From: Adrian on
bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

> Come on Mike! The difference between 70 and 200mph is immensely more
> dangerous in that scenario. For a start, at 200, the chances of a large
> bird crashing through the screen and hitting you in the face is
> immeasurably more likely, with dire consequences to follow. Surely you
> can see that?

I'm not sure I can. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the air
pressure over the bonnet and windscreen at those speeds meant it was
actually LESS likely that the bird would hit the 'screen.

Anyway - how often do you hit "large birds" on average? Once every ten
miles, once every thousand miles, once every hundred thousand miles?

I think I've hit birds on two or three occasions in my driving career.
From: Adrian on
Mike P <mikewpearson1(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

>> Chirk Nr Qswestry to Brockley SE London 2hrs 10 mins including motorway
>> stop for petrol (middle of the night) Saab 900 turbo (old style).

> Heh, that's what I was driving when I went from Marlow to Rawtenstall in
> 1hr 54...

<cough> Don't look at me like that.
From: Mike P on
On 29 June, 07:23, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> bod <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
>
> > Come on Mike!  The difference between 70 and 200mph is immensely more
> > dangerous in that scenario. For a start, at 200, the chances of a large
> > bird crashing through the screen and hitting you in the face is
> > immeasurably more likely, with dire consequences to follow. Surely you
> > can see that?
>
> I'm not sure I can. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the air
> pressure over the bonnet and windscreen at those speeds meant it was
> actually LESS likely that the bird would hit the 'screen.
>
> Anyway - how often do you hit "large birds" on average? Once every ten
> miles, once every thousand miles, once every hundred thousand miles?

In 20 years, I've hit a pigeon, a sheep, and recently a pheasant. That
all, in probably 400,000 miles.

Mike P



From: bod on
Mike P wrote:
> On 29 June, 07:23, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> bod <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
>> saying:
>>
>>> Come on Mike! The difference between 70 and 200mph is immensely more
>>> dangerous in that scenario. For a start, at 200, the chances of a large
>>> bird crashing through the screen and hitting you in the face is
>>> immeasurably more likely, with dire consequences to follow. Surely you
>>> can see that?
>> I'm not sure I can. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the air
>> pressure over the bonnet and windscreen at those speeds meant it was
>> actually LESS likely that the bird would hit the 'screen.
>>
>> Anyway - how often do you hit "large birds" on average? Once every ten
>> miles, once every thousand miles, once every hundred thousand miles?
>
> In 20 years, I've hit a pigeon, a sheep, and recently a pheasant. That
> all, in probably 400,000 miles.
>
> Mike P
>
>
>
Sorry! You still don't qualify for a 'road kill' badge, untill you've
hit *5* different species.

Bod
From: boltar2003 on
On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:16:53 +0100
bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>> In 20 years, I've hit a pigeon, a sheep, and recently a pheasant. That
>> all, in probably 400,000 miles.
>>
>> Mike P
>>
>>
>>
> Sorry! You still don't qualify for a 'road kill' badge, untill you've
>hit *5* different species.

Do humans count? Or if not, what about cyclists?

B2003