On a humorous note – its not just stones that the kids throw. A few years ago in Algreia some enterprising kids found a huge decomposing turkey carcass to lob at us. They positioned themselves on the up hill side of a blind mountain hair pin, just where you would be slowing down thinking you were in the wrong gear. It landed between the spare and the windscreen from at least 40 foot up, exploded on impact and then drained itself into the air vents behind the dash board as we stopped. I never did manage to clean it properly and after 6 months or so the ever present smell of purification still made passengers gag on hot summer days stuck in traffic …
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