Strangest dints to your FTO

[finers]

Just wondering if any1 out there had a similar or as strange accident to there fto.
Was in connemara a week ago and a bullock decided to kick the front wing on my car leaving a nice dint, not only that a swore he draged his leg down the wing to a standing possition on purpose to scratch it more.

[dcfto]

Thats one hardcore, car hatin cow...
Something similar happened me in my old car (not as bad though)...

Was driving at night and the car in front of me stuck on his hazards and swerved a little bit, couldnt see a thing until a cow ran out of no where charging towards me. I swerved towards the ditch and he hit the back of the car and sort of re-aligned me back towards the road and I drove on, never went back to check if was messed up or antin, just laughed all the way home and not a mark on the car...madness!

[optical illusion]

Find the owner and file damages?

If you owned a horse and he strayed onto a road at night and a car hit him, you'd be liable for the damages...

[Dragonheart]

Not so with a lot of other animals though, as far as I know if you hit a cow you're at fault. Especially if there are signs up saying cattle crossing.

[optical illusion]

Were there signs up dc?

[Dean]

Not so with a lot of other animals though, as far as I know if you hit a cow you're at fault. Especially if there are signs up saying cattle crossing.

Nope, cows are owners fault too. A friend of mine ended up with a bull on his roof after hitting it at 40mph. Not much left of the car, but the owner paid up.

[gfalls]

I hit a lamb once, and killed it. It didn't do much damage to the car. I never bothered to contact the farmer though. Which is just as well, coz I took the lamb home and ate it. Mint sauce....YUMMY..!

[Bernard]

My sister once hit a donkey.

[miss-enzo]

Find the owner and file damages?

If you owned a horse and he strayed onto a road at night and a car hit him, you'd be liable for the damages...

Really???? i know a few yrs back 2 ridin school ponies broke out and got on the road, got a fright from a train and one of them ended up in the windscreen of a fiesta... as far as i know they didnt have to pay out to the car owner of anything....

[gfalls]

RTA (Road Traffic Accident) is now RTC (Road Traffic Collision). They dropped the accident bit because it implies no one is to blame. There is always some one at fault..

[Dragonheart]

Not so with a lot of other animals though, as far as I know if you hit a cow you're at fault. Especially if there are signs up saying cattle crossing.

Nope, cows are owners fault too. A friend of mine ended up with a bull on his roof after hitting it at 40mph. Not much left of the car, but the owner paid up.

Think it might matter so if the owner is with the cattle. Cause there was a lorry a few years ago down home that hit a herd, killed 2, and the driver had to pay up.

[finers]

Find the owner and file damages?

If you owned a horse and he strayed onto a road at night and a car hit him, you'd be liable for the damages...

My dads friend owned the cow so i don't think ill be filin damages, we both laughed over it in the bar that night, got a pint over it, to be honest i'd be more upset if some one hit in in a car park etc.. kinda have a funny story now,, got the dint out by pushing the indented part back out with a screw driver it's still not perfect think it needs to be rolled out or something but you'd hardly notice it now, and a bit of t-cut did wonders on the scratches

[Myfeckin FTO]

.................Think it might matter so if the owner is with the cattle. Cause there was a lorry a few years ago down home that hit a herd, killed 2, and the driver had to pay up.

Up to a few years ago it was the driver that would be at fault - however the onus is now on the owner of the animal (be it a cow or a dog etc) to have them off a public road.

[Dragonheart]

Ah, that explains that confusion then!