Lucky Luke. Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 The guinea fowl around here must have been cross-bred with lemmings. The pea-brained fools will stand on the edge of the kerb if it takes all day to wait until you are 10 meters away before launching themselves into the road.
Gunzo Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 This is bad. I regularly cycle that road on weekends.Just think the driver should have seen the cyclist long before he saw the Guinea Fowl. So if you're going to swerve, swerve away from dangers, or rather hit the bird. But, we don't know what was the direct situation. My mom's Isuzu's Bull-Bar have been bent by hitting a Guinea Fowl. These are hard little buggers.
ibruegge Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Hope he is doing OK! Same thing nearly happened to me two days ago coming down Durbanville road in the fast left turn (opp Hillcrest) - stupid suicidal fowl walking into my lane, it didn't see me coming round the corner. Swerved and was lucky no car was in sight. Chicken didn't know what happened, rider was a bit shaky...
Stretch Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 The Guinea Fowl fled the scene. do you think that statement was meant to be sarcastic? or just factual? seems a bit off sides considering the whole story if sarcasm was intended
Tiny K Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 How much damage would a Guinea Fowl do to a car! I have seen photo's of what they can do. They are solid weight if hit at speed. It put a hole through the top of a range rover's windscreen. I, as a habit, hoot intermittently when approaching them to scare them off the road. I have seen cars narrowly miss them because they fly across the road instead of away from the road.
Joe Low Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 We had 3 take off at the side of the road driving through the Tete corridor in Mozambique. Hit the last one with us going maybe 100kmh. No damage to the car, but by the time we turned round and went back to have a look someone had got there first and taken it.
Tumbleweed Posted January 10, 2012 Author Posted January 10, 2012 do you think that statement was meant to be sarcastic? or just factual? seems a bit off sides considering the whole story if sarcasm was intended It is unusual for a Netcare release…
HowellingWulf Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Sad to see where cyclist come in on the list of things to avoid whilst travelling at speed by car....
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