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mrblanche · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:04 am Post subject: Missing deer

I missed the beginning of this discussion, but I have one question...did you TRY to miss the deer? If you did, DON'T!!! In fact, we train our drivers to aim for the deer. The odds are good that when you get there, they won't be there any more. And you certainly don't want to try swerving around, missing them; that's a good way to wreck a car.

We used to live in Hamburg, PA, where there were so many deer, the insurance companies offered special deer insurance. Don't know if they still do.

Typhun · Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 2:47 pm Post subject:

ChrisFoxx · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 2:36 pm Post subject: Re: Missing deer

hikaru · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:12 pm Post subject:

You need to invest in a moose-bumper grill. My boss had one on his truck when I worked at Domino's in Georgia. When delivering to the back woods, we'd use his truck rather than the car. Damnd deers would jump out in front of the vehicle. I personally nailed two of them doing about 45. This bumper (A reinforced, braced steel grate covering the entire fron tof the truck) didn't flinch when hit. It did, however, make a mess out of the deer which in turn made a mess out of the truck, but was easily washed off.

Now if only you could get something like that made for your van, eh?

Hortmage · Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:58 pm Post subject:

Chris, I've heard the same thing about animal collisions. Drivers shouldn't try to swerve to avoid the deer/elk/moose/mastadon. Swerving can cause you to hit other drivers or, worse yet, lose control of the car and flip/crash off the road.

What you are supposed to do is to brake immediately, while holding the car steadily straight. As was mentioned above, there's a chance that the deer will not be standing still in the same spot when you get there (not a great chance, but still...). Just as you are about to hit the deer, let your foot off the brake. This is not meant to be cruel or sick! If you're in a car or small van, when you brake the whole car is tilted forward, lowering the windshield slightly. If you hit the deer and it bounces up onto the hood, it may go through your windshield, causing severe injury to the driver and passenger. By letting up on the brake, the car is no longer tilted forward, giving you a bit more protection in case the deer bounces up.

I think I have a web site reference to this at the office, and I'll try to find it and post it sometime.

My solution: get those @#%! flying cars that we were supposed to have in the 21st Century! Then, all you'd have to worry about is flying reindeer around Christmas time....

racky raccoon · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:36 am Post subject:

ok going back to the pastor part of this.

can you preform weddings and christnings Chris???? Wink

(man that was soooooo crpyic)

ChrisFoxx · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:13 am Post subject:

ChrisFoxx · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:13 pm Post subject:

Nameless · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:26 pm Post subject:

mrblanche · Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:37 am Post subject: Deer collisions

Actually, it WAS tractor/trailer drivers I was training, but the same goes for cars. You can't swerve well enough to miss them at night (just not enough space in your view), and as another person mentioned, a deer strike is a no-fault accident, but anything else goes on your record.

In the millions of miles I've driven, I have never seen a deer go through a windshield. I've heard of it happening, but in all those accidents I've assisted at, I've never seen one. And yes, I know there are some really grisly pictures circulating on the internet. The most common one was caused by a deer jumping off a bridge (red Dodge pickup).

Elk, horses, and moose are different. They are quite tall, with fairly weak legs, and they CAN ruin your day!

A deer bumper in deer country is a great idea. I see lots of them on Canadian vehicles, or trucks that spend a lot of time on back roads.

Mike

ChrisFoxx · Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: Deer collisions

Henry_Hound · Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 11:41 pm Post subject:

Actually Chris you can go without any radiator fans at all as their porpose is to draw air through the radiator when you're either stopped or going slow. As long as you keep up a decnt amount of speed enough air will go through the radiator and air conditioning condensor to cool them off. The fan also may turn on after you've parked and left it to help cool the engine down faster but it's not nesacary. So as long as you don't stop for more than a minute and keep up the speed (about 30 and up) you can go completely without fans. It also wouldn't hurt to crank up the heat on the AC either as it gets the heat from the engine coolant. You'll roast but it would help cool the engine a little when youhave to stop or slow down.