It's BAD to swerve even if it looks 'ok' to do. What I do is let off the gas, DON'T slam the brakes!! Just try to reasonably slow down. Hope they move.
One of the worst animal encounters I had driving...it was like 3-4 AM, on a curvy back road. I was going pretty fast, probably 65 or so, faster than you really should be going. Going around a blind curve, there were 3 adult deer standing in a line crossing and covering both lanes. I had to hit them. Well, I had to hit ONE of them. I aimed as best I could to hit the middle one close to his shoulder area, he tore the whole driver's side of my car, my headlight flipped up and landed in the middle of my hood....it stayed there so I just waited til I got to the stop sign to get out and move the headlight. The damage to my car was rally minimal, it was a fiberglass boy car (Pontiac Fiero), the driver's side front quarter panel was just split right in half but still 'there'. There was fur in the crack!! The deer died, I saw it on the side of the road the next day. Other that the torn fiberglass and the headlight, there was NO other damage. I drove the car for a good year or 2 after that. I hit a tree with it, and that's when she died. Well, she didn't really DIE, it just busted up the passenger wheel parts so badly that I didn't care to fix it. The engine is in the rear of those cars.
I don't LIKE to hit animals, but it's just so unsafe to swerve. Even if there's no one else on the road, you still run a high risk of losing control and going into a ditch or whatever, all for a squirrel?? Nah.
When driving, do you swerve to HIT or MISS animals?
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It's BAD to swerve even if it looks 'ok' to do. What I do is let off the gas, DON'T slam the brakes!! Just try to reasonably slow down. Hope they move.
One of the worst animal encounters I had driving...it was like 3-4 AM, on a curvy back road. I was going pretty fast, probably 65 or so, faster than you really should be going. Going around a blind curve, there were 3 adult deer standing in a line crossing and covering both lanes. I had to hit them. Well, I had to hit ONE of them. I aimed as best I could to hit the middle one close to his shoulder area, he tore the whole driver's side of my car, my headlight flipped up and landed in the middle of my hood....it stayed there so I just waited til I got to the stop sign to get out and move the headlight. The damage to my car was rally minimal, it was a fiberglass boy car (Pontiac Fiero), the driver's side front quarter panel was just split right in half but still 'there'. There was fur in the crack!! The deer died, I saw it on the side of the road the next day. Other that the torn fiberglass and the headlight, there was NO other damage. I drove the car for a good year or 2 after that. I hit a tree with it, and that's when she died. Well, she didn't really DIE, it just busted up the passenger wheel parts so badly that I didn't care to fix it. The engine is in the rear of those cars.
I don't LIKE to hit animals, but it's just so unsafe to swerve. Even if there's no one else on the road, you still run a high risk of losing control and going into a ditch or whatever, all for a squirrel?? Nah.