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johnfowles
08-12-2011, 12:49 PM
Motorist Robert Gould is lucky to be alive after a startled cow leapt over a three-foot fence and landed on his car
how about that for a headline boys and girls! see:-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8695400/Cow-leaps-three-foot-fence-and-squashes-car.html
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01970/MooBang_1970186c.jpg
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Amazingly Robert escaped with just cuts and bruises despite skidding almost 80 yards and ending up on the wrong side of the road as he tried to stop.
(Ed) yes in the UK and Australasia that IS the wrong side of the road!!

Sydney Steve
08-13-2011, 09:52 PM
Having a cow get through a fence and onto a highway is every cattleman's nightmare. My families property fronts Highway 1 ,- '(the main highway that runs around the coastline of Aus.), the Princes Highway and the cars are rarely travelling slower than 100 km/hr (60 mph*) Even if not a deadly outcome then definitely litigation central under duty of care grounds.
*That's for people from the US who would be less familiar with the metric distances/ speeds than John would be.