Driver killed when roo went through windscreen

[Ext User(Rupert Gumpole)]

A DRIVER has died after a kangaroo hit by a car travelling in the
opposite direction was thrown into his path and crashed through his
windcreen.

The 50-year-old man was driving on Muir highway near Manjimup, 300km
south of Perth, on Sunday afternoon when the accident happened.

The man lost control of his car and crashed after the animal went
through his windscreen and into the back seat.

He was airlifted to the Royal Perth Hospital where he died yesterday.




http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20596255-2,00.html

[Ext User(Graham Fountain)]

Rupert Gumpole wrote:
> A DRIVER has died after a kangaroo hit by a car travelling in the
> opposite direction was thrown into his path and crashed through his
> windcreen.
>
> The 50-year-old man was driving on Muir highway near Manjimup, 300km
> south of Perth, on Sunday afternoon when the accident happened.
>
> The man lost control of his car and crashed after the animal went
> through his windscreen and into the back seat.
>
> He was airlifted to the Royal Perth Hospital where he died yesterday.
Many years ago, one of my mates was behind a car that hit a roo. It went
through the windscreen and into the back seat. The roo had gone into
panic and was kicking wildly - the 3 blokes in the back seat had been
gutted. Nasty nasty stuff. And the city folk complain about the "safety"
of roo bars.
>
>
>
>
> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20596255-2,00.html

[Ext User(Rod)]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:44:05 +1000, Graham Fountain <ask@and.find.out>
wrote:

> And the city folk complain about the "safety" of roo bars.

No roos in the city.

Cheers,
Rod.

[Ext User(JD)]

Rod wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:44:05 +1000, Graham Fountain <ask@and.find.out>
> wrote:
>
>> And the city folk complain about the "safety" of roo bars.
>
> No roos in the city.
>
> Cheers,
> Rod.

there are in Canberra.
JD

[Ext User(Michael C)]

"Graham Fountain" <ask@and.find.out> wrote in message
news:45354098$0$24667$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
> Many years ago, one of my mates was behind a car that hit a roo. It went
> through the windscreen and into the back seat. The roo had gone into
> panic and was kicking wildly - the 3 blokes in the back seat had been
> gutted. Nasty nasty stuff. And the city folk complain about the "safety"
> of roo bars.

Compare the number of times this has happened to the no of pedestrians that
get hit each year.

> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20596255-2,00.html

[Ext User(John_H)]

Michael C wrote:
>
>"Graham Fountain" <ask@and.find.out> wrote in message
>news:45354098$0$24667$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
>> Many years ago, one of my mates was behind a car that hit a roo. It went
>> through the windscreen and into the back seat. The roo had gone into
>> panic and was kicking wildly - the 3 blokes in the back seat had been
>> gutted. Nasty nasty stuff. And the city folk complain about the "safety"
>> of roo bars.
>>
>Compare the number of times this has happened to the no of pedestrians that
>get hit each year.

Definitely more roos get hit than pedestrians... I see heaps of dead
roos everytime I go out but hardly ever a pedestrian. :))

--
John H

[Ext User(Clockmeister)]

"Michael C" <mculleyNOSPAM@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
news:45355001$0$14299$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.a u...
> "Graham Fountain" <ask@and.find.out> wrote in message
> news:45354098$0$24667$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
>> Many years ago, one of my mates was behind a car that hit a roo. It went
>> through the windscreen and into the back seat. The roo had gone into
>> panic and was kicking wildly - the 3 blokes in the back seat had been
>> gutted. Nasty nasty stuff. And the city folk complain about the "safety"
>> of roo bars.
>
> Compare the number of times this has happened to the no of pedestrians
> that
> get hit each year.
>

Yep, and a roobar is no guarantee that the roo won't fly through the
windscreen anyway.

[Ext User(Rod)]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:26:32 +1000, JD <jjd@spamlesstpgi.com.au>
wrote:

>Rod wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:44:05 +1000, Graham Fountain <ask@and.find.out>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> And the city folk complain about the "safety" of roo bars.
>>
>> No roos in the city.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rod.
>
>there are in Canberra.
>JD

I'd say the majority of the complaints about roobars in cities comes
from Sydney and as yet I've not seen a single roo in my travels.

Cheers,
Rod.

[Ext User(Marco)]

Rod wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:44:05 +1000, Graham Fountain <ask@and.find.out>
> wrote:
>
> > And the city folk complain about the "safety" of roo bars.
>
> No roos in the city.

I've hit three in the Canberra suburbs in the past two years. (Not
that it's made me want to buy a roo bar or a 4WD).

Marco

[Ext User(atec77)]

Marco wrote:
> Rod wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:44:05 +1000, Graham Fountain <ask@and.find.out>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> And the city folk complain about the "safety" of roo bars.
>> No roos in the city.
>
> I've hit three in the Canberra suburbs in the past two years. (Not
> that it's made me want to buy a roo bar or a 4WD).
>
> Marco
>
Local park with a little water in the dividing stream has several
resident Roo's which just "appeared" quite common in fact in most towns
and easy to find if you walk the dog on Dusk.

[Ext User(Sir Lex)]

Graham Fountain wrote:
> Rupert Gumpole wrote:
>> A DRIVER has died after a kangaroo hit by a car travelling in the
>> opposite direction was thrown into his path and crashed through his
>> windcreen.
>>
>> The 50-year-old man was driving on Muir highway near Manjimup, 300km
>> south of Perth, on Sunday afternoon when the accident happened.
>>
>> The man lost control of his car and crashed after the animal went
>> through his windscreen and into the back seat.
>>
>> He was airlifted to the Royal Perth Hospital where he died yesterday.
> Many years ago, one of my mates was behind a car that hit a roo. It went
> through the windscreen and into the back seat. The roo had gone into
> panic and was kicking wildly - the 3 blokes in the back seat had been
> gutted. Nasty nasty stuff. And the city folk complain about the "safety"
> of roo bars.
>>
>>


Had the same thing happen to a mate of mine, however luckily he had
nobody in the back seat. He hit the anchors hard, got out of the car
and opened all the doors. The roo eventually got out, but not before
ripping the back of his car to shreds.

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[Ext User(Trevor Wilson)]

"JD" <jjd@spamlesstpgi.com.au> wrote in message
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> Rod wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:44:05 +1000, Graham Fountain <ask@and.find.out>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> And the city folk complain about the "safety" of roo bars.
>>
>> No roos in the city.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rod.
>
> there are in Canberra.

**Canberra ain't a city.


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[Ext User(JD)]

Trevor Wilson wrote:

>
> "JD" <jjd@spamlesstpgi.com.au> wrote in message
> news:45354a16@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>> Rod wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:44:05 +1000, Graham Fountain <ask@and.find.out>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> And the city folk complain about the "safety" of roo bars.
>>>
>>> No roos in the city.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Rod.
>>
>> there are in Canberra.
>
> **Canberra ain't a city.
>
>
I was waiting for that!
JD

[Ext User(JD)]

Michael C wrote:

> "Graham Fountain" <ask@and.find.out> wrote in message
> news:45354098$0$24667$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
>> Many years ago, one of my mates was behind a car that hit a roo. It went
>> through the windscreen and into the back seat. The roo had gone into
>> panic and was kicking wildly - the 3 blokes in the back seat had been
>> gutted. Nasty nasty stuff. And the city folk complain about the "safety"
>> of roo bars.
>
> Compare the number of times this has happened to the no of pedestrians
> that get hit each year.
>
Fortunately most roos hit the front of the car, although not all. At present
round here the number of roo impacts is so high (side effect of the
drought) that the waiting time for panel beating of any kind is around two
months. Two of my close relatives have hit roos in unprotected cars in the
last few months, one was a write off, the other was in excess of $10,000
and out of action for two months. Think of the impact of this sort of thing
on your insurance premiums.

Last roo encounter I had was at 40kph and it hit behind the rear wheel in
broad daylight, fortunately doing only $500 worth of damage.
JD

[Ext User(quandong nut)]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:01:12 +1000, "Michael C" <mculleyNOSPAM@optushome.com.au>
wrote:

>"Graham Fountain" <ask@and.find.out> wrote in message
>news:45354098$0$24667$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
>> Many years ago, one of my mates was behind a car that hit a roo. It went
>> through the windscreen and into the back seat. The roo had gone into
>> panic and was kicking wildly - the 3 blokes in the back seat had been
>> gutted. Nasty nasty stuff. And the city folk complain about the "safety"
>> of roo bars.
>
>Compare the number of times this has happened to the no of pedestrians that
>get hit each year.

proof that roos have more brains than some pedestrians?

[Ext User(Rod)]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:55:09 +0800, quandong nut <me@privacy.net>
wrote:

>On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:01:12 +1000, "Michael C" <mculleyNOSPAM@optushome.com.au>
>wrote:
>
>>"Graham Fountain" <ask@and.find.out> wrote in message
>>news:45354098$0$24667$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
>>> Many years ago, one of my mates was behind a car that hit a roo. It went
>>> through the windscreen and into the back seat. The roo had gone into
>>> panic and was kicking wildly - the 3 blokes in the back seat had been
>>> gutted. Nasty nasty stuff. And the city folk complain about the "safety"
>>> of roo bars.
>>
>>Compare the number of times this has happened to the no of pedestrians that
>>get hit each year.
>
>proof that roos have more brains than some pedestrians?

Not if you saw some of the roos I've seen. Many don't appear to
realise the best way of avoiding getting hit by a car is to not
hop right infront of one from where they were originally safe.

So at best it's probably borderline. :P

Cheers,
Rod.

[Ext User(budgie)]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:55:11 +1000, Rod <rodp@hotmail.com.removeme> wrote:

>On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:55:09 +0800, quandong nut <me@privacy.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:01:12 +1000, "Michael C" <mculleyNOSPAM@optushome.com.au>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>"Graham Fountain" <ask@and.find.out> wrote in message
>>>news:45354098$0$24667$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
>>>> Many years ago, one of my mates was behind a car that hit a roo. It went
>>>> through the windscreen and into the back seat. The roo had gone into
>>>> panic and was kicking wildly - the 3 blokes in the back seat had been
>>>> gutted. Nasty nasty stuff. And the city folk complain about the "safety"
>>>> of roo bars.
>>>
>>>Compare the number of times this has happened to the no of pedestrians that
>>>get hit each year.
>>
>>proof that roos have more brains than some pedestrians?
>
>Not if you saw some of the roos I've seen. Many don't appear to
>realise the best way of avoiding getting hit by a car is to not
>hop right infront of one from where they were originally safe.

which is exactly what the dead pedestrians did in 99% of cases.

>So at best it's probably borderline. :P

You're too kind to the pedestrians. They probably had the benefit of warnings
at primary school about the dangers of crossing roads. Not sure if the roos
have bush schools with that sort of lesson.

[Ext User(Rod)]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:35:44 +0800, budgie<me@privacy.net> wrote:

>>Not if you saw some of the roos I've seen. Many don't appear to
>>realise the best way of avoiding getting hit by a car is to not
>>hop right infront of one from where they were originally safe.
>
>which is exactly what the dead pedestrians did in 99% of cases.

I doubt many pedestrians were completely aware of an oncoming
vehicle, were never in danger of being struck by the vehicle
only to jump right infront of the vehicle as it passes though.

That I have seen while on my sisters farm, kangaroos hopping
away from the oncoming truck to then veer and bounce straight
infront of it as it passes.

I'm all for roo bars on cars that travel through areas that
have kangaroos on roads, I'm not for roo bars on big 4WD's that
are used by mum to drop the kids off at school and do the shopping
in.

Cheers,
Rod.

[Ext User(John_H)]

Rod wrote:
>
>I'm all for roo bars on cars that travel through areas that
>have kangaroos on roads, I'm not for roo bars on big 4WD's that
>are used by mum to drop the kids off at school and do the shopping
>in.

They're virtually obsolete in both instances. The air bags fitted to
modern cars drastically limit what can fitted to the car while still
maintaining correct deployment of the air bags.

Considering what can be fitted, and the cost effectiveness, I'm
surprised that anyone still fits them to a new car. Most of those
that are currently being fitted will do almost nothing to lessen the
impact of a roo.

At best they're somewhere to mount driving lamps and various
antennae... at great cost.

--
John H

[Ext User(Athol)]

John_H <john4271@hotmail.com> wrote:

> They're virtually obsolete in both instances. The air bags fitted to
> modern cars drastically limit what can fitted to the car while still
> maintaining correct deployment of the air bags.

Installation of aftermarket intercoolers in the frontal crumple zone is
the next big issue with air bag compatability...

> Considering what can be fitted, and the cost effectiveness, I'm
> surprised that anyone still fits them to a new car. Most of those
> that are currently being fitted will do almost nothing to lessen the
> impact of a roo.

The poly bars are fairly widely considered to be a way of reducing the
severity of damage to the car such that it will still be driveable
after a roo strike. The bar _will_ flex back and damage the bonnet,
etc. and the car will still require panel repairs, but the bar will
almost always prevent damage to radiator, oil coolers, etc..

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