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Graeme

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27th Sep 13 at 10:31

Yes they did. The second one. The guy in the Saab died. Car was badly crushed.

AndyCorsaSport

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27th Sep 13 at 11:16

I apologise. That's what ya get for watching half a program

didn't realise there was two horse accidents on it.

flybikeslee

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27th Sep 13 at 11:26

quote:
Originally posted by Graeme
Yes they did. The second one. The guy in the Saab died. Car was badly crushed.

also saw this. grim... in other news

nibnob21

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27th Sep 13 at 18:28

I'd be getting the cow done for leaving the scene of an accident.

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VegasPhil

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27th Sep 13 at 18:34

I'd love to hear that report to the car insurance. " I came round the corner and crashed into a er... Cow"

Seriously though motorway cops the other week puts things like that into perspective about how lucky or unlucky you can be on those roads. It's the same round here with the New Forest.

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VegasPhil

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27th Sep 13 at 18:37

quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
I apologise. That's what ya get for watching half a program didn't realise there was two horse accidents on it.

One hit at 35mph the udder one was on a NSL road.

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sc0ott

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27th Sep 13 at 18:44

quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee

quote:
Originally posted by Graeme
Yes they did. The second one. The guy in the Saab died. Car was badly crushed.

also saw this. grim... in other news

Reminds me of the two and a half men episode with miley cyrus.

Jamie-C

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27th Sep 13 at 19:19

How did the folk in the house know who owned the cow without even seeing it?

SAL

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27th Sep 13 at 19:42

If you ran down one of my cows I would be pretty

but I would talk to my insurance company about it, thing about the NFU is they are consultants too.

Bad luck on both parties, hope the cow is ok and at least you are

c20let

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27th Sep 13 at 19:58

quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
How did the folk in the house know who owned the cow without even seeing it?

Because I told him where it had happened (right beside his house). Same farmer owns all the fields and cattle around the area.

am4nf

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28th Sep 13 at 10:29

Everyone is saying you should drive at a speed where you are able to stop

Its a fucking black cow in the dark, you would need to be doing about 30 all the way to where your going if you had this attitude towards all night time driving, the cow shouldnt have been there, same as if he were to have hit an abandoned car that was sitting sideways on the road so no reflectors were visable.... the car shouldnt have been there but I forgot everyone goes 20mph round corners in the dark incase a cow might be there and the rest all have heat seaking night vision

John

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28th Sep 13 at 10:40

Because you don't do it doesn't mean you shouldn't be doing it.

You should potentially be going round the corner even slower than 20mph if you can't see it's clear.

am4nf

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28th Sep 13 at 11:00

Aye then the car behind you that isn't a paranoid freak comes round the corner and ends up in a field avoiding some idiot who's doing 20mph just incase

John

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28th Sep 13 at 11:13

They shouldn't be driving so fast either.

am4nf

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28th Sep 13 at 11:55

In a perfect world, but I bet nobody in this thread could honestly say they drive about at night creeping round corners at 20mph just incase...

John

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28th Sep 13 at 11:58

That still doesn't make it right, or change the fact that not driving at that speed means it's your fault and not the cow.

Ronson

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28th Sep 13 at 13:10

Was the op driving around with his headlights off?

End of the day you'll just have to see what the insurance say, it doesn't get anymore black and white.

c20let

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28th Sep 13 at 19:22

quote:
Originally posted by SAL
If you ran down one of my cows I would be pretty but I would talk to my insurance company about it, thing about the NFU is they are consultants too.

Bad luck on both parties, hope the cow is ok and at least you are

Spoke to the farmer today. Not a single mark on the cow. Cow had ran straight back into the field after the collision and back up to the farm. He had just got the cow that night from the mart and it had been separated from it calf and was looking for it apparently.

am4nf

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28th Sep 13 at 22:20

Shouldn't have been mooooonlighting it tbh

Steve

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29th Sep 13 at 06:20

quote:
Originally posted by am4nf
Everyone is saying you should drive at a speed where you are able to stop

Its a fucking black cow in the dark, you would need to be doing about 30 all the way to where your going if you had this attitude towards all night time driving, the cow shouldnt have been there, same as if he were to have hit an abandoned car that was sitting sideways on the road so no reflectors were visable.... the car shouldnt have been there but I forgot everyone goes 20mph round corners in the dark incase a cow might be there and the rest all have heat seaking night vision

If you hit the car in your example you would be deemed at fault btw

c20let

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24th Oct 13 at 09:34

Update - Farmers insurance has accepted liability and car is getting fixed on 15th November.
Took a while to sort out but glad I don't have to go through my insurance or fix it privately.

SAL

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24th Oct 13 at 11:37

quote:
Originally posted by c20let

quote:
Originally posted by SAL
If you ran down one of my cows I would be pretty but I would talk to my insurance company about it, thing about the NFU is they are consultants too.

Bad luck on both parties, hope the cow is ok and at least you are

Spoke to the farmer today. Not a single mark on the cow. Cow had ran straight back into the field after the collision and back up to the farm. He had just got the cow that night from the mart and it had been separated from it calf and was looking for it apparently.

Its true, the mums going fucking nuts when the calfs go. We had one that went proper mad and rammed the quad and tipped it over

Glad its all getting sorted

Ben G

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24th Oct 13 at 12:45

quote:
Originally posted by c20let
Update - Farmers insurance has accepted liability and car is getting fixed on 15th November.
Took a while to sort out but glad I don't have to go through my insurance or fix it privately.

Good news. How comes it too so long for them to admit liability?

Graham88

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25th Oct 13 at 09:44

I'd say a month to get sorted out is pretty bloody fast.

Glad the guy admitted fault. A cow in the road is the farmers fault no matter what speed anyone is doing.

c20let

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16th Nov 13 at 18:37

Dropped motor off yesterday at bodyshop and got the courtesy car delivered. BMW 328i.

Better car than I was expecting to get. Quite like it, even though it's really basic spec. Feels really gutless compared to the 335 though, no surprise really.

I've really missed having a white car for some reason too.

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