Prius vs Deer

And the deer is . . . dead? Did you make sure? Don't leave us hanging!

 

animal strikes fall under 'comprehensive' and not 'collision' so your insurance company won't "raise your rates" or "count it against your renewal"

i put it in quotes because i heard some people got raised anyway.

just get it fixed and make sure you explain to the insurance company that it was an animal strike aka "an act of god" and get it fixed

on a side note, i think people that post attention getting headlines like 'prius vs deer' should be scolded for not posting pictures of said prius or said deer

 

There is no safety issue with cosmetic dents in the A pillar.

 

Orlando has deer running around? I worry about this when I'm in northern Wisconsin for the summer, but Orlando? Not exactly where I would have thought to watch out for deer...

 

You should be happy it wasn't a killer whale that ran into you. That would have ruined your day.

Rob

 

Georgia has a surplus of deer also, including the Atlanta fringe counties. We drove from Atlanta to St. Simons on the coast and saw numerous deer carcases along I-16 going into Savannah plus one live sighing. Fortunately we had no physical contact as I spotted it in time. With suburban development cutting into habitat and no natural predators other that automobiles collisions are very common here in the southeast.

 

Well, isn't that strange! I live in Orlando too (well, Chuluota, by Oviedo, north of Orlando), and I had a deer run into the side of my car off 419. Slowed down to let other deer pass in front of me - and WHAM! Big impact in the driver side door. I have a picture of a deer running along saying 'hey watch me!' and running into my car...

Deer survived to run off, but based on the damage to the car, I'm not sure how well it will be doing. About $2300 of damage (because of my forward speed, big dent if door, with smaller dents in other panels).

Courtesy Toyota (office in Oviedo) fixed it better than new...

Told other folks, apparently it just happens...

pat

 

We also have tons of deer, and bears..they are all over here....

 

Lotsa wildlife around here, too, though I wouldn't call them 'surplus', and they don't tend to hurl themselves at passing cars. Deer only have to look at people with their big brown eyes to get them to roll down the window and offer them food. If a big bear wants in, he'll just slice open the roof.

 

Florida has fairly liberal gun laws. You should keep a gun handy to administer a quick coup de grace to hooved rats that have the temerity to run into the side of your Prius. Deer are really really dumb. One T-boned my Honda Prelude 1 1/2 year ago and did over $4000 in damage. He literally committed suicide on the side of the car when I was traveling 65mph and there was no way I could have avoided it, only saw him a nanosecond before the impact.