Thread: Wildlife are not dumb

Originally Posted by johntins

Not to mention wombats.

I often encounter koalas. They are quite slow. I've never hit a koala. I stopped for one, once. Standstill. He just sat down in front of me. He wasn't moving.
Roos on the other hand, the ones out front in your lights are not a problem. It's the ones that dart in from the bushes on the side that are a problem.

Originally Posted by scarry

What about a young lady pushing a pram,and with another small child in tow,stepping out onto a crossing,without looking up to see if there is any traffic coming.

Not the smartest wildlife.

"without looking up to see if there is any traffic coming" Not looking to see if people driving are follow road rules and 'stop and give way to anyone approaching the crossing' you mean?

Back on topic- Love watching deer and roos finding paths around high fences to get at nice pasture. Saw some walking to the driveway of a farm and right past the farm house for some lucerne. They could have jumped the slightly high fences but choose the easy way in over a gate.

Originally Posted by scarry

What about a young lady pushing a pram,and with another small child in tow,stepping out onto a crossing,without looking up to see if there is any traffic coming.

Not the smartest wildlife.

I had a woman run out from between two parked cars the other day. With her child in tow. Great example for the child. She looked at me and smiled as I braked heavily to avoid bouncing her child off the bumper of my Merc.

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

"without looking up to see if there is any traffic coming" Not looking to see if people driving are follow road rules and 'stop and give way to anyone approaching the crossing' you mean?

Irrelevent. Anyone who puts their trust in 'rules' for their safety is an idiot. Crossing safety has become severely compromised by councils who build their crossings out level with the parked cars so that the person has to actually be on the crossing to be visible. Prams and pushers are low, and usually a metre in front of the person pushing them. I think people pushing their infants out on to the road trusting the 'rules' are certifiable. What happened to the days where the approach to a crossing was kept clear of parked cars so that the pedestrian and the driver could see each other? I won't cross at a crossing unless I've made eye contact, or, if it's dark, until the car has come to a complete stop.

Originally Posted by johntins

Irrelevent. Anyone who puts their trust in 'rules' for their safety is an idiot. Crossing safety has become severely compromised by councils who build their crossings out level with the parked cars so that the person has to actually be on the crossing to be visible. Prams and pushers are low, and usually a metre in front of the person pushing them. I think people pushing their infants out on to the road trusting the 'rules' are certifiable. What happened to the days where the approach to a crossing was kept clear of parked cars so that the pedestrian and the driver could see each other? I won't cross at a crossing unless I've made eye contact, or, if it's dark, until the car has come to a complete stop.

any one who murders someone by not obeying basic road rules or basic consideration for other peoples life is a what then in you opinion?

I must be an idiot perhaps but I did look before putting myself in front of a car in QLD on the weekend while out running. The driver was trying to run past two elderly people walking across on a green light for pedestrians. I am a fastish runner and jumped in front of the car causing the driver to brake hard. ( I did have space to get back) Then asking the elderly couple to keep walking off the road. They would have been stranded in the middle off a road due to the rude selfish and now very shocked driver.

I stopped for lunch a few hundred metres away and several people spoke to me about the extraordinarily self entitled driver. At least one cars behind has reported the Driver to the police along with their dash cam . I didn't report it but a nice police man did ring me asking if I could give a statement if needed.
I did not kick, yell or beat up the person who was clearly a VIP able to kill or disrupt people following road rules. You may feel I am a "idiot" and perhaps the ignore list might need updating for you or I. Very happy the QLD police received dash cam video and statements from drivers and the couple.
I laughed quite a bit in fact when I saw your view/opinion. I know what that driver is call- BUSTED

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

I had a woman run out from between two parked cars the other day. With her child in tow. Great example for the child. She looked at me and smiled as I braked heavily to avoid bouncing her child off the bumper of my Merc.

I agree Mick. Pedestrians need to look especially if not on a crossing. Glad your as capable, sharp and considerate as you are sir

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

any one who murders someone by not obeying basic road rules or basic consideration for other peoples life is a what then in you opinion?

I must be an idiot perhaps but I did look before putting myself in front of a car in QLD on the weekend while out running. The driver was trying to run past two elderly people walking across on a green light for pedestrians. I am a fastish runner and jumped in front of the car causing the driver to brake hard. ( I did have space to get back) Then asking the elderly couple to keep walking off the road. They would have been stranded in the middle off a road due to the rude selfish and now very shocked driver.

I stopped for lunch a few hundred metres away and several people spoke to me about the extraordinarily self entitled driver. At least one cars behind has reported the Driver to the police along with their dash cam . I didn't report it but a nice police man did ring me asking if I could give a statement if needed.
I did not kick, yell or beat up the person who was clearly a VIP able to kill or disrupt people following road rules. You may feel I am a "idiot" and perhaps the ignore list might need updating for you or I. Very happy the QLD police received dash cam video and statements from drivers and the couple.
I laughed quite a bit in fact when I saw your view/opinion. I know what that driver is call- BUSTED

Don't care, ND. The car was at fault. Doesn't take away the fact that simply expecting the rules will protect you is stupid. Which is what I said, and what I still say. Being in the right won't help you if you are dead.

Emus need to be also excused. Not the smartest bird. Had once a couple running in front of me on a track. Had to eventually stop or they would have most likely collapsed. When I stopped they then veered of into the bush. There was a doco about a wombat fence in Tassie. They had enough juice going through that fence to fry Elephant. You could see the electricity passing over the fur of the wombat. Did not even slow it down. Got it`s nose under the wire and through it went. Not real smart but 10/10 for determination.
Cheers Hall