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Wed 10 Jul 2019 21:19

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - gordonbennet

Had a wake up call this morning, at 0408 hours and still dark if anyone's interested, doing about 50 maybe 55 on two way road in my old Landcruiser, Deer shot out from a ns hedge at the last possible moment, sharp swerve right then left to straighten.

All good, Deer lives on unharmed, but i was quite impressed at how the motor took the swerve, which was instant reaction harsh, no possible time to brake so i didn't brake which probably helped a lot, it did occur to me had i been going much faster it could have worked out rather differently.

Apart from i like wildlife was glad there was no damage either, saw the deer go back into the same hedge out of the corner of my eye as i went past, maybe he had a bigger shock than me :-)

Edited by gordonbennet on 10/07/2019 at 21:20

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Wed 10 Jul 2019 22:41

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - dan86

You were very luck.

My wife was travelling as a passenger in her friends Range Rover when a deer jumped out of a hedge and with no time to react the car plowed straight in to the dear.

The car was a mess airbags had gone off two very badly shaken ladies and a deer hat had to be put down.

I think they only walked away shaken and no injuries due to the side of the car they were travelling in had it ben a small car they would of sustained a lot more injuries I'm sure of it.

The car even though only a year old was written off by the insurance company.

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Thu 11 Jul 2019 00:02

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - drd63

I hate to think how fast she was going for the airbags to trigger in a RR. I hit a full grown deer at 70 in my DS5, no airbags deployed and the deer was dead on impact, front of the car was a mess but driveable albeit on limp home mode. Short of jumping out of a hedge and going through your windscreen a deer shouldn’t pose a risk of injury to occupants of any modern car. The big danger is those drivers who swerve, lose control and hit something solid.

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Thu 11 Jul 2019 07:42

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - dan86

I hate to think how fast she was going for the airbags to trigger in a RR. I hit a full grown deer at 70 in my DS5, no airbags deployed and the deer was dead on impact, front of the car was a mess but driveable albeit on limp home mode. Short of jumping out of a hedge and going through your windscreen a deer shouldn’t pose a risk of injury to occupants of any modern car. The big danger is those drivers who swerve, lose control and hit something solid.

It was a national speed limit road wide enough to do 60 mph in the middle of the day.

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Thu 11 Jul 2019 13:42

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - Bromptonaut

It was a national speed limit road wide enough to do 60 mph in the middle of the day.

Air bag triggers are sensitive devices. I've seen several cars where they've gone off in low speed impacts. I guess with deer it depends what sort you hit - a Muntjac is one thing, a fully grown Red something else altogether.

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Thu 11 Jul 2019 00:30

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - focussed

Driving around France there are all sorts of deer over here,including the big scary ones with big horns, we've had a couple of them having a scrap on our back lawn about 10 metres from the k i t c h e n window a few years back. Also the sanglier (wild boar) which are a major pest and dangerous both for drivers and for you on foot if you happen to get in their way, like this:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9PHQli7QbE

We know someone who had an admittedly old car written off by a large boar, it just ran out from a wood into the driver's side front wing and door and stove it right in. Then it got up, shook itself and trotted off.

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Thu 11 Jul 2019 07:46

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - dan86

Driving around France there are all sorts of deer over here,including the big scary ones with big horns, we've had a couple of them having a scrap on our back lawn about 10 metres from the k i t c h e n window a few years back. Also the sanglier (wild boar) which are a major pest and dangerous both for drivers and for you on foot if you happen to get in their way, like this:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9PHQli7QbE

We know someone who had an admittedly old car written off by a large boar, it just ran out from a wood into the driver's side front wing and door and stove it right in. Then it got up, shook itself and trotted off.

My uncle lives in the new forest and has had cows and donkeys walk in to his garden.

I've also a uncle who loves in northern Saxony in the middle of nowhere where there are wild bore roaming freely. Once as a teenager visiting in the summer holidays was out for a walk and what chased by a wild bore, they're quick and very scary (or oh s*** run was what was going through my mind at the time).

Edited by dan86 on 11/07/2019 at 07:46

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Thu 11 Jul 2019 00:06

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - Smileyman

Lucky indeed, I have dash cam footage of a near miss on the A 251 in a forested section of road few miles north of Ashford ..... must have been a little after 6 pm one dark evening. Blink and you miss it, really was "caught in the headlights".

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Thu 11 Jul 2019 01:00

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - Avant

A tip someone once gave me - if a deer comes out on to the road, there may well be another one following it. Deer aren't the world's greatest thinkers.

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Thu 11 Jul 2019 09:56

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - John F

Deer aren't the world's greatest thinkers.

True...it's a bad idea to run in front of cars.

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Thu 11 Jul 2019 11:08

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - dan86

Deer aren't the world's greatest thinkers.

True...it's a bad idea to run in front of cars.

Just like most people walking around on their phones not looking where they're going.

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Thu 11 Jul 2019 13:51

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - expat

We get a lot of kangaroos jumping out onto the roads here in Australia. The standard advice is jam on the brakes but don't swerve. You could roll the car. None of us want to kill wild life but we have to put our own lives and the lives of other road users first.

Even if it crosses the road don't take your foot off the brake until you are going really slowly. Kangaroos travel in groups and there may be several more in a line behind. Even worse they sometimes turn round and come right back again. So get down to about 20kph and creep past that area and don't speed up again till you are well past. Dusk and early morning are the worst times for them but there are lots out at night also.

There are also bullocks on the road up North but that is another even worse story. Some girls I knew were driving to Darwin. They went over a rise at 70mph and there was a bullock just over the hill. They hit it, wrote off the car and were in hospital for months with multiple injuries.

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Fri 12 Jul 2019 08:28

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - Leif

A tip someone once gave me - if a deer comes out on to the road, there may well be another one following it. Deer aren't the world's greatest thinkers.

They often follow tracks especially gaps in hedges and fences and many times I’ve seen a herd cross the road in single file, usually at speed. I guess the biggest risk is to bikers.

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Fri 12 Jul 2019 12:29

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - John F

A tip someone once gave me - if a deer comes out on to the road, there may well be another one following it. Deer aren't the world's greatest thinkers.

.....it's a bad idea....

..... many times I’ve seen a herd cross the road .........

I've heard it all now...

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Fri 12 Jul 2019 14:29

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - Leif

A tip someone once gave me - if a deer comes out on to the road, there may well be another one following it. Deer aren't the world's greatest thinkers.

.....it's a bad idea....

..... many times I’ve seen a herd cross the road .........

I've heard it all now...

I hope you feel suitably sheepish after that asinine remark. :)

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Sat 13 Jul 2019 11:33

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - John F

Deer aren't the world's greatest thinkers.

.....it's a bad idea....

..... many times I’ve seen a herd cross the road .........

I've heard it all now...

I hope you feel suitably sheepish after that asinine remark. :)

I am cowed into silence:-ll

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Thu 11 Jul 2019 21:17

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - Smileyman

Something like 25 years ago driving the Icelandic ring road (single carriageway gravel section) had to avoid wild horses on the road .... tip . . don't brake hard or car will skid into ditch - key driving skill is to slow down early and pass animals at walking pace so not to scare them ... or else!

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Fri 12 Jul 2019 05:50

any - Elk (well medium sized Deer) test - edlithgow

Near misses with Red Deer in Scotland and kangaroo in Australia (one of which doubled back for a second try) but fortunately (for me) I have only hit a roe deer.

Sheered its back legs off.

Under instruction from a passing cop, killed it with my knife. Very unpleasant and took a long time. Not at all like in the movies.

I think in retrospect it would have been better to let shock take it, and if it happened again that is probably what I would do.

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