Derr & Vehicle Accidents

Thanks for that Grandpa! It sure brought it home that's for sure because the other night on the way back from my parents place, I rounded a bend and knowing I saw kittens on the side of the road before I slowed down and was looking for them and went to speed up after passing the area, I looked up and lo and behold!! A deer right in front of me!! I slammed on my brakes and just barely and I mean just barely missed it!! Talking about scaring the hell out of me!! Whew! My heart was pounding as if it were going to jump out of my chest!! My husband was with me and he didn't see it either till I did. He wants to get those things called deer horns but I don't know if they really work or if it's a joke for someone to make more money off of the customer. Do you know if they work or not? I'd like to know the truth in the matter if ANYONE knows.

I got your meaning there as I've read the 11 paragraph articles at that link just now. The articles was last edited on 18 Oct. 2007, 1:23PM CDT. And as advice by Cheri Marti, The Director of The Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety, "The best safety is to belt up and don't veer for deer.". Good advice as to avoid for our moving car rams into next lane and hits the oncoming car. Jeopardizing more life and cause accident cases. Thanks Grandpa Bob for providing.

Its deer hitting season here in Ohio too. A good friend of mine recently hit a deer and tore up his truck. We all have to be especially careful of deer.

UGh... I know how annoying those 4 legged beauties are! What is worse, is when driving on a gravel road, in the middle of the night. Knock on wood, I've never hit one. My BIL did, once... with our new truck. (OK, it was used, but we had only had it a week!) They do a lot of damage. A few years back, we were in Maine, and they have moose crossing signs up about as often as we have deer crossing. I don't think i'd ever like to run across a moose! BTW... thanks for the link!! :)

I find those statistics to be very sad. You would think drivers realized they are driving in an are where there are a lot of "deer crossing"..lol...I know they post signs so why aren't these drivers more careful?

Hi,there.Here it is so full of deer,its not the deer we are scared of hitting,its the moose.We live deep in the woods(our town)and the nearest town is 1 hour in either direction.Only wood is all you see when driving out of town.They stand in the middle of the road and just look at you,like a big slow cow.Its rare to hit a deer here,its always the moose all year round getting hit. Peanutjar

We have the same problem with kangaroos. The smaller ones aren't so bad, but the very big roos in the north can cause a great deal of damage. People in the far north have "roo bars" on their vehivles. The can cause the car to roll at full speed. I believe deers are very big, so they must be real problem.

Ive happily never ever gotten close to hitting a deer while driving. My little brother hit a deer once while drvinig his bike though lol. Our family came blasting down a biiiiig hill at high speeds, we were racing each other for the end of the hill for the hell of it :D Suddenly out of nowhere bounces a deer and my brother panics and forgets to steer or brake and hammers right into it. Luckily the deer was in a lot better shape than my brothers bike and went away instantly, but my brother had to abandon the bike and wait for my dad to return with the car to pick him up.

The curvy roads here in Arkansas are prime for these types of accidents as well...there are literally hundreds of deer out on the rural roads during certain hours every day here.... These tips will be useful for many people...thanks for taking the time to post them, my friend...