Advice?

[TurboAngel]

Well I get the best advice here so here's my question ..... If a deer runs out in front of you on the high way what should you do? Down here in NC they are every where and it's cool to see them and all but for some reason I keep thinking one day one might run right out there.

[Barefootsies]

Down here in NC they are every where

You have no idea on the 'everywhere' toots.

The answer is, you blow your horn. If you click your brights on them. You run the risk of temporarily blinding them the same as you would a human being hit in the face, in the dark, with bright lights.

[Kudles]

You swerve your car

[stickyfingerz]

You swerve your car

Thats the stupidest advice ever. You NEVER EVER swerve to avoid a deer or any animal. Apply the breaks as best you can. You are MUCH more likely to die or have a much more serious accident if you swerve around an animal. My ex fiance after we split up was riding with some idiot on a date in a big ass Dodge ram 2500 truck, saw a deer and swerved around him. The truck went over a small cliff, rolled down a hillside she got thrown out of the truck and it flipped another 3 or 4 times. She still doesn't have proper use of her left shoulder, and was in the hospital for 2 weeks. All because this idiot didn't know what to do and swerved. He was in a fuckin huge ass truck that would of barely felt hitting a 180lb deer. You apply your breaks, do the best you can to get slowed down. That is what you do.

[baddog]

You swerve your car

I have had friends die following stupid advice like that.

[Barefootsies]

I have had friends die following stupid advice like that.

Exactly.

My old college roommate was a serious animal lover. He had his driving us anywhere privileges taken away. He almost killed us a half dozen times trying to avoid squirrels, possums, raccoons, dogs, cats, and even chipmunks, etc.

He loved animals, and was like Jim Carey in Pet Detective. He had parrots, dogs, lizards, snakes, fish, geckos, ferrets, and a bobcat.

Yes, a bobcat. It was tame enough, but when you were drunk and he was not in his cage. He would try and bat you in the head, and bite you if you passed out.

[Jarmusch]

You brake has hard as you can and pray the deer doesn't go through the windshield and land on your lap.

[John-ACWM]

You just do something your judgment tells you is the best thing to be done

[Fresh]

just inhale it and keep going...

[AaronM]

Run it over and stock your freezer.

[Babagirls]

just inhale it and keep going...

oh my!!!!!

[Ethersync]

just inhale it and keep going...

Holy shit

[Voodoo]

I used to be a P&C Insurance Councelsor for GEICO...

During the classes you have to take in order to be certified, one of the things they went over was this very scenerio.

If you SWERVE to miss an animal and slam into a tree, or another car, or anything.... The policy will not cover the accident. They will cover it if you hit the animal.

So, I naturally brought up the question...
"Ok, so if a person runs out into the middle of the freeway... I'm supposed to just plow into them to avoid getting nailed with damages that my policy doesn't cover?" They didn't like my question, and told me that if it's a person, that I'm supposed to swerve out of the way. Pfft. That took all the fun out of it.

[skrinkladoo]

the damage part sucks, but you don't swerve.

[TurboAngel]

Run it over and stock your freezer.

Ewwwwwwww.

[miss_twisted]

You stay off the road between White Lake and Kelly NC at night! Learned the hard way!

Whatever you do don't swerve!

[TurboAngel]

just inhale it and keep going...

[Spunky]

I swerve to avoid squirrels,don't know what I would do if I encountered one of them

[tony286]

I wouldnt swerve.

[Iron Fist]

You plow head on with your car, the shock of the impact will be absorbed by the engine compartment. That is all.

Also, it wouldn't hurt to have a truck...

[MetaMan]

You plow that nigga over and piss on the deers dead carcass showing who the boss of this fucking world is.

deer trying to fuck with me!? id have the shotgun out driving up to it and then run it over just for fun.

[TurboAngel]

You plow that nigga over and piss on the deers dead carcass showing who the boss of this fucking world is.

deer trying to fuck with me!? id have the shotgun out driving up to it and then run it over just for fun.

[Super Negro]

press the gas and speed up as fast as you can

[alias]

You just do something your judgment tells you is the best thing to be done

Instinctive reaction. I had a buddy save my ass from the brunt of an elk by swerving a bit.

He then had to countersteer and we did end up in the ditch on the side the elk had come from.

It still decapitated the elk, luckily a doe which punctured a hole right in front of my face in the windshield as it's head was removed by the passenger side windshield support.

I was picking safety glass out of my eyes for a couple hours.

[TurboAngel]

Instinctive reaction. I had a buddy save my ass from the brunt of an elk by swerving a bit.

He then had to countersteer and we did end up in the ditch on the side the elk had come from.

It still decapitated the elk, luckily a doe which punctured a hole right in front of my face in the windshield as it's head was removed by the passenger side windshield support.

I was picking safety glass out of my eyes for a couple hours.

Oh shit, that sounds bad.

[CaptainHowdy]

just inhale it and keep going...

Arghhhhhhh! What a way to go...

[TurboAngel]

You have no idea on the 'everywhere' toots.

I love it when you call me toots.