Our friends narrowly miss swiping a kangaroo
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325594)
Rockingham, Australia
September 21, 2018 12:28am CST
We’re off shortly but one last, short post before I go:
Friends of ours narrowly missed hitting a kangaroo just the other day. They caught the action on their dash-cam. The roo was clipped by a car just ahead of them, came flying through the air and just missed their car. They saw it hopping off in the rear view mirror so it doesn't seem as though it was badly hurt
Kangaroos on the roads are a common sight here, much like deer seem to be in America. They are regularly hit and injured or killed. They can also make a mess of a car.
Here is the link:
The photo is of some of the kangaroos that regularly visit our property.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 Sep 18
Those things are big too. I pay $10 a month extra on insurance because of deer
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
I don't think we have anything like that here. The roos seem to be getting more and more prevalent.
@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
21 Sep 18
So what's the government doing regarding this matter
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@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
24 Sep 18
@JudyEv Yes, I understand but it is not an offense in case you hit a kangaroo?
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
There isn't much the government can do. The kangaroos just go where they like. They don't have any road sense.
@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Sep 18
@Mavic123456 No, it's not an offence. It happens too often for starters.
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
21 Sep 18
it is scary when you see something suddenly flying/coming at you out of nowhere.
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
22 Sep 18
We have such issues with monkeys in my area. It is scary when something just jumps before your car.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
@arunima25 I have seen video clips of Indian traffic. I wouldn't like to drive there.
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
24 Sep 18
@JudyEv So would I but I have to
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
Sometimes it is hard to avoid hitting an animal even when you are driving slowly. We were creeping along in our car one evening and a kangaroo jumped and hit the car. It bounced down the side and damaged every panel. Sometimes they are impossible to avoid.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
22 Sep 18
Gosh you would certainly know about it if that came flying through your windscreen,. Thank heavens it didn't!
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
23 Sep 18
@JudyEv Must have been quite shocking for them. I should imagine if you hit one of those they could cause some major damage to your car!
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
@garymarsh6 It's not hard to have a car totalled by hitting a roo.
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@moffittjc (118421)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Sep 18
Just in the past month two of my co-workers hit deer while driving into work. Sounds like you have the same problem with kangaroos that we have with deer here in the US. They definitely can do some serious damage to your vehicle when you hit them! And I'm surprised at how often the animals survive collisions with cars and live to see another day.
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@moffittjc (118421)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Sep 18
@JudyEv It's the same here. There seems to be more and more deer now. I read an article recently that the ticks that carry Lyme diseases are expanding their territory where they are found, mostly due to the increase in the population of deer that carry the ticks.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Sep 18
@moffittjc That's not good. I think the jury is still out on whether we have Lyme disease in Australia or not.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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22 Sep 18
I read an article, in which a driver was driving slowly in the dark, when a kangaroo jumped out from nowhere, hitting the front part of his new car. The airbags promptly inflated and he (a very big and solid build man) was wedged tightly. He said he had to stay there until someone came to rescue him. The car ended up a write-off. Those kangaroos seem to follow no road rules.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
They have absolutely no road sense at all. Once we were travelling very slowly because we knew there were a lot of roos in the area when one leapt out of nowhere, hit the rearview mirror, then both side panels, the rear panel then went over the boot (trunk) area and damaged that too! It was pretty unbelievable.
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@snowy22315 (169867)
• United States
21 Sep 18
Oh wow, I guess he was one lucky roo! A deer once ran into my car,,and bounced off of it..He got his legs knocked out from uner him but hwn I drove back a few minutes later he was gone!
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
You were probably lucky he didn't slide up the bonnet. It's good he wasn't hurt. I'm sure this roo would have had some bruises.
@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
21 Sep 18
The normal scenario here is the cat being hit by a vehicle.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
In the towns and cities, sometimes cats get hit by cars.
@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
Yes, he was a very lucky roo but I think he might have had a few bruises.
@Juliaacv (48378)
• Canada
21 Sep 18
That's rough.
In our area, this month and next month are the "season" for hitting deer on the roadways.
There are more out and about so caution is necessary.
I know of someone that hit a 3 within just as many weeks.
He told me that the last one he hit was so scary, it hit his windshield, and laid there on his car hood, and his eyes were staring at his and just a couple of feet away from him.
That actually totalled his car and he had to replace it.
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@wolfgirl569 (95042)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Sep 18
Yes we have deer here and often they run off after getting hit too. Glad your friends missed it. They look big enough to cause a lot of damage.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
He looks all legs and tail doesn't he? She was very lucky not to have hit it.
@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
I don't think adorable is quite the right word. Nearly hitting a kangaroo isn't really adorable.
