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That was a really unpleasent story! That's enough to make many people not want to take up riding!
I hit a pidgeon a couple of week ago on my Civic. Doing 50 - 55mph and the bird came out of a hedgrow, then turned to try and and get away from me. I hit his bottom at a closing speed of at least 30mph. Funny thing is, it did not make a sound when it hit. I looked in my mirror to see it come down hard onto the wing in the middle of rear screen. From there, it shot straight back, tumbling in the air, feathers everywhere, straight into a Golf. It hit his A-pillar, and it made him jump!
He nearly ended up the hedges. Strangly, I looked back a few seconds later, and he was laughing and pointing at my car, explaining to his wife the dynamics of the pidgeon.
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