Every morning. On the road.
They don't move until the last nanosecond and I always end up dabbing the brakes.
Dicks 🙄
What are they up to?
Because the cows have occupied the tracks.
Are they not on a wall there?
Anyway, the answer is that they love playing chicken with the traffic.
Are they not on a wall there?
They're just really big. I sure as hell wouldn't want to hit one of those on my commute
If the pigeons were that mahoosive where I live, I'd be on the brakes too! Those big lads would write your car off!
They don’t move until the last nanosecond
The refresh rate of their vision far exceeds yours
What are they up to?
Maybe it's where the coo-l birds are at?
Sorry to add a sensible answer, but they often stand in the road, mostly around potholes, to drink or to eat grit.
Ha ha, this just made me laugh out loud. I've thought exactly the same thing and used far more harsh words than dicks to describe them.
Thought it was just me who noticed this.
Despite the truth of the matter, its a great excuse to post this.
Sorry to add a sensible answer, but they often stand in the road, mostly around potholes, to drink or to eat grit
Sheep do this too around catseyes (very much so on the main road through Yell, Shetland) to drink the salty water from road gritting that pools around them.
@n0b0dy0ftheg0at I can't see any cows in that photo can you? I guess they're really far away.
In rural roads in Ireland it's the crows.
They'll just be preachain to their flock.
They're a new breed of kamikazee agitative cultural disrupters. Just pretend they're cyclists 😉
[i]In rural roads in Ireland it’s the crows.[/i]
The crows get out of the way early as there is always a look out crow who shouts "Cah, cah, cah"
They don’t move until the last nanosecond
The refresh rate of their vision far exceeds yours
No need to be like that.
How do you know how fast my refresh rate is?
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I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too. It gives me a sense of enormous well-being
Park life.
I thought everyone was now aware that birds aren't real.
Ever thought maybe that's what they want you to think? Makes you think, doesn't it.
Theres a theory that birds wait until the last minute to fly off because the pressure from the car actually lifts them out of the way, so it means they dont have to both "flying" out the way, they just get pushed.
I've pushed rather a lot of pheasants over the years, and you're right, it certainly saves them a lot of flying.
Theres a theory that birds wait until the last minute to fly off because the pressure from the car actually lifts them
A friend had one of the first Ford Sierras, and hit so many birds in the first 6 months he reckons that was evidence for that - the Sierra was significantly more streamlined and the birds had to recalibrate.
We live in a very farmy village and the tractors drop lots of seed etc, I agree though rats of the skies! Always the first bloody things to wake up too and I cannot stand their cooing and usually can’t get back to sleep!!
Just had to have this conversation with my son who is learning to drive. Don't swerve, don't brake was my basic advice.
don’t brake was my basic advice.
Why not? Why would you hit an animal on the road unnecessarily?
Usually just sounding your horn is sufficient to clear the road of wandering wildlife.
Why would you hit an animal on the road unnecessarily?
Exactly. You wouldn't want to invoke Darwin and allow pigeons to adapt and develop, they're already annoying enough 🙂
Too late to stop them adapting judging by the size of those in the photo up there.
The crows get out of the way early as there is always a look out crow who shouts “Cah, cah, cah”
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Why not? Why would you hit an animal on the road unnecessarily
Swerving can cause a crash. Many years ago i rolled a car after a reflex swerve to avoid birds in the road
Two things saved TJ’s life that day. The helmet he was wearing and the dog that pulled him free of the wreckage.
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I’d imagine those two ^^ are using a grammatically simplified method of communicating.
Why not? Why would you hit an animal on the road unnecessarily?
If there's any traffic it stops you being rear-ended (ooer) by the following driver who won't be concentrating just following the bumper in front.
don’t brake was my basic advice.
Why not? Why would you hit an animal on the road unnecessarily?
Swerving can cause a crash.
Every time you brake you serve?
If I see an animal on the road ahead, or a human for that matter, I can apply the brakes without swerving.
I do it all the time!
Is it not that the tarmac/concrete heats up quicker than just bare ground so they prefer it in the mornings? (I could have this totally wrong)
Actually pigeons like nothing more than to lie down in sunshine, with their wings tucked under their abdomen. I know of no other bird that does that.
They are also the only birds that can suck water btw
Bet they can't suck a McDonald's milkshake through a paper straw though.
Rooks do it as well, there’s a junction at the end of the short bit of road as you enter the business estate I work on, and there’s often half a dozen rooks wandering around in the road in just that one place.
There’s sometimes a pigeon or two with them, although the last time I saw a pigeon there was in my rear view mirror enclosed in a cloud of feathers after it took off right in front of my car…
No obvious damage to the car, fortunately.
Why not? Why would you hit an animal on the road unnecessarily?
Usually just sounding your horn is sufficient to clear the road of wandering wildlife.
Driving privilege innit.
I say the same about cyclists. 😉
Rooks do it as well, there’s a junction at the end of the short bit of road as you enter the business estate I work on, and there’s often half a dozen rooks wandering around in the road in just that one place.
Trouble with them is they can only move out of the way horizontally or vertically and can't go over other birds.
Rookwits
Pigeons are clever. They strut arouind my lawn in front of me and the cat knowing that she is too lazy and I would get a bollocking for the noise shooting them would make yet in our fields they know exactly what a gun is like and fly up with the airliners.
As for braking for animals in the road well..... Squirrels and pigeons need culling so speed up. Boar, deer and sheep are bigger so slow down or duff the vehicle. We all know that, if the dimwit behind you tail ends you because you brake hard, it's their fault but it is still a pain to get the dents sorted.
Oh yeah. Who ever suggested the horn doesn't live where animals live in the road. The sheep outside don't even look up to a horn the boar don't change their plans either.
Trouble with them is they can only move out of the way horizontally or vertically and can’t go over other birds.
Nicely done.
They don’t move until the last nanosecond and I always end up dabbing the brakes.
If they move as soon as they see an incoming predator, the predator can easily and gently adjust course to follow them.
If they leave it till the last minute, the predator (dog/cat/sparrowhawk) has to make a rapid adjustment in velocity to follow them and looses all their momentum and speed.
same reason you can chase a sheep down a lane, and it wont dive into the hedge until youre nearly on top of it.
same reason you can chase a sheep down a lane, and it wont dive into the hedge until youre nearly on top of it.
Why are you trying to get on top of a sheep?
Bragging they can go faster than a sheep. Anything that doesn't pay road tax has to be fair game.
That said, I know a guy who wound up in hospital for a few days after a rabbit ran through his front wheel. Fur everywhere.
