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God damn deer
SpeedySwaf
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I went out tonight to get some more dog food and to pick up some McD's for my brother and I. They got my order wrong (I meant for their to be another drink) but I didn't think it'd be that big a deal, and went home. I now wish I had stuck around to get that other drink.
As I was pulling around this bend next to some crops, I notice too late a few deer off on the side of the road, and because they are such intelligent creatures, a big buck decided it was the best time to cross. I tried hitting the brakes, but it wasn't enough, and I hit it almost dead center. Next thing I know I hear tiny pieces of something hard sliding across my hood, and had to drive a quarter mile to find a neighborhood to park in. I walked around to the front of the car, and low and behold, it was wrecked. My hood was bent inward and slightly up at one part, and a area surrounding my grill had completely shattered.
I called some family, who told me to call the cops (I wasn't sure what you were supposed to do when you hit a deer) and then had my aunt and uncle come down to take a look. When the cops came around, my aunt and uncle took a car to see if they could find the deer I hit, and put it out of its misery if it were lying somewhere dying. While they and another cop eventually found where I hit the deer (which was important, because I was driving across town borders that may have needed different cops to be there) the deer was gone. The cops took a report, gave me a number to refer the insurance company too, and told me not to drive the car anywhere but home, in case the hood unlatched and caused even more trouble for me.
All in all, I guess the damage was mostly superficial (that we know of, anyway). Even the cops said they've seen worse. The car still drove, both the headlights still worked, although one turn signal is broken and is just hanging off the car. The "air bag" light is flashing off and on, but the air bag hasn't gone off (yet?). I'm feeling something around my neck, but I'm not sure it's genuine or if I'm just imagining things. My mom's going to let me drive her car tomorrow since she's off, and I assume she's going to take care of the insurance stuff and whatnot.
Definitely not a very good night.
Anyway, comment or post your own vehicular mishaps (if any) with deer or other creatures of nature.
As I was pulling around this bend next to some crops, I notice too late a few deer off on the side of the road, and because they are such intelligent creatures, a big buck decided it was the best time to cross. I tried hitting the brakes, but it wasn't enough, and I hit it almost dead center. Next thing I know I hear tiny pieces of something hard sliding across my hood, and had to drive a quarter mile to find a neighborhood to park in. I walked around to the front of the car, and low and behold, it was wrecked. My hood was bent inward and slightly up at one part, and a area surrounding my grill had completely shattered.
I called some family, who told me to call the cops (I wasn't sure what you were supposed to do when you hit a deer) and then had my aunt and uncle come down to take a look. When the cops came around, my aunt and uncle took a car to see if they could find the deer I hit, and put it out of its misery if it were lying somewhere dying. While they and another cop eventually found where I hit the deer (which was important, because I was driving across town borders that may have needed different cops to be there) the deer was gone. The cops took a report, gave me a number to refer the insurance company too, and told me not to drive the car anywhere but home, in case the hood unlatched and caused even more trouble for me.
All in all, I guess the damage was mostly superficial (that we know of, anyway). Even the cops said they've seen worse. The car still drove, both the headlights still worked, although one turn signal is broken and is just hanging off the car. The "air bag" light is flashing off and on, but the air bag hasn't gone off (yet?). I'm feeling something around my neck, but I'm not sure it's genuine or if I'm just imagining things. My mom's going to let me drive her car tomorrow since she's off, and I assume she's going to take care of the insurance stuff and whatnot.
Definitely not a very good night.
Anyway, comment or post your own vehicular mishaps (if any) with deer or other creatures of nature.
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Her excuse is that it came out of nowhere and fell on her foot.
She does not remember this happening.
it felt great
Watch your back.
I guess people are "creatures of nature".
also
there not their
my father and I were absolutely baffled as to where they came from, because there were no farms nearby, and the grassy patch they were trotting through was completely surrounded by road.
I think
but it reminds me of one night as a teenager when I was going out with some of my youth group from church to visit new church members
the gal that me and another guy were riding with was kind of..odd and wore these really thick glasses
we were driving down a quiet road and suddenly there's a cat in the middle of the road
the chick drives right over the cat without even slowing down or acknowledging that she'd hit anything or that something unusual had happened, and me and the other dude just exchanged looks of total
i made the mistake of swerving instead of hitting the damn thing and the ice on the road caused me to rocket through the ditch on the side of the road at 45+ mph, coming to a noisy and frightening stop in the middle of a field
i'll hit the next one
do not drive a bus
this one chick pulled out from a parking lot, cutting across 4 lanes of traffic literally 15 feet in front of me while I was going like 30
AAHHHHH HOOOONKK SCREEEEECH
literally less than an inch from smashing into her while blasting my horn and swerving
I was driving the biggest bus we had, too
she started to cry
her passenger looked at me like I had thrown a child off a cliff
like it was my fault she wanted to die
I saw it run across the road before I could slow down. I looked in the rearview mirror, and sure enough, the poor bastard was flopping around on the road, half dead.
I felt pretty bad for like 10 minutes.
the little bugger flew right into my window and hit me square in the face
yeah, it can be a tough split second call, but generally I'd rather kill an animal than end up in a horrible accident injuring myself or others
setting goals like this would be a pretty fantastic way to build confidence
how could anyone make an exception to this rule ever i do not understand
unless you somehow ensure you save a kitten and crush a reprobate
never swerve
seriously
whatever damage you suffer from a head-on will, combined with the airbags, be less than if you roll the fuck over and wrap around a tree
Or at least not a noticeable sort of animal
My dad clipped the ass end of a deer with his car over the summer though
Made a nice dent right above the front passenger side wheel
And sprayed shit all across the side of the car
Deer was fine, for the record
Secret Satan
That's sad but pretty awesome.
Were you in Mississauga by any chance? I heard on the radio a bunch of cattle got loose today.
nice
I wasn't even about to try to swerve when the stupid thing dives out into the street and under my tire while I'm going 65 on the highway.
I have never ever ever ever thought kicking a puppy was a good idea
macro
that makes you a shithole of a person
Speed up and hit him with such force as to launch him over the car and hit whatever poor fucker might be behind you.
also cow catchers help
In my defense, it was trying to attack me
Like, quite clearly
This was when I worked at the fucked up animal shelter
Anyways, the bastard bit my shoe when I did this and I flung him into his cage with my powerful legs
Race Car Hits Deer
I was like fifteen at the time. I had no intentions on kicking him. It just happened. My temper was gone right after. I bought him Bil-Jac every week after that and let him exercise on my dogs treadmill.
None of that makes it right, but that doesn't mean I am a shithole. It was over ten years ago and I have never done something like that since.
what's with the sudden horrible flowering
kicking a dog in anger makes you a little bit of a shithole with poor impulse control
I am sorry but yeah
I know it does. I regret it more than you can imagine.
I don't regret why it happened though.