Subj : Re: Deer stories
To   : alt.tv.er
From : Phyl
Date : Mon Sep 26 2005 11:23:44

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er

DawnK wrote:

> Hit two deer myself and one while passenger with DH.  No broken windshields 
> in 3 car-deer accidents, just badly damaged bumpers and hoods!


Fortunately, we haven'thit a deer - yet - despite years of living in 
various places with huge deer populations.

When we lived in Virginia, there was information on radio news regarding 
HOW to handle a collision with a deer.

The two most important things were:

1) don't swerve to avoid the deer, as it puts you and your car in danger 
of hitting something bigger, like a tree, another car, or a truck.

2) avoid braking at the time of contact, even though it's a natural 
reflex to do so. The action of sudden braking makes the hood of your 
vehicle dip, increasing the chances that the deer will roll on top of 
your hood, further endangering you by breaking glass, or worse - 
breaking glass, having the half-dead, but half very alive deer WITHIN 
the passenger compartment of your car. I recall a report of a woman (in 
Illinois?) being killed by a deer that was thrashing about, terrified, 
in her car.

Other deer tips that most people know are that deer travel in groups, so 
if you see one, there may be more coming, and that they're very active 
and mobile in autumn.

Phyl

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