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| Thread ID: 86952 | 2008-02-03 00:38:00 | to swerve or not to swerve ? | drcspy (146) | PC World Chat |
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| 636648 | 2008-02-04 19:10:00 | A few years a go I was driving north from Wellington. Just as we were entering a passing lane the car in front slammed on its brakes. I was accelerating to pass so had to swerve to miss the car. The moron had stopped in a 100km/h zone, on SH1, because a duck was taking its ducklings for a walk across the road. |
Sam's Dad (11848) | ||
| 636649 | 2008-02-04 19:23:00 | Oh, dear. Nobody took WolfForest to feed the ducks anywhere when he was little. So he never asked:"Why are some of them pretty colours & others just plain?" Can't tell a duck from a drake..? Obviously had a deprived childhood... Probably still wonders why the cows like to climb on each others' backs .... |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 636650 | 2008-02-04 19:23:00 | Yes i go for them because where we live there are kiwis, and the possums, wild cats and wild dogs do so much damage to the kiwi population! :groan: (i love kiwis):p :thumbs: |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 636651 | 2008-02-04 19:25:00 | A few years a go I was driving north from Wellington. Just as we were entering a passing lane the car in front slammed on its brakes. I was accelerating to pass so had to swerve to miss the car. The moron had stopped in a 100km/h zone, on SH1, because a duck was taking its ducklings for a walk across the road. Yeah, that kind of thing is plain stupid and dangerous. Probably a blonde jaf a heading back to Auckland. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 636652 | 2008-02-04 20:15:00 | A few years a go I was driving north from Wellington . Just as we were entering a passing lane the car in front slammed on its brakes . I was accelerating to pass so had to swerve to miss the car . The moron had stopped in a 100km/h zone, on SH1, because a duck was taking its ducklings for a walk across the road . I might be mistaken but isnt there an anti tailgating rule . So dont blame the ducks that motorist had every right to apply his brakes You shouldnt have to worry about clowns behind you if you want to stop . I think I would be rather traumatised if I took out a family of ducks and would probaly brake to avoid hitting them . C1 |
chicken one (6501) | ||
| 636653 | 2008-02-04 21:35:00 | But can't hitting a family of ducks cause an accident? IE the ducks become a ramp. | --Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 636654 | 2008-02-04 22:14:00 | Airborne cars from hitting duck ramps? Frightening visions there. Brings new meaning to the word "duck" | Mercury (1316) | ||
| 636655 | 2008-02-04 23:41:00 | I have a personal policy of not swerving - many years ago when I was still at college (High School for SJ's benefit), a pupil swerved to avoid a dog and hit a power transformer on Onewa Road on the North Shore. On the face of it, accceptable vehicular damage. Unfortunately though, there was a young girl standing in front of the transformer waiting to cross the road. Needless to say, the driver was traumatised by the death of the child... :( | johcar (6283) | ||
| 636656 | 2008-02-05 00:10:00 | A few years a go I was driving north from Wellington. Just as we were entering a passing lane the car in front slammed on its brakes. I was accelerating to pass so had to swerve to miss the car. The moron had stopped in a 100km/h zone, on SH1, because a duck was taking its ducklings for a walk across the road. I take it that you stopped and gave the driver of that vehicle an IQ test to ascertain the moron status. Did you ever consider you may have been too close to the vehicle in front? Did you run over the duck or ducklings? I ask as I have an enquiring mind. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 636657 | 2008-02-05 01:05:00 | I probably was a bit closer than normal as I was accelerating to pass the car in front, I didn't hear or feel any thumps so I probably missed the ducks. I'd left my ACME Roadside IQ test in my other jacket so I couldn't administer a roadside IQ test | Sam's Dad (11848) | ||
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