Subj : Re: This Train Just Went Splat! To : alt.tv.er From : Rhino Date : Sun Sep 25 2005 19:51:10 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er "DawnK" wrote in message news:0LRYe.2505$X6.358@fe05.lga... > > wrote in message > news:1127452904.862126.307500@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > > Too bad the first driver didn't call the police. What did Alex > > tell him? Have Luka and Sam get there a little too late. What if > > they'd been driving down the road, and saw him in that truck? The > > crash > > was too realistic. How come the airbags didn't go off? Wouldn't the > > owner of the antelope be liable? That's assuming there was one. When do > > > > they get the car back? > > > > Ummm... antelope are wild animals. Nobody owns them. (And hitting deer > > and deerlike animals is VERY common in places like that, and does tend > > to wreck your car.) Good point about the airbags though. ANd shame on > > Sam for NOT realizing that she's falling asleep and just pulling over > > for a couple of hours (or at least getting some coffee at the next > > truck stop). She'll be no good to Alex if SHE'S dead in a ditch. > > > > > > Naomi > > > > I live in WI. Deer just happen. I have had 2 car-deer accidents and yes > they do a number to your car, but when the car is a 1988 Chevy Celebrity > that you don't even like, you cheer! LOL! > Years ago, one of my friends hit a German shepherd (dog) with his car and it nearly totaled his car. I would imagine that an antelope weighing several hundred pounds more than a dog would be roughly like hitting a brick wall and do a lot more damage than just bending the front end of the car. Was that your experience too? Just curious.... Rhino .