Cattle Stampede

[thehelmsman]

My lady was driving my rented truck doing about 80 on a decent country road yesterday when a herd of cows ran into the side of truck - they came out of nowhere. No dead cows - one dented up truck. Noones fault but certainly screwed up my day. Just happy we weren't on a motorbike. Truck is at the shop now - Oh Well...........

[MobileContent]

The same happened to my FIL last year and he tracked down the owners of the cattle and received compensation for repair of his pickup truck.

[thehelmsman]

The same happened to my FIL last year and he tracked down the owners of the cattle and received compensation for repair of his pickup truck.

I went back to pick up parts of pickup (tail light) and looked around for any cow suffering - The only reason cows will run is if they are being herded so the owner probably ran when he saw what happened. Anyway only 6,800 baht to repair truck.

[NeverSure]

Sorry about your truck. Some day I'll tell you some more stories.

Cows will spook and stampede for no good reason. They are herd animals and take signals from each other. If one decides it's spooked and takes off, they all take off assuming the one sees or hears a danger.

I grew up on a wheat and cattle ranch. The cows (all sexes of cattle are called cows by cowboys who are herding cows that are probably steers ) and the cattle actually feel safest when we are herding them or they are in a corral or barn. They assume their humans are Big Dogs and can protect them. They are worst at night out in open pasture, but bad enough during the day.

All it takes is for just one of those numbnuts to think something is worth running from and they are off to the races. The good news for the rancher is that they can't fun very far. They aren't horses, LOL. A horse can run one down with a human on its back. Horses can stampede too and that's a real picnic. They can run for miles.

[barrybankruad]

This topic has been raised before about cattle on roads, I can never seem to get a full answer. I have heard that responsibility for accidents depends on the type of road on which you are driving, If it's a rural, small dirt road and you hit a cow then it's always the vehicle drivers fault, If it's on a larger, tarmac road then it's the cattle owners fault. HOWEVER if the cattle are being driven along the tarmac road during daylight, provided it is before 8am or after 5pm and you hit one, then the driver is at fault, any other time it's the cattle owners fault and he is liable for repairs, Does anyone know the law regarding this matter?

Nevertheless at whatever time it is, or whatever type of road living in rural areas with lots of bovine about it's best to be careful. Bad enough with other Thai drivers, without bringing cattle into the equation.

[sandgroper3]

This topic has been raised before about cattle on roads, I can never seem to get a full answer. I have heard that responsibility for accidents depends on the type of road on which you are driving, If it's a rural, small dirt road and you hit a cow then it's always the vehicle drivers fault, If it's on a larger, tarmac road then it's the cattle owners fault. Does anyone know the law regarding this matter?

Nevertheless at whatever time it is, or whatever type of road living in rural areas with lots of bovine about it's best to be careful. Bad enough with other Thai drivers, without bringing cattle into the equation.

HOWEVER if the cattle are being driven along the tarmac road during daylight, provided it is before 8am or after 5pm and you hit one, then the driver is at fault, any other time it's the cattle owners fault and he is liable for repairs, this one i have heard before thai law allowing farmer to be able to move herd