My youngest sister totalled her car
 

...trying to miss an animal. People...do not...do not...veer trying to avoid hitting an animal...unless you want to put your life in danger over that of the animal.

Doh :(... Yeah I know some people that rolled their car trying to avoid a deer.... Happens a lot. Better of just to hit them (unless its a moose) and have insurance fix your vehicle.

Its better to just run the animal over. Only time I'd swerve the car is if it was one of my own animals.

I have lost friends and had some seriously injured trying to miss a fucking squirrel

Yep I never really get that man. I think it's more of just an instinct reaction or something. I nailed a possum one night doing like 120 though and I thought I was a goner.

it worries me so much when my GF veers t avoid a bird flying towards her. it's an automatic reaction and no matter how much i give her shit for it she'll always veer. Hard to force yourself to not follow instinct.

Ok let me try and get this straight. You are really Pathfinder, everyone knows that. You are pretending to be your own son. That being the case, this would most likely mean it was actually your daughter in the accident and not sister, correct?

That sucks. I hope she is ok. I will only swerve if there is noone coming. I've hit birds and squirrels but never anything big.

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it sucks when you go to swerve but the squirrel stops dead in its tracks right under your car. I think someone had a personal daily thing with that squirrel then i come along and run it over ! what an asshole

It also looks a lot better on your insurance if you collide with an animal than a tree.

If you hit an animal, it counts as a comprehensive claim, that you had no chance of avoiding it (kinda like rocks hitting windshields, and hail damage to your car)

Swerving and hitting a tree, you could have avoided it, and its a collision claim, which counts against you, and your rates go up.

that depends how big the animal is...

I'll keep that in mind. I'm going head on if I see a furry animal.

just inertial drift around it

that sucks i hope she is ok

Yep, as my uncle tells me every time he used to get drunk and I'd have to drive him home, in Pennsylvania - most of the deaths on the road where he lives are from people that swerve to avoid deer.

In Wisconsin its a consolation prize that after broadsiding a deer, just drive it to the sheriff's office and you can keep it.

Somehow venison steaks out of season doesn't justify $10K worth of damage unless we're talking a real 10 point buck. :1orglaugh

i usually swerve trying to hit the animal

Yeah, we have moose around here who like to go for a stroll. If you don't swerve, the collision could very well kill you.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :321GFY

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Also, animals should learn not to run in front of female drivers. It just makes a bad situation even worse.

I just hope everything is fine with her...

To hell with the animals if my life is in danger!

This thread is useless with out pics.

well, mind over matter. if the animal crossing is a cow...well, i'll think i'll have to hit it harder...and take it home for dinner.

A guy slammed on his brakes once to avoid a dog and my husband 's van hit him. It ended up being 50/50 for fault and both parties insurance paid their own claim cause the guy was not suppose to slam on the brakes of an animal.

omg! i hope she's okay!

At least try to hit the brakes you asshole :feels-hot

as long as she is ok, the car can be fixed