So Anyway I Hit A Deer, What Did You Do This Wknd?

[Humbla]

I live down the south coast nsw,the wombats down here are huge.I think slowing down in rural areas at night is the smart thing to do.Saveing your self and our wildlife is a very good thing to do.

[hamiltonau]

going slow through the RNP kind of renders the whole operation pointless though, i didn't drive through there at 4am for the nice views, put it that way..odds are that one day you will hit something as I discovered in a spectacular fashion. Most of the time however your going to have a great time and get to experience your car as it should be driven..

Not as well as on the track of course but for those who cant afford to get to Wakefield every wknd and cant wait then its an acceptable compromise, im not talking 200km/h high speed race/drifting runs but more a spirited 7/10's run along a great road.

Animals are always going to be part of the equation and while the chance is there the odds are low enough to roll the dice.

k flame away

[Humbla]

Last time i drove the nasho park road it was horrible,holes and bumps every where,this was in the day time too.Have they fixed the road up these days,me old and to scared to go through there at night.Plus if i hit a deer i would be heart brocken,got ins not bothered bout my 33 but i love animals they are more important to me.Us lil ol ladys too soft,need to drink a cup of cement.

[nathanau]

going slow through the RNP kind of renders the whole operation pointless though, i didn't drive through there at 4am for the nice views, put it that way..odds are that one day you will hit something as I discovered in a spectacular fashion. Most of the time however your going to have a great time and get to experience your car as it should be driven..

Not as well as on the track of course but for those who cant afford to get to Wakefield every wknd and cant wait then its an acceptable compromise, im not talking 200km/h high speed race/drifting runs but more a spirited 7/10's run along a great road.

Animals are always going to be part of the equation and while the chance is there the odds are low enough to roll the dice.

k flame away

F$@#K! I wrote out this nice post and accidentally deleted it….

I was saying going out of the city for a drive is good fun, but anytime at evening night and dawn there is going to be wildlife on the road! You cant avoid that.

If u drive at just 80ks of a night, a kangaroo, wombat, deer etc are going to pop out and because they blend in so dam well , its almost impossible to see them till they hit ya.

A good sized chunky wombat can flip ya car, put u into a tree or worse…..

And wombats are taking over everything so they are always on the road.

Most animals will run for your car and not away from the car. I use low beam and low speeds ( yup 60 to 70Ks) of a night so as not to blind all these animals and have them run into my car , having low beam helps them to process information to help them avoid ya. They are directional animals, so run in the direction they r pointing and when they hear the nose of a car , what direction are they pointing in?

Wait till u get a Frogmouth Owl at 5 foot fly through ya front window…. Thats an experience I wouldn't wish on anyone…. They seem to be attracted to headlights so when they see them, will make a swoop downward right through ya window.

( take some clean underwear for that one)

The other most common thing on these roads, Trees… once u hit an animal, size and impact pending, a tree follows….

At some point Horses are gonna have escaped onto the road, the last one I stopped for was a horse through the cabin of the car who killed the driver at 100Ks.

Youll find cows occasionally as well, of a night they like to get up to fences and lean on them/breaking through them, no one knows they are there for some time or until hit.

Youll get every single nocturnal ( and then some) animal on the road… always at those hours mentioned. So gotta weigh it up, drive at the speed limit or a bit above…..and hit animals cause ya cant not avoid them OR go slower and youll be able to avoid them fairly well. Some will still run right for u no matter what u do. Being directional.

I don't worry at all in day light hours and have a lot of driving fun then ☺

And dude, yer im really sorry about your car and im sorry the Deer was killed I havnt been out tonight but as with everynight, ill find up to a dozen or more dead animals tomorrow morning when i go out, from tonight)

Edited September 14, 2011 by nathanau

[hamiltonau]

sorry to hear you lost your first post, i hate it when that happens..

as for the horse through window? were you the first on scene? bit of a tragedy, but still the pics would be pretty freaky..

[nathanau]

sorry to hear you lost your first post, i hate it when that happens..

as for the horse through window? were you the first on scene? bit of a tragedy, but still the pics would be pretty freaky..

Um, yeah, i was one of the first there, it wasnt good seeing all hoofs hanging out of the car and the driver inside deceased.

There is a youtube vid i recently saw with a very similar shot along with what happens when Deer hits ya car and some other accidents......

U can see it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVpzQjEj_QU&feature=related

Edited September 15, 2011 by nathanau

[hamiltonau]

^^ no i cant

try deleting everything in the URL from embedded onwards..

[Pezhead]

I'm a bit late into this thread but I have been first hand witness to a mini-truck that ran into a horse. This is about two decades back in Seattle @ 4 am (was on my way for a fishing trip). The horse had escaped a paddock and wandered onto a road. The whole cab of the mini-truck was smashed in and the driver was incoherent. Poor horse was still lying on the road huffing his last breaths.

We had to keep reassuring the driver that help was on the way but he should stay put. He was dazed and almost in shock. His head was all bloody and I was concerned that he might have spinal damage from the extent of the damage.

Basically when you hit an animal that size (but more about height - like a cow, horse or deer) their legs go and their body comes right up the bonnet and into the windscreen. It was a really scary scene.

When the first aid came I had to leave to meet up with my buddy.

So do take care when driving at night where there is wildlife about.