Do you hit your brakes to attempt to dodge any wild animal crossing the road lat
I hit my brakes last night just narrowly avoiding a raccoon. I was on the lookout for deer because I spotted 2 standing beside the road just minutes earlier. I didn't notice any thump under my wheels so I guess I missed the raccoon. Ever hit anything?
I once had a cat jump out in the road while I was traveling at highway speed. It went thump under my wheels.
A week or two ago, some guy ran across the road in the dark near an intersection and about gave me a heart attack as I slammed on my brakes. Fortunately he was fast.
I once had a cat jump out in the road while I was traveling at highway speed. It went thump under my wheels.
A week or two ago, some guy ran across the road in the dark near an intersection and about gave me a heart attack as I slammed on my brakes. Fortunately he was fast.
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I once ran over a deer carcass in the road. It did not damage my car. I think I got lucky.
Two cars in front of me last night suddenly stopped going down a two lane road. I was wondering if they were on drugs or if they spotted something. You never know.
I did hit a raccoon last summer. Dumbest animal in the world. It was late on quiet two lane road. I saw it in my headlights running along my side of the road.
I slowed down and moved into the other lane but just as I passed him he turned right into me.
Deer, elk, moose, antelope, wild sheep, bears, turkeys, vultures, eagles, wild hogs, any and all livestock -- don't ever want to hit any of those. Especially a horse or cow. Those will without a doubt ruin your day significantly.
Another time I was driving down from the mountains and a deer ran out in front of me while an oncomming car was approaching. The deer jumped from my lane I front of the oncomming car, got hit and managed to jump back in front of me and I hit it.
A friend of mine hit a deer on the freeway and totaled her car. The car behind her hit it also and totaled that car. A cop two cars back hit it also
In front of the skunk there are skid marks.
Deer totally suck, though. The second time I hit a deer, in my original Saturn, it really sucked, because it was within a half mile of the strip club I was going to go to. (I never did go there that night.) Fortunately, all it took out was my drivers side mirror, but I saw the deer running like mad away and right into an oncoming train on the railroad parallel to the road I was on. I don't know which was worse for the deer, but it's safe to say it had a deathwish. The second time I hit one, in the second Saturn, that one truly sucked, because I think it did some damage that I never did get properly fixed, although I didn't know what it was at the time. I live in dread of hitting something with my current Hyundai.
On the bike, only one, and I just got the tail as I saw him/her continue on, an iguana. This was on a four lane road in a populated area, not the boonies.
Here's a pic: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lFoqPaIPMzE/TW…
This thread reminded me of this story:
01:33 PM ET
2 people die as bear flies through SUV
A bizarre auto accident involving two vehicles and a bear has left two people and the bear dead, Canadian authorities said.
Police in Quebec said a 300-pound male black bear wandered onto a road and was struck by an eastbound Pontiac Sunfire. The impact sent the animal hurtling through the air, where it smashed the windshield of a westbound Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle and went out through the back window, regional police spokesman Officer Martin Fournel said.
"It was a 300-pound bullet," he said.
The SUV's 35-year-old female driver and a 40-year-old man sitting behind her were killed; a 28-year-old front-seat passenger suffered minor injuries, Fournel said. In the Pontiac, neither the driver, a 23-year-old man, nor his 19-year-old male passenger was hurt.
No alcohol or drugs were involved, and police are still trying to determine each vehicle's speed in the 90 kph (56 mph) zone, Fournel said, adding that charges are unlikely.
"It's a first, there's no doubt about that," he said. "We had similar accident several years ago with a deer going through the windshield and ending up in the back seat, where it injured a boy. He wasn't killed, he was hurt. But it was not like this."
It's bear mating season, and many male bears are out looking - sometimes recklessly - for females, so drivers on rural roads should be watchful, hunting guide Daniel Larocque told the Canadian television network CBC.
The accident occurred near the town of Luskville, about 25 miles northwest of Ottawa, Ontario.
Deer and such are another story. They are dangerous in and of themselves, so different standards apply.
Ironically, the speed limit was 50 mph because of the oil embargo; if it had been 65, I would have been home in bed when the deer crossed the road. Even more ironically, the first deer crossing sign was about one mile down the road.