what are my rights
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From: Singapore
The moral of the story is : always hit the deer. That applies to any nonhuman animal smaller than an elephant or a T-rex.
Screw the animal rights, kill Bambi every chance you get. The damage is generally much less and you won't have to make dangerous evasive maneuvers into guardrails/trees/off cliff edges. Just brake as hard as possible with the wheel straight (ABS + 4WD means the car will likely not shimmy) and ram that jaywalking critter at low a speed as possible.
I know it's instinctual to swerve, but it's something you can condition.
Screw the animal rights, kill Bambi every chance you get. The damage is generally much less and you won't have to make dangerous evasive maneuvers into guardrails/trees/off cliff edges. Just brake as hard as possible with the wheel straight (ABS + 4WD means the car will likely not shimmy) and ram that jaywalking critter at low a speed as possible.
I know it's instinctual to swerve, but it's something you can condition.
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Joined: Aug 2005
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From: TN
The moral of the story is : always hit the deer. That applies to any nonhuman animal smaller than an elephant or a T-rex.
Screw the animal rights, kill Bambi every chance you get. The damage is generally much less and you won't have to make dangerous evasive maneuvers into guardrails/trees/off cliff edges. Just brake as hard as possible with the wheel straight (ABS + 4WD means the car will likely not shimmy) and ram that jaywalking critter at low a speed as possible.
I know it's instinctual to swerve, but it's something you can condition.
Screw the animal rights, kill Bambi every chance you get. The damage is generally much less and you won't have to make dangerous evasive maneuvers into guardrails/trees/off cliff edges. Just brake as hard as possible with the wheel straight (ABS + 4WD means the car will likely not shimmy) and ram that jaywalking critter at low a speed as possible.
I know it's instinctual to swerve, but it's something you can condition.
The moral of the story is : always hit the deer. That applies to any nonhuman animal smaller than an elephant or a T-rex.
Screw the animal rights, kill Bambi every chance you get. The damage is generally much less and you won't have to make dangerous evasive maneuvers into guardrails/trees/off cliff edges. Just brake as hard as possible with the wheel straight (ABS + 4WD means the car will likely not shimmy) and ram that jaywalking critter at low a speed as possible.
I know it's instinctual to swerve, but it's something you can condition.
Screw the animal rights, kill Bambi every chance you get. The damage is generally much less and you won't have to make dangerous evasive maneuvers into guardrails/trees/off cliff edges. Just brake as hard as possible with the wheel straight (ABS + 4WD means the car will likely not shimmy) and ram that jaywalking critter at low a speed as possible.
I know it's instinctual to swerve, but it's something you can condition.
+1.. this happened to me last fall. Was cruising down the highway and a deer jumped out in front of the car. I was absolutely positive I was going to hit it, didn't swerve and just slammed on the brakes and... stopped about 5 inches from the deer that was staring back at me, then it took off.
Did he say something to you? lmao... j/k
The moral of the story is : always hit the deer. That applies to any nonhuman animal smaller than an elephant or a T-rex.
Screw the animal rights, kill Bambi every chance you get. The damage is generally much less and you won't have to make dangerous evasive maneuvers into guardrails/trees/off cliff edges. Just brake as hard as possible with the wheel straight (ABS + 4WD means the car will likely not shimmy) and ram that jaywalking critter at low a speed as possible.
I know it's instinctual to swerve, but it's something you can condition.
Screw the animal rights, kill Bambi every chance you get. The damage is generally much less and you won't have to make dangerous evasive maneuvers into guardrails/trees/off cliff edges. Just brake as hard as possible with the wheel straight (ABS + 4WD means the car will likely not shimmy) and ram that jaywalking critter at low a speed as possible.
I know it's instinctual to swerve, but it's something you can condition.
apparently this tactic is actually safer than trying to swerve and dodging the deer itself, unless you really have a good distance and reaction time to do so.
do the police have it impounded ? when my first evo was stolen, they had 30 days to get me a check (it was set on fire after being stripped). I ended up getting it almost 3 months later becasue police were holding it as evidence for arson (you wouldnt believe the investigating they did on the car). Insurance cant cut a check unless the totalled vehicle is in their posession. Atleast thats how drive progressive is. in your case it seems the police should release it fairly quickly. I ended up calling my insurance broker/agent very pissed off and he moved things along very nicely. You should do the same 
Last edited by Bigl4201; May 31, 2007 at 10:18 AM.