed the cat, but completely blew out my tire. I don't know if felines have nine lives, but they're damn more durable than a radial vs. three-inch-high concrete.
Any other charming stories? Let's not bother with vehicular homicides, as I'm sure nobody wants to see this later in a court proceeding (I sometimes wonder if that's what all of those guests viewing printable versions of threads is all about).
Last edited by Holden Pike; 05-29-02 at 08:54 PM.