Youngers, I'd aim to just clear the end of its tail with my front right - assuming the oncoming lane is clear, of course!! :shocked:
If you can, always try to evade behind an 'animate obstacle' or human controlled obstacle - that way, at least they hafta turn before they grab or hit you!! :yikes: You might get as much as a whole extra second to get past safely! :thumbup:
As for putting Spyders into storage, that doesn't happen here either, altho I gotta admit that I almost didn't ride today, the local temps were expected to be quite high, & ended up just topping 40 deg C! And that meant that, as expected, the Brown Snakes & Tiger Snakes were out frolicking on the blacktop (late spring friskiness, it's been too wet for them up until just recently!!) Despite the 'old school' practice of trying to kill them that way, you really hafta try to avoid running over snakes here, even their tails, cos if you get a tire on them pretty much anywhere they can flick up & will get angry, very angry; then they can wrap around axles etc, & just hang around waiting for a chance to bite - & a bite from either of those types of snakes pretty much means curtains unless you can get antivenine into you in sufficient quantity within about 15 minutes - and most of my ryding is somewhat more than an hour from the nearest hospital or ambulance; that is if there is even any telephone service to call for help in the first place!!
Enjoy your winter, we are starting to get the HOT weather now!
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