Square Wheels Posted September 9, 2021 Share #1 Posted September 9, 2021 Hit a deer on the way home from work. It was just trying to do its deer things, sadly, today those included running in front of me. 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted September 9, 2021 Share #2 Posted September 9, 2021 You were the unwilling participant in another's suicide, not a murderer. Unless you hit them on purpose, if that is the case then you are totally a murderer 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted September 9, 2021 Share #3 Posted September 9, 2021 It is a rare BMW driver, any car driver really, who feels bad for the deer that wrecked his car 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted September 9, 2021 Share #4 Posted September 9, 2021 I’m sorry it turned out like that. We came within a few feet of hitting a huge elk on Monday night, driving back from star gazing. It’s upsetting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted September 9, 2021 I wanted to cry. It happened so fast (I was speeding). Got off the ramp at about 60, I could easily do 80or 90. Many people go fast on this offramp. No cars around, I always pay attention when driving. I had this odd thought, why is there a dog running through the air, then aww, it's a cute little deer, then swerve, jam on brakes, bang. Not sure where what hit what, lots of damage to the side, some to the front. Tossed the deer to the opposite side of the road. It took less than a second for me to react. I am sad, I ended its life. 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted September 9, 2021 Share #6 Posted September 9, 2021 Sorry SW. Looks like time for a new car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted September 9, 2021 Share #7 Posted September 9, 2021 BMW Bambi Mashing Wheels? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted September 9, 2021 Share #8 Posted September 9, 2021 Sorry SW, it is traumatic when something like that happens. But as @Zephyr mentions murder requires intent. The deer was just in the wrong place at the wrong time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted September 9, 2021 Share #9 Posted September 9, 2021 I had a deer run into my car while I was on a major highway driving home from work. I love deer so it upset me, but I was also very glad that it wasn't worse and that the impact didn't cause me to hit anyone else. It's traumatic. But I am very glad that you are ok. Deer/car accidents are pretty common around this area, and many of them don't end well for the people involved. Any car accident is upsetting and I'm sorry for the damage to your car, but I am very thankful that you weren't injured. That is absolutely the most important thing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted September 9, 2021 Share #10 Posted September 9, 2021 Of all the deer I’ve hit only one didn’t get up and run away and that was the deer I was going the slowest on. I’ve never hit a deer hard enough to damage my cars. The ones I hit with my bike did damage to me, the bike was ok. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted September 9, 2021 Share #11 Posted September 9, 2021 I am sorry. It is shocking and sad. The reality is cars have become the hunters and without some loss each year many deer will starve in the winter because there isn’t enough food. I am sorry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted September 9, 2021 Share #12 Posted September 9, 2021 It seems to me if you were truly a 'bad' person you wouldn't be concerned about the deer first and about the damage to the car last. While you may think - or feel - like you're a 'bad' person, your behavior says the opposite. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted September 9, 2021 Share #13 Posted September 9, 2021 You're not a murderer and if you're locale is like mine, you're doing a culling service needed since the minimization of predators. The deer population exploded in Maryland and Northern Virginia around the end of the 1900's to the point where deer hit by vehicles became too great. The hunting season was expanded and hunting encouraged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted September 9, 2021 Share #14 Posted September 9, 2021 Remember that had the deer come through your windshield it wouldn't feel bad about killing you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted September 9, 2021 Share #15 Posted September 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Longjohn said: Of all the deer I’ve hit only one didn’t get up and run away and that was the deer I was going the slowest on. I’ve never hit a deer hard enough to damage my cars. The ones I hit with my bike did damage to me, the bike was ok. So did the bike/you collide the deer head on or? Wow..that would be scary.. I was on a bus, when it hit a deer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted September 9, 2021 Share #16 Posted September 9, 2021 44 minutes ago, shootingstar said: So did the bike/you collide the deer head on or? Wow..that would be scary.. I was on a bus, when it hit a deer. I was trying to see how fast I could make it home from work. I had just bought a really good headlight and it lit up the road real well. It didn’t light up the cornfield to my right. Four deer jumped from the high bank right on the road in front of me. I was on a long downhill and had outrun my highest gear. I remember thinking this is going to hurt, but when I came to the deer were gone . My bike was fifty feet behind me so the deer must have stopped the bike and I kept going. Broken clavicle and scapula. Partially ripped off eyebrow and road rash and bruises all over. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted September 9, 2021 Share #17 Posted September 9, 2021 Join the club 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted September 9, 2021 Share #18 Posted September 9, 2021 I had one come through the windshield. He almost destroyed the car. It should have been totaled as they almost had to cut the top off and weld on a new one. I did write a thank you letter to Ford however as the front window pillar and the roof just above the windshield stopped him and probably saved my life. 250 lbs of guided missile coming down from above at a 60 mph car can be pretty dramatic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted September 9, 2021 Share #19 Posted September 9, 2021 I hate hitting deer, vehicle or snowmobile. Very sad indeed. I try to convince myself it's best the dumb ones like that are taken out of the gene pool. Still makes me sad. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted September 9, 2021 Share #20 Posted September 9, 2021 11 hours ago, Square Wheels said: I wanted to cry. It happened so fast (I was speeding). Got off the ramp at about 60, I could easily do 80or 90. Many people go fast on this offramp. No cars around, I always pay attention when driving. I had this odd thought, why is there a dog running through the air, then aww, it's a cute little deer, then swerve, jam on brakes, bang. Not sure where what hit what, lots of damage to the side, some to the front. Tossed the deer to the opposite side of the road. It took less than a second for me to react. I am sad, I ended its life. Had this happen almost the exact same way a few years ago. It was probably 9pm, dark, and came from the passenger side, but pretty similar overall. I couldn't find the deer, though. My wife was severely saddened - crying and even some PTSD - and I still hate driving that stretch of road in the dark. Definitely a shitty feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wilbur ★ Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share #21 Posted September 9, 2021 When I was in Northern Alberta, I was driving to a small airport on a gravel road during a heavy ice fog event. Visibility was about 50 feet. Out of the bush on the left side bolted a moose and I hit the brakes and moved a little further right hoping not to hit it. He managed to turn and we never did collide but, here I was, driving 20 mph with a massive bull moose trotting 3 feet beside me down the road. Every now and then he would turn to look at the truck. A very surreal experience. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted October 14, 2021 Share #22 Posted October 14, 2021 On 9/9/2021 at 6:06 AM, smudge said: I hate hitting deer, vehicle or snowmobile. Very sad indeed. I try to convince myself it's best the dumb ones like that are taken out of the gene pool. Still makes me sad. Deers are evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted October 14, 2021 Share #23 Posted October 14, 2021 On 9/8/2021 at 8:53 PM, Kzoo said: Sorry SW. Looks like time for a new car. Or a new bike according to longjohn, enabler-in-chief. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted October 14, 2021 Share #24 Posted October 14, 2021 On 9/8/2021 at 8:38 PM, Square Wheels said: I'm a bad person You see this cat Square Wheels is a bad mother (Shut your mouth) But I'm talkin' about Square Wheels (Then we can dig it) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share #25 Posted October 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Road Runner said: You see this cat Square Wheels is a bad mother (Shut your mouth) But I'm talkin' about Square Wheels (Then we can dig it) He's a complicated man but no one understands him but @SpeedDemon (SW) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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