while driving home last week at around 7.30pm, at about 50mph in the rain and traffic, out of nowhere appeared a dog sitting in the road.....the size of an adult golden retriv'....................and ..................bang, bloody big bang. sickened, i was truley gutted for the dog. i think the car in front had hit it and damaged the dogs back legs, ABS or not i had no time or space to do anything........apart from stop down the road. could'nt find a thing in the road and the traffic was thick.....at that speed i was suprised at the small amout of damge to the bumper, cracked plate, bent rubber strip and washer pump popped out, thank god there was nothing underneath near the bundles of pipes...........poor old yella'...

good point, but dont know if its the same in france...they dont see their dogs the same over here....

Entwood wrote on 11. Dec 2009 at 21:52:


Here kitty Kitty

Many years ago, whilst riding a motorcyle; I hit and killed a very-young dog which was being hit with sticks by a group of kids brats.....the dog bolted across the road in fear of it`s tormentors, straight into the path of my front wheel....that lovely little thing died in my arms.
I have never forgotten that day and still cry at the thought of the innocent life I took......

Blubuss, you have my sincere sympathies. 

cats,dogs,sheep,elephants its never nice when it happens

Only had rabbits and birds

Bird flew through the front wheel on a bike - shredded. Pigeon flew into my chest on a bike, broke its neck and winded me. Worst was a rabbit who would not be avoided, everytime I swerved, it swerved back under my wheel, squished it at about 15mph - idiot.

Oh and bumper damage from one of those game birds

As to cats, a work mates GF collects them - except one which is WMs cat, that was partly ran over - needed a leg covered up for a few weeks - skin peeled down lile a glove . However as she is a vetinary nurse said cat is now OK