How do you feel about driving over cattle grids?

[purplepoppy]

If you go for a drive in the country, there's a good chance you'll have to drive over a cattle grid. These are designed to keep livestock in a field while still allowing cars to follow a road that runs through it.

When you drive over one, your car vibrates and shakes and it makes a funny noise. Some people find it fun while others a little intimidating. There have been several motorbike accidents involving them and reports of animals simply rolling over them.

But Where do you stand?

It's bumpy fun

It's scary

I've never driven over one

I've fell through one

[MrOracle]

Some of my customers live on ranches or other rural property. One of them built a huge party barn on some property (1100 acres) a few miles from his house so he could entertain without inviting people over to his house. They all have cattle guards at the gates, so I've driven over them dozens of times. No big deal.

The real pests are the wild turkeys. Apparently, 30 years ago, someone thought it would be a good idea to reintroduce wild turkeys to California, and now they are everywhere. Especially anywhere there is grass.

[ShrunkenGuy]

It’s annoying and probably doesn’t help the wear and tear on the car, but I can see the reason why they exist.

Definitely need some IRL pictures of that cartoon sheep even.

Some of those look so big that surprised we’ve not got pictures on social media of people stuck in them.

[purplepoppy]

There's quite a few IRL pics if you search on Google. There's one of a shetland pony too.

[ShrunkenGuy]

Ok, algorithm has failed me will have to do a better search, figured that would have been front and centre. Although, I hope non are distressed and it’s just like in the cartoon. Yes a Shetland pony makes sense.

[Amy10223]

I don't think it would frighten me, as long as nothing punctures the wheels of my car. I've done some bumpy roads with it, and some railroad crossings, but never those. Cattle grids. I didn't even know what they were until you showed the pictures.

[Natasha1995]

A bit scary if I have to drive over them for the first time. If they're on a familiar route, I'm fine.

I'd take it really easy in wet conditions. It seems like you might loose track very soon.

[AI Opinion]

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[Anonymous]

I live on a farm and ride motorbikes, so I ride over one regularly.

When i was little I was afraid I would fall through. We have had cattle get stuck in them, of course always at the most inopportune time, like when its snowing (which only happens 3 days a year here in my part of Oklahoma... we usually just get a sheet of plywood and guide their feet onto it before leading them back through the gate to their field.

Occasionally we get "jumpers" who will learn to leap over them, they, along with any cattle who are "high headed" get sold.

[matchrestore]

While there's not much cattle on this end of North Dakota, there's definitely a lot just west of here. I grew up so accustomed to them. I'd even ride my bike over them with no second thought.

[SotiCoto]

I kinda miss them. It seems strange, but going over them on a daily basis used to be normal before I moved to London. It was just part of the rural experience... kinda like having to find a spot to pull over on a single-lane country road to let a car pass in the other direction... or having to slow down for a tractor or a flock of sheep... or the infinite trepidation of riding a bicycle past a farm with free-roaming border collies and a very short track.

[Lliam]

It's no big deal. The sound and vibration is kinda fun. Brrrrrrrrrr

[RavVid]

I do think best to slow down to a walk speed.

It is hilarious that some smart sheep have worked out they can roll over them. They should breed them into a select smart arse sheep breed.

[Shiprex]

The biking thing is real these gaps and metal surfaces are treacherous

[Shiprex]

Cycled across 2 this afternoon and thought of you @purplepoppy. Was expecting a thrilling rumble through my seat but was disappointed in both cases 😒

[AngryCarl2]

They have a bunch of cattle grids in the New Forest. I haven't been that way in a while, but not because I'm avoiding the cattle grids.

[NathanDavis]

I've been to rural Mexico... so it takes more than a grid to intimidate me... lol

[Chazmatazz269]

Driving over them is no big deal. Walking across them is tricky!

[Wiredone]

I've never had the opportunity to drive over one

[Wise4myage]

Beats trying to walk across them.

[BigSwingingBalls]

its very b-b-b-b-b-bumpy!

[Agape93]

Never bothered me.

[CubaPirate]

Good Good Good vibrations lol

[Dargil]

Numerous times.

[DrPepper12]

Highly effective solution

[Iron_Man]

no I don’t drive over them

[Anonymous]

I don't know how to drive :P

[Anonymous]

Better than opening and closing a gate.

[DCVsMarvel2]

Never done it