This was my first encounter with a deer on the road. I have always seen them in the woods and what not but here goes...

Driving home from seeing "The Incredibles" and chatting with my friend about the movie. I turn onto a road, 2 lane a bit narrow with housing and woods on both sides(no shoulder) with a 45mph. I'm doing 50-55. All of a sudden, I see something in the middle of the road. OH **** ITS a F***IN DEER (my exact thoughts). I hit the brakes and honk at it. The deer is standing on the yellow lines with its body parallel to the lines. I honked at it thinking it would get scared and move away. Yes it does get scared but what direction does it move, right at me. I was like f*** and moved as far to the right and went a lil off road. That thing was literally 2 inches from hitting my door. It wound up running off the other direction. I pulled aside, no damage to my friends car (IS300 which I was driving).

One thing I learned, even with HIDs you will not see a deer until the last second. I must have seen it when it was about 30-40, 50ft at most away. Either do your best to completely stop or swerve like the whole lane is a huge pothole. I realize now that if I had been in my dad's car (Accord), I would have hit the deer head on or the deer would have rammed my door. Pretty glad I made it home safe!

 

Sounds like fun

Glad it was just a sighting

 

never had that close of a call but i've come within a couple of feet of one on a narrow *** road.

 

And people say hunting is bad

(Most Eastern states have unsafely large whitetail deer populations due to overdevelopment and lack of natural predators.)

 

It was def not fun at all and too close for comfort. I won't be speeding down that road anymore.

 

This wasn't route 1 was it?

 

nope, it was a local road. but I have seen them on route 1 before

 

Good to hear you are safe, and no damage to the car.

 

Glad your ok dood....close calls like that suck and are very very scary

 

Did you change your pants after that one. Good job on the swerve though. Glad to hear all is well.

 

Nah, didn't have to change my pants. I'm not a wimp

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Nishant &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Either do your best to completely stop or swerve like the whole lane is a huge pothole. </TD></TR></TABLE>
slamming on the brakes is probably the best thing to do because if you swerve and go onto oncoming traffic or hit a tree, you're dead. i'd rather kill the deer and total the car before i lose my life over some freakin' deer.

 

I'd get one of these if I lived in your area... check out that hot custom paint on the doors.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bbasso &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sounds like fun

Glad it was just a sighting </TD></TR></TABLE> i like your avatar...

 

Deer = Spotted. I saw a deer jump to its death off a cliff when being chased by a wolf. It was awesome

 

did you go pick it up? Venison/Elk rules.

 

I'm not sure where you are, but here in West Chester they are all over.
You've got to go so slow at night time.

 

You gotta watch out for the dead ones too. I hit a full grown deer that had just been hit by an eg hatch probably 30 seconds before I hit it. I was going about 75 and it went right under the passenger wheels. We were airborn for a second or two. I think there is still fur on the undercarriage. No damage thank god....

 

Be glad you arent this person:

 

DAMN, that's a big *** moose. I hope the occupants are okay.

 

am i the only one seeing red x's?

 

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me too

 

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(Most Eastern states have unsafely large whitetail deer populations due to overdevelopment and lack of natural predators.)</TD></TR></TABLE>

hunt them or they'll hunt ur car.

EDIT: also lovin the red x's

 

Wow, I also see those nice red X's