bloody roos

[calais_304]

Went fishing last night down at the local spot (deep water bend) and were driving along in my mates 4x4 and up ahead theres a roo on the side of the road...told my mate to slow down a bit because of the roo and as mates do they never listen and he continues along at 60km/h, as we get probably 10m from the roo it decides this is a good time to jump out! anyway mate hits the picks, roo goes thud, my head goes thud, roo jumps up, has a look on his face of 'you prick didn't you see me here' then bounces off into the bush.

got a sore head from the front passenger seat, because i was leaning forward 4x4 got a bent number plate (thankgod for the roo bar)

and to top it all off....not a single friggin bite all night

I hate ROOS!!!

[Tom_1569]

Try living in the country, their everywhere, but you get good at predicting what their gonna do. The main problem is they cant jump backwards (remember aussie history thats why their own national animal). So when a car gets close they think your gonna hit so they bolt, and car lights daze them making them more unpredictable.
Living in the country roo's are everywhere and you HAVE to drive accordingly, specially if you dont have a roobar, Your mate should of been driving accordingly, and for not he deserves any damage he gets to his car, but you as a passenger dont.

[Swordsy]

Yeah, they are a pretty solid animal.

We hit one in an XF falcon at 100km/h right in the middle of the bonnet.
Radiator got wrapt around the motor, and the motor got pushed back into the firewall.

Fun stuff......

[88GreenVN]

No bites would be the real bad news of the day.

Lucky for you he hit the thing instead of swerving off the road and into a tree or ditch.