danja

Anyone seen this before?

http://www.cruiseculture.net/media/d...t=25&pos=-1163

Surprised the drive didn't react more, those Kangaroos aint exaclty small lol

saff_cossie

Yeah saw it live on last years Bathurst round in October. Quite scary. Closest this year was a flying tyre through the windscreen.

danja

Nasty...

Is this thing quite common then, or at least not hitting the animals but having them cause havoc on the track by nearby hits etc?

saff_cossie

Not often on the track from what I have seen but on the road it can be especially at dusk when they come out. Seen a fair few damaged trucks at work and a friends dads car from one. Wombats are also bad news as they are so heavy, it is supposed to be like hitting a 20-30kg boulder in the road.

Tip with Kangaroos, you are not supposed to brake if you about to hit one as it dips the nose of the car which in turn scoops the kangaroo up and can result in it coming through the windscreen. In the panic, the kangaroo kicks and in rare occasions has been known to kick the driver to death (not heard of that happening for quite a while though fortunately).

danja

Jesus Christ, sounds harsh

I saw a vid on Bravo of some Kangaroo catchers, and it took 4-5 men and a net to try and get rid of this one that had made it's way into someones back yard.

Was hard work....