Q: WTF? the deer ran right into your parked SUV and died? I have never seen this before. Sorry about your car. Very odd...
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this has happened to 2 cars i was riding in. first...bloodied the deer's nose on the side glass, second one hit the car then tried to jump over it...didn't make it...and pooped all over the hood.
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Is there any damage to the front of the car? I don't understand how the sides got so dented like that. I remember my little sis nailed a deer with the front left corner of her Jetta, the whip lash effect made the deer's head snap around to the front quarter panel and her driver side door. How did your car get damaged the whole left side, but the front looks ok?
John
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it looks like the deer ran directly into the side of the car...probably at full speed. This wasn't in WV was it?
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I've had one run into the side of me before. Fortunatelly it was a company f-250. Scared the crap out of me as it was a rural Colorado highway at 2am and I never saw it coming.
We threw it in the back.
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LMAO! You mean deer are stupid........ I mean capable of running into your car?
John
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Originally Posted by rush it looks like the deer ran directly into the side of the car...probably at full speed. This wasn't in WV was it?
That is almost exactly it. Virginia.
I was driving 55 on a rural road, one doe ran right in front of me and barely missed me, the second plowed directly into my door running flat out. The rear door damage was from the fact that I was moving and the deer slid along the side.
Notice the deepest dent in the driver's door. Exactly where my head would be in the Elise.
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Originally Posted by nugg_dawg LMAO! You mean deer are stupid........ I mean capable of running into your car? Yep. They get spooked and run. Normally, they run fast, and run in front of the car (and get hit). Sometimes they don't time it right and run full speed into the side of the car.
Watch out for deer when you are in their area, and it's best to slow down to give you some reaction time. Most people think that when they are standing on the side, they don't have to worry. Obviously, that's not correct. And sometimes, (as I'm assuming this time), they can be hidden in the brush on the side, and they jump over it and into the side of a passing car - no warning, and not much you can do about it.
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My parents live in Maryland, where there is apparently a huge deer overpopulation. Someone invented a "whistle" that is affixed to the front of the car and at speed emits a tone audible to the deer, alerting them to the presence of the vehicle.
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Originally Posted by TimMullen Most people think that when they are standing on the side, they don't have to worry.
Yeah that could be a huge mistake. From my experience in MD it's very likely that there's several more deer around that you aren't seeing. If they're split up, you have the risk that some of them will suddenly bolt across the road as they try to regroup.
It would be just as big a mistake to assume that a deer running across the road a safe distance in front of you means that the danger has passed. There could easily be more of them heading the same way that haven't crossed yet.
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Originally Posted by Dietrich if you drove the elise, it would not have happened because you would not have been there at the same time. Exactly.
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There's a stretch of interstate between Cinci and Louisville ( I-71) where deer like to hang out. Dozens of deer literally stand INCHES from the roadway eating. This goes on for miles and miles. I'm not sure why they like standing right by the road so much. I get an ulcer everytime I have to drive that stretch of interstate at night. I'm not sure what to do really, I try and drive the speed limit, but if one of them decided to bolt you'd be screwed. The semi tractor trailers don't slow down at all, and sometimes I worry they'll spook them out in front of me. Honestly they stand so close that if you drove right down the side of the highway and stuck your hand out you could probably smack them.
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Originally Posted by OneFastLotus I'm not sure what to do really, I try and drive the speed limit, but if one of them decided to bolt you'd be screwed.
Uh... no chance you're willing to reduce risk by driving UNDER the speed limit at all? Maybe you can just tailgate the semi rigs... they'll smack most of the threatening deer out of the way.
xtn
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It's difficult to drive under the speed limit on a busy interstate, even in the slow lane. I-71 is a busy road and it has lots of small hills which the truckers try and haul ass down so they can make it back up the other side. It makes it hard to go less than the speed limit. Most people fly along like there's no threat of deer. The deer have been hanging out along this stretch of interstate for as long as I can remember. I guess people just get used to it and figure they'll take the risk. Fortunately I don't drive it that much.
There are so many deer I'd imagine a semi could take out 4 or 5 at once and there would still be a dozen more each mile to watch for. They stand in large groups just inches from the road. I'm not even sure what it is that they're eating. The grass along the white stripe must be extra tasty or something. It's pretty insane.
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Originally Posted by Serebo1 My parents live in Maryland, where there is apparently a huge deer overpopulation. Someone invented a "whistle" that is affixed to the front of the car and at speed emits a tone audible to the deer, alerting them to the presence of the vehicle. Unfortunately, those things are snake oil. They do absolutely nothing but drain motorists wallets.
- The deer hear sounds similar to humans - so "ultrasonic" whistles that humans can't hear can't be heard by the deer either.The noise of the car driving down the road (tires, engine, air turbulence, etc.) would drown out the sound of the whistle, even if they did work (which they don't).The whistles are usually mounted on the bumpers in an area that has relatively stagnant air flow - so little air passing through the whistle to make noise.
On a different note, this morning as I was leaving home, I encountered a deer. There is a bridge over the creek in the neighborhood - the bridge has a huge opening underneath with lots of room on either side of the creek to walk on, thereby walking under the highway and avoiding traffic. The deer of course, didn't go under the bridge. Instead, she decided to bolt out into the road in front of the car in front of me, and a truck coming the other direction. It jumped out of the brush without warning. The fact that it was in a school zone and kids were walking to school nearby (with a police car less than 50 yards up the road) contributed to the vehicles actually driving at or below the 25 MPH speed limit. The result was some sudden stabbing of brakes and puzzled looks by everyone around, and the deer happily disappearing into the woods on the other side of the road.
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Originally Posted by TimMullen Unfortunately, those things are snake oil. They do absolutely nothing but drain motorists wallets.
- The deer hear sounds similar to humans - so "ultrasonic" whistles that humans can't hear can't be heard by the deer either.The noise of the car driving down the road (tires, engine, air turbulence, etc.) would drown out the sound of the whistle, even if they did work (which they don't).The whistles are usually mounted on the bumpers in an area that has relatively stagnant air flow - so little air passing through the whistle to make noise.
On a different note, this morning as I was leaving home, I encountered a deer. There is a bridge over the creek in the neighborhood - the bridge has a huge opening underneath with lots of room on either side of the creek to walk on, thereby walking under the highway and avoiding traffic. The deer of course, didn't go under the bridge. Instead, she decided to bolt out into the road in front of the car in front of me, and a truck coming the other direction. It jumped out of the brush without warning. The fact that it was in a school zone and kids were walking to school nearby (with a police car less than 50 yards up the road) contributed to the vehicles actually driving at or below the 25 MPH speed limit. The result was some sudden stabbing of brakes and puzzled looks by everyone around, and the deer happily disappearing into the woods on the other side of the road.
Makes sense, actually. I'll phone my parents and tell them they can actually take those things off. They look awful.
Glad your encounter today wasn't of the "third kind." Guess the deer situation extends to Virginia as well? When I visit my parents, I can always count on seeing a deer family pretty much everytime I drive up their street.
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Originally Posted by xtn IT'S THE SECOND WEEK OF DEER CAMP
AND ALL THE GUYS ARE HERE
WE DRINK PLAY CARDS AND SHOOT THE BULL
BUT NEVER SHOOT NO DEER
Dems da Yoopers! Obviously I'm not the only one here who knows of them, but has anybody else seen them live? I seen em at Lac Vieux Desert Casino in Watersmeet, Michigan. The U.P., that is.
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Originally Posted by xtn Uh... no chance you're willing to reduce risk by driving UNDER the speed limit at all? Maybe you can just tailgate the semi rigs... they'll smack most of the threatening deer out of the way.
xtn
I had a customer see some deer running, she pulled over and stopped, the deer ran right into the side of her car anyways doing considerable damage
Dan
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Deer only breed once a year, so you can probably imagine what a frenzy of activity ensues. Most of the breeding in the northern half of the US will occur over the course of the next month. Also, the time change puts more drivers on the road at dawn and dusk which is a peak movement time for deer. I know people generally disregard the deer crossing signs, but you might want to give them some consideration and slow down for the next month. Regardless, you can't avoid hitting them in many situations.
Tim is right about the deer whistles: they do not work. Even if they did, it would only take a trip around the block before they would get clogged up with bugs and other debris.
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Before my wife was my wife I was driving her from Lansing, MI to her parents' home in OH. I was driving about 85 on 96 between Lansing and Brighton and was in the left lane just about to pass a semi doing around 75. Suddenly a good sized deer sprinted in front of the truck. The trucker never even tapped his brakes. The truck sort of shuddered, and all of a sudden it was raining/hailing. When I used the windshield wipers it just smeared around these nasty red piles of meat and hair...