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I just went on a night ride along the coast, then along the road to the Capricorn Resort. This latter is a 4 lane beautiful divided highway with no traffic & is my test track.
Only riding at 60 km/h watching for roos which are practically tame (but no road sense) along that stretch. I was suddenly flicked on the helmet by a flying fox coming out of the bush about 10 metres to my left. He hit me hard enough to partially dislodge the perspex of my modular helmet & I had to stop to fix it in the dark.
Flying foxes are fruit bats about the size of an average domestic cat & a wing span over about a metre (at a guess from the split second I saw him in the bike lights). From the drops of something on my windscreen it looks like we both got a fright.
At least your deer can't fly.
Only riding at 60 km/h watching for roos which are practically tame (but no road sense) along that stretch. I was suddenly flicked on the helmet by a flying fox coming out of the bush about 10 metres to my left. He hit me hard enough to partially dislodge the perspex of my modular helmet & I had to stop to fix it in the dark.
Flying foxes are fruit bats about the size of an average domestic cat & a wing span over about a metre (at a guess from the split second I saw him in the bike lights). From the drops of something on my windscreen it looks like we both got a fright.
At least your deer can't fly.