http://www.thecarblog.com/personal_stories/bambis_death_wish_the_danger_of_deer_on_americas_roadways.php Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:15:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.thecarblog.com/personal_stories/bambis_death_wish_the_danger_of_deer_on_americas_roadways.php/comment-page-1#comment-547 Heather Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:39:04 +0000 http://www.thecarblogtest.com/?p=63#comment-547 Wow, I came across your blog today as I sit here recuperating from my very nasty run-in with a deer in the rural suburbs outside Greensboro, NC. As I was driving (slowly and alertly, as it was raining and I knew this area has deer etc.) the other evening, a deer leaped out of the thick woods on the side of the two-lane highway right into my windshield. Let me stress thst the deer was airborne from the first second I saw it. I never saw its feet on the ground. It was as if it fell out of the freakin sky. Apparently it was trying to jump over my car, but its shoulder hit the windshield and sheared the roof back over my head. The roof liner and the deer's body hit me in the face, and the windshield separated and landed on my dash and in my lap. I was lucky to escape with a bump on the head, a bruised nose, some cuts and splinters, and a mouthful of glass and deer hair. The deer, according to the driver behind me, did two or three flips into the air, landed in the oncoming lane, then GOT UP and ran into the woods on the other side!! If the roof had not absorbed most of the impact, I would probably have been killed, or at least need a face transplant. I am amazed that the deer ran off...it definitely speaks to their bulk and mass. Nobody who has seen my car can believe that it didn't die right there. Trust me, you do NOT want to hit one of these things. I plan to install a deer whistle ASAP. I've been told they do help. Also, I think I'll take more urban routes, even if they aren't as scenic...at least for a while. Wow, I came across your blog today as I sit here recuperating from my very nasty run-in with a deer in the rural suburbs outside Greensboro, NC. As I was driving (slowly and alertly, as it was raining and I knew this area has deer etc.) the other evening, a deer leaped out of the thick woods on the side of the two-lane highway right into my windshield. Let me stress thst the deer was airborne from the first second I saw it. I never saw its feet on the ground. It was as if it fell out of the freakin sky. Apparently it was trying to jump over my car, but its shoulder hit the windshield and sheared the roof back over my head. The roof liner and the deer’s body hit me in the face, and the windshield separated and landed on my dash and in my lap. I was lucky to escape with a bump on the head, a bruised nose, some cuts and splinters, and a mouthful of glass and deer hair. The deer, according to the driver behind me, did two or three flips into the air, landed in the oncoming lane, then GOT UP and ran into the woods on the other side!! If the roof had not absorbed most of the impact, I would probably have been killed, or at least need a face transplant. I am amazed that the deer ran off…it definitely speaks to their bulk and mass. Nobody who has seen my car can believe that it didn’t die right there. Trust me, you do NOT want to hit one of these things. I plan to install a deer whistle ASAP. I’ve been told they do help. Also, I think I’ll take more urban routes, even if they aren’t as scenic…at least for a while.

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