Had a heckuva scare tonight

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Went to pick up my son from work tonight, same as i do 5 days a week.
When November comes and the weather turns, i'm well aware to be looking for deer.
The one that gets ya is usually the one you never see until it's too late.
My son Mike and i (with Addy our other dog in his lap) were talking and watching for them and had just turned down our headlights for an oncoming car, when all of a sudden theres a doggone deer right front and center of the hood. Center punched her at 55mph and she went flying up over the car. Neither of us saw the deer until it was right there. No time to swerve, brake or scream. Poor animal died instantly and i'm pretty sure the insurance company is going to total the car. If the hood hadnt buckled the way it did (making a kind of a ramp) the deer could've come right thru the windshield. We are fine and came thru without a scratch, other than having the daylights scared out of us. While i'm kinda bummed about the poor deer and the poor car, i am thankful that noone was hurt. Things could've been worse. Hopefully the insurance will be enough to get another vehicle.
 
Glad to hear you're both okay. While I'm not a hunter myself, deer in the road make me one heck of an advocate for hunting.
 
Glad to hear everyone is OK. Its prime mating season right now so the bucks are chasing the does around much more active with a much higher chance for a deer vs car accidents. Also much better chance for deer vs arrow non-accidents. I always try to remind people when the rut is on, pretty sure insurance carriers hate this time of year.
 
Insipid Moniker said:
Glad to hear you're both okay. While I'm not a hunter myself, deer in the road make me one heck of an advocate for hunting.
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Thanks IM and diced, They're thick as thieves up here this year because theres alot less hunters than there used to be. This time of year our road can be quite dangerous. I've had some close calls in the past, but have been quite wary and was able to brake or go around them.
I guess my luck had to run out sometime. It just sucks with the other things going on right now. Losing our only vehicle was not something we needed right now.
 
I'm glad you are both o.k. Karda. My wife lived in Ithaca and even 20 years ago when we was a'courtin,driving the roads in the area was always risky and one had to be very aware at all times. I see so many on the side of the NYS Thruway these days as well,both alive and road kill.Like IM, not a hunter myself but all for it since it helps keep the population (deer)somewhat in check. The car will be replaced and of course,the timing always sucks.Stay safe.

Karda said:
Thanks IM and diced, They're thick as thieves up here this year because theres alot less hunters than there used to be. This time of year our road can be quite dangerous. I've had some close calls in the past, but have been quite wary and was able to brake or go around them.
I guess my luck had to run out sometime. It just sucks with the other things going on right now. Losing our only vehicle was not something we needed right now.
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You did well hitting the deer like you did.

Never swerve, always drive through. Most injuries from deer are from running off the road. Hit em if you can't make it around em without swerving.
 
Glad to hear that you're okay. Never can count on the wild critters to obey the rules of the road!
 
Berkley said:
I think your luck is still pretty good.
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I'm very glad to hear that you, Mike and Addy are OK.
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I guess you got me on that one, my ol' friend. I 've been too keyed up to sleep and got to thinking that we might have had a bit of help from above on this and i don't mean just from the divine. Right after i was pretty shook up and dang near hyperventilated myself. The oncoming car turned out to be an EMT on his way to work at his night job. Glad he was there to kinda snap me out of it. Still a bit stunned.
 
Glad you came out of that without a scratch.

As for your car, if the insurance company says it's totalled, but you like the car and it can still operate with some minor work to make it road-worthy (but not necessarily pretty), then you might be able to "buy it back" from the insurance company for not much money.

A lowball compensation by the insurance for totalling your car should mean that the calculated "residual value" of the car is pretty low, maybe a couple hundred bucks. I've done this before and other people I know have done this. The check the insurance company gives you for totalling the car may not be enought to buy a good replacement, but it might cover the payment to get the car back, plus the costs of the repairs you arrange to make it road-worthy, with maybe a good chunk of money left over.

This link has a brief explanation, in case you (or others) weren't already aware of this:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/If_the_insurance_company_totals_your_car_can_they_take_it_from_you

[In my case, the car I paid $3600 for was rear-ended 4 months later, and the insurance would only pay me around $2500 to replace the car. I bought the "totalled" car back from them for around $225. It was still driveable and had a lot of life left in it, just needed a couple hundred dollars worth of repair from a friendly mechanic, not worrying too much about scratches or dents, and skipping a new paint job.]
 
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That really stinks, Karda...I'm too sensitive when it comes to animals, however, I have learned that human life lost is a tragedy that outweighs dead deer. I am glad you and yours are safe and sound today. The odds of there being more deer are highly favorable for the deer, the odds of another Karda and family being born through random genetic repetition is, from what I have heard, one in many trillion...not going to happen anytime soon. What I really meant to say, in regards to this mess, is, glad you're okay, dude, a very merry unbirthday, and many, many more to you. Peace and health.
David
 
Wow. Close call there:eek:

Deer can be deadly projectiles at the right speed and in the wrong vehicle. I remember about 100 years ago when my girlfriend and I were heading the drive-in in my open top and doorless Jeep Wrangler. A buck nearly stuck his head INSIDE her part of the jeep while we were tootling along at about 55mph. If I had swerved, it's head would have been in her lap.

Stories like this make me glad I drive a big ol' F250. I certainly don't want to hurt or kill an animal, but if one bounds out in front of me, I feel better having big bumpers and 8 cylinders of diesel engine between it and my daughter.
 
I, like all others am really glad to hear that you and your family are safe. Cars can be replaced... but thanks to Mr. Murphy it's never at a "convenient" time.
 
OK. Glad you are ok.

Now, don't do that again.

Takes a while for the incident to percolate through your mind and your body. Expect to be a little weird for a while.

Be gentle with yourself.
 
Glad you and your's are safe, out here in North East PA we have tons of deer, my daughter has hit 4 0r 5 this year alone, I'm kinda gettin' tired of fixin' her car, hell she even hit one with my truck a few weeks ago.

Luckily they've all been realatively low mph collisisions with minor body work.

In the 30 years I've lived here I've probaly hit about a dozen+ deer, even hit one with my motorcycle once.

Again, glad you and your's are fine.
 
Glad to hear you made it through.

I haven't hit a deer but I hit an elk one time. It totaled the car and the elk. It does shake one up a bit.
 
It is a scary situation. All you can do is be aware and stay alert and even then ...

The last leg of my daughter's trip home is on a narrow winding road through the woods. Where are the deer? On people's front lawns, waiting for a sleepy driver, to jump and and say "Boo!" :eek:

In Central Park one day a horse threw its rider and headed back to the stable a few blocks away. Crossing a road. In front of a cab. Rolled up on the hood and smashed the windshield with its saddle. The cabbie was screaming as the horse rolled off the hood and calmly walked away.

Kismet is right. (Of course :) ) When you go through even a simple accident, your mind will disconnect at the strangest times. I investigated my share of vehicle accidents, and the one common factor was, our drivers went through all the right motions, took care of paperwork, called Vehicle Operations, etc. When it was over and time to return to the station, they froze, just sat there, or drove through a red light.
 
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