The brakes work

1 large deer + 55mph = lots of expensive Prius repair parts

 

Glad u all managed to miss each other!

 

Oh dear!!!

I'm glad you avoided a calamity.

 

+ dinner for a week...?

 

That would be some expensive venison. :madgrin:


Maybe Tom should mount some of those ultrasonic deer whistles on his car. :madgrin:

 

Good on ya Tom, no unintended acceleration at that critical moment then?

 

Right, the real problem, the torso is stuck in the car and it's thrashing around, if you can't get out... well only one solid object can occupy that space at that moment.

I was in a 6 volt vw at dusk and a large deer crossed in front of me right to left, terrible headlights, caught him square and he did a forward roll on the car, as he was coming around to his feet (on top of the car) and sliding off his antlers took the drivers side rear view mirror off, he just walked away, I checked and no dents or scrapes just a mirror dangling on his 12 point wrack, slo-mo accident, pheww

 

You can steer the car around the deer while slamming on the brakes. Such is the nature of ABS brakes. As you depress the brakes, more weight is thrown forward on the front wheels. The steering then becomes precise. The control is like its on rails. Of course you have to know where to steer. If you lift your foot, the weight is off the front and you may lose control. This requires a little practice because most of us lift when we steer.

 

If you lift the deer, you haven't braked hard enough. :madgrin:

 

We see deer often near our home even in L.A. but I only have one experience with a close call. I was driving a then new '86 Audi 5000CS Quattro, the first production car to have ABS and all wheel drive. On a rare foggy and wet evening on Mulholland Drive (famous for great corners) I turned a blind corner and encountered a deer which froze in my headlights.

He was in the middle of the road facing right. So I slammed on the brakes and steered to the left to avoid hitting him. There was very little road left between the deer and the cliff but the car handled like it was on rails. Then I had to react again because of on coming traffic by accelerating to the right. In this case the all wheel drive also helped even on a wet pavement but the pulsation of the ABS could be felt through my foot Thankfully he didn't dart to the left or it would have been disasterous.

No one was hurt and the deer was gone when I looked in my rear view mirror.

 

I had a deer that just stood in front of my car when I was going though the Blue Ridge Mts a few years ago. Apparently not concerned as it was not hunting season and he really needed to check out that patch of freeway. I honked my horn, advanced on him and we sat there looking at each other for about 5 minutes until a new car showed up and he finally decided it was time to move on.

 

Does anyone remember a TV commercial where a couple of small animals play 'chicken' with an incoming car ? One of my favorites

 

I had a pelican do that in Monterey a few years back. Since I was in a convertible with the top down, I figured I shouldn't scare the crap out of him.