Workmate Hit a Deer

[John D.]

Have had a whole herd cross in front of me in the past. Was out for a hoon early one morning with a mate. Was some patchy fog around so not going at maximum attack when I spotted something moving through a field up ahead. "Thats a big dog" I thought Quickly realised it wasn't and anchored up with plenty of room. Once the lead two deer had crossed they were quickly followed by a gaggle of 4 behind.

So good advice to watch for more coming if you spot one.

[Jimbeaux]

SplatSpeed said:

Hi Jimbo i am now an expert in avoiding deer

1 they hunt in packs if you see one there are probably more following
2 the stand still when the light hits their eyes
3 hitting the horn usually makes them reverse direction
4 keep your eyes peeled
5 noise devices don't work
6 they have prefered routes get used to them
7 don't lock the wheels allow steering input, a glancing blow to the side is better than a full impact to the front
8 they like licking salt off the roads

i am up to 10 deer encounters, 3 finding fur in the corner of the front light cluster. no major accidents so far

good luck

True, they do have routes seemingly in their family DNA, like elephants. My parents' lawn has about three every morning.

[Jimbeaux]

AndyAudi said:

Emsman said:

AndyAudi said:

In some parts of Scotland Deer can be a problem especially in winter. They come down from the hills looking for food and often can be seen licking the salt spread on the roads (to prevent the road surface freezing).

Should councils be buying deer then, rather than grit??

The Salt prevents the surface from freezing (until about -5) not the deer, just in case that wasn't too clear. (I wasn't sure if our friend from across the pond would have been familiar with the UK practice of spreading salt)

Edited by AndyAudi on Monday 10th January 19:22

Oh yes, we salt roads for ice stoppage. Snow is quite rare this far south, wet and freexing condition are more frequent. Certain states now have steampipes under the road to melt ice.

[Jimbeaux]

Marf said:

Jimbeaux said:

These things emit some sort of sound inaudible to humans that warn off the deer before they suicide themselves acros a road. They actually appear to work quite well. Do any of you live were such hazards are frequent?

Interesting. I live near a major forest and the area around is generally countrified, loads of deer around.

Had an excursion into a hedge avoiding one last year and my sister's first car was written off when a stag jumped into her path.

Once had to stop to allow no less than 6 deer cross the road in front of me.

Any links to the product?

I will search; however, I will ask around first to see which one seems to work versus the bogus one. There are some "Oh st!" deer/car crash photos on the web; worth a look-see.

[Jimbeaux]

Gusto said:

SplatSpeed said:

Hi Jimbo i am now an expert in avoiding deer

1 they hunt in packs if you see one there are probably more following
2 the stand still when the light hits their eyes
3 hitting the horn usually makes them reverse direction
4 keep your eyes peeled
5 noise devices don't work
6 they have prefered routes get used to them
7 don't lock the wheels allow steering input, a glancing blow to the side is better than a full impact to the front
8 they like licking salt off the roads

i am up to 10 deer encounters, 3 finding fur in the corner of the front light cluster. no major accidents so far

good luck

Deer 'hunt'??

Perhaps he meant forage?

[slipstream 1985]

[slipstream 1985]

Mr Gearchange said:

Doh!

a deer

[STW2010]

Marf said:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106...

Splat.

Hahahahaha, scroll down that page to see a Merc A class vs a horse!

[legturbo]

if you see one, defo expect more! I have narrowly avoided writing my car off on a 'herd' which followed the first which i thought i'd miss..

slipstream 1985 said:

Mr Gearchange said:

Doh!

a deer

was it female?

[pits]

I assume he did take a reasonable sized cut of meat from it for tea?

[sjabrown]

I had a lucky escape in 2009 - strangely enough Peugeot 205 vs stag and stag won.
This was the result - car lost some of it's length and deer lost some of its body. I had no warning - it jumped from a raised bank and landed on the bonnet!



End of the best car I've ever owned. And they do travel in groups. Travel across Glencoe on the A82 between 8pm and 4am in November and you will see hundreds of them.

[mybrainhurts]

I nearly collected one next to Adlington Hall a few months ago. It cleared a hedge on my nearsise. Fortunately, it was going at a good rate of knots, so it just touched the road and jumped again onto the other side.

One second earlier and it would have been on my bonnet (that's hood to you, Jim) or roof (that's roof to you, Jim)...

[Mr Gearchange]

slipstream 1985 said:

Mr Gearchange said:

Doh!

a deer

A female deer

[Jimbeaux]

mybrainhurts said:

I nearly collected one next to Adlington Hall a few months ago. It cleared a hedge on my nearsise. Fortunately, it was going at a good rate of knots, so it just touched the road and jumped again onto the other side.

One second earlier and it would have been on my bonnet (that's hood to you, Jim) or roof (that's roof to you, Jim)...

[lowdrag]

Here in France deer are plentiful and cause a lot of accidents, but the worst are the wild boar. 120 kgs of solid muscle makes one hell of a mess of a car. The deer usually cross the road at the same place and the most dangerous time is dawn and dusk when special care needs to be taken. The boar travel in packs too, and are spreading like wildfire.

ETA The worst though was in Australia where I was advised to avoid dawn and dusk if possible because the kangaroos drink from the water that has condensed alongside the tarmac overnight. Apparently a 400lb big red is not health inducing when it comes through the screen.

Edited by lowdrag on Tuesday 11th January 04:45

[Jimbeaux]

lowdrag said:

Here in France deer are plentiful and cause a lot of accidents, but the worst are the wild boar. 120 kgs of solid muscle makes one hell of a mess of a car. The deer usually cross the road at the same place and the most dangerous time is dawn and dusk when special care needs to be taken. The boar travel in packs too, and are spreading like wildfire.

ETA The worst though was in Australia where I was advised to avoid dawn and dusk if possible because the kangaroos drink from the water that has condensed alongside the tarmac overnight. Apparently a 400lb big red is not health inducing when it comes through the screen.

Edited by lowdrag on Tuesday 11th January 04:45

I understand that. Here, wild hogs can be shot daily and the numbers stay overwhelming. They are truly an out of control species. The Louisiana Black Bear here, once endangered, has recovered so much that a hunting season is on the horizon to control the population.

[jayfish]

hora said:

I imagine in parts of Scotland you have to watch out for kids from the estates 'playing' on the roads...

Never considered goats to be a traffic hazard, learn something new every day.
Loads of Deer in the Ashdown Forest here, the stretch between Nutley and East Grinstead has more deer/car incidents than any other road in the UK, shame really as it's a very nice road.

[shibby!]

sjabrown said:

I had a lucky escape in 2009 - strangely enough Peugeot 205 vs stag and stag won.
This was the result - car lost some of it's length and deer lost some of its body. I had no warning - it jumped from a raised bank and landed on the bonnet!



End of the best car I've ever owned. And they do travel in groups. Travel across Glencoe on the A82 between 8pm and 4am in November and you will see hundreds of them.

Shame liked those cars!

Looks a lot like mine was.... although my accident was 100% my fault!

RIP Pugasaurus.

[h0b0]

Jimbeaux I could have sworn you used to have a car with NY plates on. Anyway you will be missing the storm tonight. It has just hit NYC.

Anyway, back on topic, it will be intersting to see the outcome of this and it's potential impact on Canada for future accidents.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12168495

I can't see them getting anywhere though as every animal strike will become the governments fault.

[XJSJohn]

Years ago almost went head to head with a Moose in Norway, blatting along towards Larvik, over this rise in teh road and there is this sodding huge moose just standing head on in the middle of the (narrow) road, huge horns and all!!!!

2 feet on brake pedel and teh car stopped mm from his shins, with his nose against the windscreen ... he snorted some moose snot all over the windscreen (that promptly froze) then just buggered off as if nothing had happened.

I prety nearly filled my pants!!!!