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Unknowns When Riding Known Roads
- Thread starter Boog
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If you want a challenge on a familiar road. Try riding it at night.
You are 100% on target Brother. Add> Pheasants and ducks! Once an owl. Bird strikes are biggies! Swine and deer are somewhat worse...guys waving guns can be awkward...
Rocky made it into the club!
Did I previously mention swarms of bees? Not a good time,,,
The hazard I found several times yesterday was piles of wheat dumped on bends. A recurrent hazard. Must've fallen off overloaded trailers? It's not harvest time yet is it?
But when you've got like 1/2" of loose wheat dumped on the road, come along on two wheels and that's gonna feel like riding on ball bearings. I was lucky that I first spotted the hazard when I was heading the other way - the drifts of cereal were on t'other side of the road. Farmers have so many ways of making the roads unsafe . . .
But when you've got like 1/2" of loose wheat dumped on the road, come along on two wheels and that's gonna feel like riding on ball bearings. I was lucky that I first spotted the hazard when I was heading the other way - the drifts of cereal were on t'other side of the road. Farmers have so many ways of making the roads unsafe . . .
wildav
XS650 Enthusiast
Yep, and I'm just glad It wasn't Bulwinkle that came out of the woods at me.
Did that….hit an owl….ripped off my left side mirror
Thankfully , I was in my GTi, and not on a bike!!
I may have been going a tad fast …..
One of my buddies clocked a deer the other day on his H-D UltraSuperDuperChrome...Brontosaurus...somethingorother. It weighed about half a ton and the deer likely weighed about 100-150 lbs.
He has told me that neither the bike nor the deer survived and he walked away, slowly. He was danged lucky - lots of riders have been killed hitting stuff smaller than deer. Racoons are particularly bad because they are very heavily muscled and so hitting one is like hitting a 12" dia. chunk of wood.
Basically, deer are very stupid, impulsive animals with a very highly developed "flight" reflex. If in doubt, they bolt - in whatever direction they are pointed at that moment (i.e. off of, or onto the road, over or through a fence...whatever) and by far, the worst times for this type of behaviour are dawn and dusk.
As the man always said.....
He has told me that neither the bike nor the deer survived and he walked away, slowly. He was danged lucky - lots of riders have been killed hitting stuff smaller than deer. Racoons are particularly bad because they are very heavily muscled and so hitting one is like hitting a 12" dia. chunk of wood.
Basically, deer are very stupid, impulsive animals with a very highly developed "flight" reflex. If in doubt, they bolt - in whatever direction they are pointed at that moment (i.e. off of, or onto the road, over or through a fence...whatever) and by far, the worst times for this type of behaviour are dawn and dusk.
As the man always said.....
I always say it's not the deer you see that'll get you it's the one following that you don't see cuz you're fixated on the first one.
In the last week
7-8 deer
2 fawns
Mom coon with 5 kits
Vulture close enough I ducked
2 turtles, finally something slow as me
Curvy rural wooded road guy coming at me using the whole road.
Ratty ole diesel pu pulled in front of me then laid a smoke screen for cover.
Just the usual.
That is so true with deer - there always seems to be a second one following.
Back in the early '90s, evening, a deer crossed just ahead, I braked and was glad I did, just missed the mate.
Deer:
If they aren’t in the flight mode, I have seen evidence that they are aware of what a road is. In my neighborhood, they walk to the pavement and scramble across it. In the car with my wife, we noted a deer herd running through a pasture on a collision course with us on a state highway. As I prepared to stop, the deer herd stopped right at the road shoulder and crossed behind me. I would not have believed it had I not witnessed it.
Once spooked, they behave like a squirrel.
If they aren’t in the flight mode, I have seen evidence that they are aware of what a road is. In my neighborhood, they walk to the pavement and scramble across it. In the car with my wife, we noted a deer herd running through a pasture on a collision course with us on a state highway. As I prepared to stop, the deer herd stopped right at the road shoulder and crossed behind me. I would not have believed it had I not witnessed it.
Once spooked, they behave like a squirrel.
My rule is that if I see any wildlife, I hit the brakes as hard as practically possible - regardless of what it is or which way it is heading when I see it.
P
Apparently, you aren’t accustomed to tailgaters. I once chose to hit the deer rather than have the tailgating SUV hit me. It was a conscious and correct decision.
Well, yes, of course one must always consider what is behind as well as ahead Marty.
That's just part of the customary situational awareness that all safe bikers must possess.
Anywhere in the greater Memphis metropolitan area, deer are far more predictable than motor vehicle operators.
And generally, the deer are smarter.
The deer aren’t armed either.
well, at least not in Canada.
