Hwp matters

[Bushbasher]

Originally Posted by asagaai

What about wild horses. When I was in the NT saw some nasty stuff involving horses- they are high and end up going over bonnet and taking out the front part of the roof together with what is soft underneath the roof.

When in the NT cruising at 160 kmph along the Stuart HWY with no speed restrictions was alwaysparanoid going through a hill with cutting for road that going over top that unseen wild horses would jump out the other side....

Back in the mid 90s' I was living and working in Alice Springs, and I used to regularly run back down to Pt Lincoln whenever I got the chance. I was in my trusty 2L TE Ghia coming south just after dark, somewhere near Marla and I came round a bend at about 130kph to see 2 cows standing on the road, one each side with their rumps facing each other.
There was enough of a gap between them straight up the middle of the road for me to pass between them so I started slowing and aimed between them; just as I got within about 30-40m and still doing about 80, suddenly a horse walked across the road immediately behind the cows. With both feet on the brakes and pulling on the steering wheel, I sailed between the 2 cows and missed the artz end of the horse by maybe a foot....maybe. (that's 305mm for all you lot under 45)................ I slowed down a bit after that.