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- 134
- Points
- 63
- Age
- 62
- Location
- East-Central Pennsylvania
- Vehicle Year
- 1987... sorta
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- '93 4.0
- Transmission
- Manual
The very best reaction to a deer jumping out in front of you is none at all.
Why do I say that? because I've seen many more vehicles RUINED (pointlessly) because some jackass swerved and hit a tree, utility pole, culvert, bridge abutment or (worst of all) Oncomming traffic.
The rules of collision (aka "The Nine Nevers"):
1) Never let someone else's accident become your own.
2)Never hit something hard when you can hit something soft
3)Never hit something heavy when you can hit something light.
4)Never hit something that won't bend when you can hit something that will
5)Never hit something that won't move when you can hit something that will
6)Never hit something comming towards you when you can hit something stationary
7)Never hit something stationary when you can hit something moving in the same direction.
8)Never hit something squarely when you can hit something glancingly
9)never make a bad stuation worse.
swerving to avoid a deer usually violates somewhere between seven and ALL of these rules.
Frankly in my life I've hit and killed Deer on many seperate occasions
And I've NEVER totaled a vehicle doing so.
though deer impacts have cost me several grilles, a front bumper, several headlamps
and more expensive european fog and driving lights than I like counting
and on one noteable occasion a passenger door (the deer hit ME and in the process of
breaking his silly neck tore the mirror bracket ut of my door)
I joke that I'm stuck one deer short of being a "Triple ace"... I don't count deer where I don't see their body afterwards and I often collect some of the tastier bits
(it's legal to do so here) presuming that they aren't ruined by the impact.
I've also killed several turkeys though fortunatly only one that was airborne at the time
(And once was quite enough thank you!) that stupid bird obliterated 2/3 of my windshield
and left glass fragments IMBEDDED IN the sun glasses I was wearing at the time!
The turkey wasn't edible after the impact... by humans...
My cat LOVED it.
While it took him several weeks to eat it he made the most amusing growl as he
gnawed on the frozen carcass... walking near that frozen bird also generated a growling cat... it was HIS and he wasn't willing to share
Why do I say that? because I've seen many more vehicles RUINED (pointlessly) because some jackass swerved and hit a tree, utility pole, culvert, bridge abutment or (worst of all) Oncomming traffic.
The rules of collision (aka "The Nine Nevers"):
1) Never let someone else's accident become your own.
2)Never hit something hard when you can hit something soft
3)Never hit something heavy when you can hit something light.
4)Never hit something that won't bend when you can hit something that will
5)Never hit something that won't move when you can hit something that will
6)Never hit something comming towards you when you can hit something stationary
7)Never hit something stationary when you can hit something moving in the same direction.
8)Never hit something squarely when you can hit something glancingly
9)never make a bad stuation worse.
swerving to avoid a deer usually violates somewhere between seven and ALL of these rules.
Frankly in my life I've hit and killed Deer on many seperate occasions
And I've NEVER totaled a vehicle doing so.
though deer impacts have cost me several grilles, a front bumper, several headlamps
and more expensive european fog and driving lights than I like counting
and on one noteable occasion a passenger door (the deer hit ME and in the process of
breaking his silly neck tore the mirror bracket ut of my door)
I joke that I'm stuck one deer short of being a "Triple ace"... I don't count deer where I don't see their body afterwards and I often collect some of the tastier bits
(it's legal to do so here) presuming that they aren't ruined by the impact.
I've also killed several turkeys though fortunatly only one that was airborne at the time
(And once was quite enough thank you!) that stupid bird obliterated 2/3 of my windshield
and left glass fragments IMBEDDED IN the sun glasses I was wearing at the time!
The turkey wasn't edible after the impact... by humans...
My cat LOVED it.
While it took him several weeks to eat it he made the most amusing growl as he
gnawed on the frozen carcass... walking near that frozen bird also generated a growling cat... it was HIS and he wasn't willing to share
Nice on the 87... I kinda dig the 83-89 styling a bit more, myself.
