"Believe it or not, many years ago I knew somebody who said that he would drive much faster every time that he saw a deer crossing sign, so that he was "exposed to that hazard for less time".
Makes sense to me. Because if he stopped the car completely, he would be exposed to the hazard FOREVER. Or at least until he died.
He fails to understand the direct relationship between his speed and the hazard. As he goes faster, the hazard increases. The probability of hitting a deer and the damage if you do so both rise with speed.
That’s why it’s better to stop completely. Even though that leaves you in the hazard area essentially forever, the probability of actually experiencing the hazard drops to zero. So it’s the safest option. 
A deer can run into a stationary car…
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While the time at any specific spot is less if the driver moves faster, it never spends much time in any specific 50-foot length even at low speed. Higher speeds reduce the likelihood that a driver could avoid a crash. Even at 25 mph, the car covers 37-feet per second. Higher speeds also mean there will be more damage when the accident can’t be avoided.
Stopping completely isn’t a realistic option to prevent a deer hit. Unless you’ve already found the deer and he/she is standing in the middle of the road and not moving. They usually react that way initially but then move. Patience is a virtue.
Used to deal with an insurance company “Farm ------” they had such crazy policies,I finally had to give them up.
jesmed1That’s why it’s better to stop completely. Even though that leaves you in the hazard area essentially forever, the probability of actually experiencing the hazard drops to zero. So it’s the safest option.
I was at the radio control flying field one afternoon and a deer went running across the runway, jumped the fence and jumped over someone’s parked car only to hit the car parked next to it in the parking lot. We all stared in disbelief and someone said “I wonder if the insurance company will believe this”.
Even not moving doesn’t guarantee that you won’t have a collision with a deer.
Unfortunately, deer are all unemployed bums and penniless, which means you can’t really sue them for damages.
"I was at the radio control flying field one afternoon and a deer went running across the runway, jumped the fence and jumped over someone's parked car only to hit the car parked next to it in the parking lot. We all stared in disbelief and someone said "I wonder if the insurance company will believe this". Even not moving doesn't guarantee that you won't have a collision with a deer."
Oh, those crazy deer. Did the parked car have a deer whistle on it? 
At least there are a lot of witnesse to the event.
The damage was likely less than his deductible anyway, and the deer got back on its feet and ran off making this a “hit and run”.
At least there are a lot of witnesse to the event.
Somehow, I doubt that any one of us could have picked out the guilty deer out of a police lineup. They all kind of look alike.
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.
I have heard plenty of stories where someone had a deer run into their car. This isn’t unusual at all. One friend had one running along the road near him so he stopped. The deer ran into the side of his car, breaking its neck and the rearview mirror.
I experienced a ‘double whammy’ yesterday. Fortunately no ‘wham’ was involved. I came around a curve and a young Black-tail doe was standing in the middle of the street. She just looked at me so I hit the horn and she trotted off the street. A few miles later on a rural 2 lane I came around a curve and a bull yak was standing in the middle of the road! Honest! I was 100% sober. It was near a farm where the owners for some reason raise yaks. I stopped OK. The yak was not impressed by my wimpy Kia horn so I slowly drove around it. There were 4 more yaks standing on the roadside. I encountered 2 oncoming cars and hit my 4 ways to warn them. Their brake lights came on. It took me a couple of minutes to reach a safe place to pull over and call 911. The dispatcher said I was the third caller and officers were being contacted to provide traffic control. My advice? “Be ready for anything!”
It’s really fun when you come around the corner and see a moose in the road. Those suckers don’t care. You can honk at them, flash your lights, and if you’re lucky they’ll just stand there staring you down and daring you to annoy them just a little bit more. Sometimes they’ll even charge.
Had that happen to me once on a twisty road in Maine. I didn’t know anything about what to do with moose, so I stopped and honked at it to scare it off. It came at me like a linebacker. Good thing no one was behind me - I slammed it into reverse and backed off fast (getting into the opposing lane in case someone was coming). That seemed to appease it and it stopped, glared at me for a few seconds, then ambled slowly off into the woods.
Don’t they sell Road Rage whistles too?
Coming back from South Dakota last Sunday, there was a motor cycle with a rider, a car in back of the cycle, and I was in back of the car. We were spaced out about a quarter mile. A big ole buck ran across the road in front of the cycle and we all slowed down more. He couldn’t have missed it by more than 50 feet and that would have been a bad one for the cycle driver and rider. It sounds like Minnesota DNR is increasing the permits this year for deer. I think its time we eradicate them even though the wolves would starve. I’d rather hit a wolf than a deer. I don’t know if the cycle had deer whistles or not or if mine did the trick.