Absolutely. Unfortunately it's pretty much human instinct to swerve - a friend of mine was nearly killed avoiding a fox (she went into iron railings which came through the windscreen).
Deer me!
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Absolutely. Unfortunately it's pretty much human instinct to swerve - a friend of mine was nearly killed avoiding a fox (she went into iron railings which came through the windscreen).
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I wanted the same but mercedes had a long wait time so went with the insurance garage as the hire car was for only a set time a bmw 5 tourer but the insurance garage did a bang up job,I voiced my opinion to the garage and they assured me they could do a good job as they have a reputation to live up to.
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Am I the only one who would be more worried about possibly injuring the poor thing rather than any damage to my car?
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killed the bugger hahaYet no mention of how the deer fared? Not an animal lover then?
To be honest it came from out of nowhere (central road barrier) by the time I saw it I hit it and run over it was a buck at 50mph.I didn't stop as the road was dark and busy so just drove home..police weren't bothered either.
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Deer have been around longer than the roads and tend to follow "runs" across the land that have been established (by their ancestors) for centuries. They are also very capable of jumping fences...
Hitting one when driving a car is bad enough, but hitting one when riding a motorcycle can be catastrophic. I had one run out on me while riding on a road in France. I was on a fully laden Honda ST1300, two up, travelling at around 60mph and the guy following me said at the next stop that he wouldn't have believed that an ST1300 could get air under the back tyre if he hadn't seen it himself
One of the big dangers is losing control while trying to avoid hitting the darn animal. A couple of tips I've been given are:
- If it's too big to eat in one sitting then take evasive action, otherwise keep going even if that means hitting it
- Aim for where the animal was when it first ran into your path - deer have a habit of stopping or changing direction and you have less chance of a collision if you aim for where it was, rather than trying to second guess where it's not going to be!
Funny the should say that !!
i was riding down the A1 from newcastle upon getting past nottingham way's I noticed a little piglet run out of some farm gates and onto the A1 which ran alongside a lorry and then under it then ......splat the wheel caught it all in from of me at 60-70mph all I could think of is that poor piglet and bacon.poor thing
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I don't think anyone feels good about running over an animal - I know I don't - but when circumstances are unavoidable?
I once had a fairly large bird fly into my path while I was travelling at about 130kph on a motorcycle. Could I have avoided it? No. Would it have been safe to take evasive action? No. Net result was a wing ripped off the bird and entrails and feathers all over the screen and fairing of my bike and the chest of my jacket. Not fun at all.
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Sure, but I don’t see much sympathy towards the animal at all in any of the responses. Maybe it’s just me. I certainly don’t mean to cause an argument or anything just a massive animal lover.
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It must have been really tough but try to stay strong and you'll get over it. It's amazing what they can do with damaged alloys these days.
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Think he’s sad about the deer not his wheels
or at least I’d hope so
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Think he’s sad about the deer not his wheels
Oh.
I quite understand, the wait for the repairs done by MB was the best part of 9/10 weeks. The thing about having it done by MB, the work is guaranteed for life, where as by the insurance Co, 3 yrs.
Yes it was the deer I was sad about the wheels will probably get curbed at some point anywayThink he’s sad about the deer not his wheels
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A stretch of the M25 clockwise just before the M26 has Deer Warning Signs. Surely if that is the case it should be fenced?
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Yup. One of my work colleagues wrote off his company car avoiding a pheasant , we all took the pee out of him saying he should have just ran over it. Sometimes easier said than done when instinct kicks in.
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According to Darwin, within a million years or so, deer will have evolved enough intelligence to sit at the side of the road and wait for a gap in the traffic (like dogs can do right now)...
Either that, or will have been made extinct.
No point in worrying about it either way, the problem will sort itself out...
We will probably all be forced by legislation to "drive" autonomous cars within the next 50 years, so the problem will go away.
Either that, or will have been made extinct.
No point in worrying about it either way, the problem will sort itself out...
We will probably all be forced by legislation to "drive" autonomous cars within the next 50 years, so the problem will go away.
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Not to mention the poor bloke who was killed on the M4 recently due to wild Boar on the road. The Boar was not traced to nearby Boar farms but was deemed to be 'wild' i:e the offspring of farmed Boar that escaped years ago.
Forest of Dean almost a no go area because of them. They taste good though.
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You might be in a minority on a car based forum but I take your point. I would not like to stop only to see the thing suffering a slow death, but even if I had a licenced gun in my car I doubt the law would be happy if I used it to despatch the poor beast on the side of a public highway.
A gun would be the only way. NEVER approach an injured deer, especially a male in the rutting season, NEVER.
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Many years ago, I was driving late at night on an unlit long, straight, single carriageway section of the A59, in the days when the speed limit on A roads was 70mph. There was no other traffic on the road and my speed was close to 70mph. It was drizzling with rain, so the wipers were on intermittent. My headlights were on full beam and I thought I could see something (a vague shape) in the road, but I couldn't make out what it was. I slowed, but I must have been still doing 50mph when I saw the white face of a black cow turn towards me, only inches from my driver's side window as I flashed past it.
I stopped at the next phone box (no mobiles in those days) phoned 999 to report a loose cow in the road. The response was -"Yes, we know all about it, some cows got though a hole in a fence. The farmer has rounded them up and they're all back in the field". "Well you best get him to count them, because he's missed one. Just like I did!" was my reply.
A black cow, on a black road, on a black night......I don't want to think about the consequences of hitting it.
I stopped at the next phone box (no mobiles in those days) phoned 999 to report a loose cow in the road. The response was -"Yes, we know all about it, some cows got though a hole in a fence. The farmer has rounded them up and they're all back in the field". "Well you best get him to count them, because he's missed one. Just like I did!" was my reply.
A black cow, on a black road, on a black night......I don't want to think about the consequences of hitting it.
