by mykV » Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:26 pm
Reminds me of a day a few years back, I was driving through the New Forest in a truck and trailer. It was one of those bright sunny days, and driving through the forest is a bit like driving into and out of a tunnel with going from bright light to pitch black and not being able to see clearly ahead. With or without shades. I came round this corner at about 35mph and slammed into what I thought was a brick wall. The front of the cab was severly dented and the bumper was pushed back about three inches, the nearside headlight was smashed, as was the indicator lights. As I stood there servaying the damage to the front of my truck. A police officer on a motorbike pulled up in front of me, and asked what had I collided with, as he could see no other vehicle nearby. I replied I did not know as I was partially blinded by the light/darkness from the trees, with which he symphathised about the visibility problems. We then heard a source of sound coming from the edge of the forest, where we were both shocked to see the most enormous deer get to it's feet, shake itself, toss it's head in the air and trot off without a by your leave back into the forest. And what would be no apparent injuries to it.
Trouble was the insurer look's of dis-belief as to the cause of so much damage to my vehicle, even after he had read the report supplied by the attending officer. The repair bill came to over
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