Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370 (Post 1821696)

Lol... let me explain that... I guess that sounds pretty random. What it is that we keep building city after city after city, reducing our natural forests etc, that now these wild animals run through the city through lack of a place to live. This country is just overpopulated due to open, borders, loose immigration policies for european countries and people who opt to keep having babies. This is the back lash of having to build more cities at a high pace andthus reducing a home for our wildlife.
I see all kinds of shyt here in the city. Bobcats, deer, wolves, poisonous snakes, etc... things that we would never see in a city. Its due to all these friggin companies buildin communities and businesses.

I know he was broad sided, but what I'm sayin is in the time it took to swerve, braking would have probably saved him more. I'm not saying it being mean. Just as an advice. I was in pretty much in the same situation back home. But I was a passenger. We braked hard... we still hit the deer. He popped back up though. If we would have swerved? We would have had to hope the deer would brake short and move around. Braking is just usually the better option. In his case he might have hit the deer with his front bumper or missing him completely.

Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370 (Post 1821580)

Not tryign to be an azzhole but... Shyt like this wouldn't be happening if we control how many people come into this country and welfare hoes from having babies. These deer are losing their place to live cuz people r fvcking idiots and live extremely selfish lives.
I'm glad ur ok op and I'm really sorry about your ride. But if that deer is not getting eaten? I feel sorry for the deer. They are living beings and deserve to live as well. You have insurance. You're alive. A deer is dead and he's not even going to
feed some families.
Now the forum is ranting on how they hate deer. Another option would have been instead of trying to swerve at 45mph, using those all powerful brakes to stop would have better potentially avoided that situation. Our brakes from 45mph stop our cars in a few negligable feet. Trying to swerve any type of potential sudden accident is the WRONG move. BRAKING is the way to go when moving objects are in front of you. Especially from the broadside. You double your chances by avoiding the impact. Not guaranteed of course. But braking is the better option when compared to the swerve.

But again... more important is that your personal being is safe.

Originally Posted by dmhenderson (Post 1821778)

What the hell is this?

Originally Posted by dmhenderson (Post 1821787)

Next time I'm hanging out in the projects, I'll pour a lil out for my poisonous snake homies though.

Originally Posted by dmhenderson (Post 1821785)

Of course I used the brakes. I downshifted, braked and turned hard right to attempt to avoid the impact and the deer struck my left front fender dead on. You can pretty clearly see where the point of impact was from the pictures. It drilled my front left fender/wheel well, made a halfassed attempt to jump at the last second (destroying my windshield) then dragged down the side of the car ruining the door panel. ripping off the mirror and dinging the rear quarterpanel

Because the deer literally came charging from off the road to the left (and wasn't already in front of me), I didn't see it until it was on top of me which cost me reaction time. I had maybe a second or two tops to react and I did the best I could to protect the vehicle, myself and my passenger. All things considered, I think I did a pretty good job.

A direct hit to the engine bay or say...having the deer end up in my lap would have been a disaster.

You are correct that you do not swerve to avoid an animal that is in front of you. This deer wasn't standing in the path of the car so that advice doesn't apply here.

Originally Posted by NuffZed (Post 1822143)

I investigate accidents for a living and am a certified accident investigator by all north american standards. Armchair second guessing quarterbacks who werent there aside you did the right thing here man. Avoidance maneuvers and braking was 100% the correct thing to do in these circumstances.

Avoidance maneuvers often lessen the seriousness of an accident but not all of them. With large long legged animals like deer, elk, moose which sadly get hit frequently, hitting them directly with a car often results in them coming through the windshield. This often kills, particularly with the bigger ones, or seriously injures the front seat occupants when the front of the vehicle cuts thier legs out from under them and lands them on your hood.

It is a measure of your skill as a driver that you chose the correct action in the split seconds you had to react. Well done. If you had hit the animal directly while trusting entirely on your brakes to avoid the collision I think the results would have been worse.

Originally Posted by dmhenderson (Post 1821495)

More fun with the CUBE:

-I filled it up with gas today. It cost $30 to fill the tank. Under half of what it costs to gas the Z.

-Cube owners do not appear to have the same sense of camaraderie that Z owners have. I figured waving didn't cut it, so upong seeing another cube, I rolled down the window, pointed at it and yelled, "CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUBE". Results were as follows:
-One woman glanced at me nervously, rolled up her window and sped off.
-Another guy yelled "IT'S A SCION" (it was a scion)

They're all cubes to me.

Originally Posted by dmhenderson (Post 1821495)

More fun with the CUBE:

-I filled it up with gas today. It cost $30 to fill the tank. Under half of what it costs to gas the Z.

-Cube owners do not appear to have the same sense of camaraderie that Z owners have. I figured waving didn't cut it, so upong seeing another cube, I rolled down the window, pointed at it and yelled, "CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUBE". Results were as follows:
-One woman glanced at me nervously, rolled up her window and sped off.
-Another guy yelled "IT'S A SCION" (it was a scion)

They're all cubes to me.

Originally Posted by RiCharlie (Post 1822421)

This aint notin' :tup:

I was in the Philippine Islands and I hit three..yes THREE water buffalo each weighing about 800 to 1000 pounds that were crossing the street in the dark at night in herd.. on an unlit highway. My vision was blinded by an oncoming car..or jeepney..
If one of those things had slid over the hood of my chevy Nova on to the passengers compartment I would not be posting on this thread now..

Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370 (Post 1821580)

Not tryign to be an azzhole but... Shyt like this wouldn't be happening if we control how many people come into this country and welfare hoes from having babies. These deer are losing their place to live cuz people r fvcking idiots and live extremely selfish lives.
I'm glad ur ok op and I'm really sorry about your ride. But if that deer is not getting eaten? I feel sorry for the deer. They are living beings and deserve to live as well. You have insurance. You're alive. A deer is dead and he's not even going to
feed some families.
Now the forum is ranting on how they hate deer. Another option would have been instead of trying to swerve at 45mph, using those all powerful brakes to stop would have better potentially avoided that situation. Our brakes from 45mph stop our cars in a few negligable feet. Trying to swerve any type of potential sudden accident is the WRONG move. BRAKING is the way to go when moving objects are in front of you. Especially from the broadside. You double your chances by avoiding the impact. Not guaranteed of course. But braking is the better option when compared to the swerve.

But again... more important is that your personal being is safe.