Hit my first animal

[Sephiroth]

Driving to work this morning, Bambi decided to have a death wish. I tried to swerve but too late, right into the side of me. Thankfully just a couple scratches. An altogether new experience in my years of driving.

[Magnus the Magnificent]

Uuuuuh, I swear I'm not a bad driver.
Better spoiler this.

I've hit/run over:

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{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}A cat
A fox
A badger
A pidgeon
Two deer

[Lizuka #BLM]

That's pretty awful to hear. Glad to hear the damage wasn't too bad but still definitely sounds nerve wracking.

Actually had a similar experience the other day myself, my brother and I were on the way back to the store, right about to get home, and narrowly avoided hitting a dog just for some speeding asshole to promptly plow into it right in front of us and drive off. We ended up rounding it up and doing what we could to try to get it to the vet but then it apparently snapped out of it and started freaking out and ran away. Guess it was fine but it's had me on edge for a few days since.

[tirtefaa]

Living in some rural areas, I've had too many nights where I am white knuckling it home. Deer are such a nuisance.

I hit a buck a week before I was going to take a trip for Thanksgiving. This animal ran out of the brush, and slammed right into my grill, while I did everything I could to slow down. The buck was fine and ran off, but for the 0.5 seconds that it made contact with my car, it found a way to empty it's bladder all over it. My car on the other hand, my hood was pressed in, the grill was destroyed, and the side panel was badly damaged. I waited until 6 months to get it fixed...and guess what...I hit another deer 2 weeks after the repairs, this time a doe. Despite doing everything in my power to avoid the deer, this thing ran into my car because it had a death sentence. It too, lived. Very minor damage this time, but the doe did empty her bladder all over the front of my car.

I've also hit a raccoon, a snake, a cat (I felt super bad about this one), a possum, a few squirrels, birds, and about a few million insects.

I also saw a very close encounter with a bald eagle that swooped down in front of a car that was traveling in front of me, and they swerved violently to avoid it, almost causing me to rear end them. Last thing I would want is for my car to get wrecked, then impounded because it has a bunch of eagle feathers in the grill.

[Totorob101]

As an animal lover,it saddens me that people care more about their vehicles then the animals they run down. Humans don't own the planet. Had humans not destroyed vast amounts of nature and areas where they roam, perhaps they wouldn't get in the roads so much. Deer, squirrela, hedgehogs ect don't mean no harm but sadly they are just seen as pests to squash and destroy.

Not knocking Sephiroth or any one else but as any one can read this kind of thing makes me mad!

[darbus alan]

A deer hit my family's car when I was like 11 or 12 and it was pretty traumatizing. Really f***ed up the front of the front of the car, and while the deer wasn't instantly killed I'm pretty sure he didn't make it.

[uewfigfed]

I still remember my first run over, was a skunk. To cope with the shock, I told myself a story that he had come home to find his wife of five with another mate forcing him out of the den, so he was ready for it lol. Yes, I am an Olympic medalist mental gymnast by the way

[Mr Captain Falcon]

I'm not saying anyone should hit an animal at all but you really shouldn't swerve, brake, or do anything avoid it. That increases the likelihood you'll do damage to yourself or others in your car. You could accidentally swerve into a guardrail, tree, person, or into oncoming traffic. Add in road conditions such as potholes, big curves, leaves or grass in road, weather conditions like water or ice. I hit a squirrel going around a curve on the highway doing 65 the other day. I didn't try to avoid it at all and it sucks that the little guy had to die, but I am uninjured and so are my kids and others on the road.

[sfvega]

I had a bunny on the side of the road hop right in the path of my tire. I had my eye on him the whole time, figured he'd move the other way if anything. That sucked.

I haven't hit a deer so far. I a buck try to hit me. I slowed down to let him cross and he went to ram the side of the car and I sped off. Dude's antler bounced off the back panel. In another incident, I was on the highway and a deer darted out. I braked slowly because there were a bunch of cars behind me and the car next to me. The deer narrowly missed me, but the second deer came out of nowhere while we all had our eyes on the first. I gunned it and missed her too. The car in the fast lane next to me didn't react fast enough and plowed into it doing like 55. Stuff went everywhere. Always look out for the NEXT deer too.

I also had an owl hit me. I'm still trying to process what happened, but I was driving at like midnight one time and it happened really fast. I just barely caught movement out of the corner of my eye. I coulda swore a branch was falling on my windshield. But I look up just in time to see the face of a pretty, white owl divebomb my windshield. I was only going 25, but he was moving pretty good too. If I had to guess, there was a critter in the ditch he was swooping on and I had bad timing. I drove around to see if he was in the street or a ditch or a yard, but I guess those suckers are pretty durable because I never found him.

[Ultimo Gallos]

Lived most of my life in rural areas ,so I am sure I hit my first animal not long after I started driving when I was 15.

Hit more than I can remember. Mostly squirrels and chipmunks. Few dogs and cats. Almost plowed into a huge deer earlier this year.

Dad years back,I run into him in town. He walks over as I am grocery shopping "f***ing turkey flew into the f***ing windshield of ya mom's damn car." Oh shit that sucks. "Yea that mother f***er flew off too". He was more pissed the turkey flew off.

And maybe 6 or 7 years ago he was coming back from the area he deer hunts in. Stil hunts out of tree stands.

Was on a back road and a 6 point buck ran across. Dad hit it and the deer limped off into the woods. He knew it was hurt and didnt want it ot suffer. But was also after dark and near people's homes so instead of grabbing his pistol he got his knife and a shovel.

Chased the deer down thru the woods and put it out of it;s misery When his truck hit it ,the buck's shoulder and back was broken.

All I knew was I got a call go over and helped him unload it out the back of his now damaged truck.

[Hernan]

The main reason I never decided to drive a four-wheel vehicle was because of hitting people and/or animals. No idea why I have always had that fear.

Sorry you had this experience and I am glad the animal is still doing well.

[Hit Girl]

Jun 13, 2024 11:18:46 GMT -5 @Bambi said:

Trotting to my grazing grounds this morning, one of those humans in their metal wheeled beasts wasn't paying attention. I tried to avoid it but too late, right into the side of me. Thankfully just a couple scratches. An altogether new experience in my years of human encroachment into my natural habitat.

[Ultimo Gallos]

That was the deer I mentioned I missed.

Lots of time when late at night and driving I will wedge my tablet up between the dash and windsheild cut on the camera and just brainstorm ideas.

Which is why there is music laid over this video.