Illegal deer hunting on a decently large scale in West Virginia

[Unsettomati]

Originally Posted by ChessieMom

Slow down? Seriously?? You are clearly clueless about deer collisions.

Hopefully you don't live in W.Va, where 1 in 41 drivers can expect to collide with a deer over the next year.

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Yes.

Anyone who claims that fast driving is the primary cause of deer-vehicle collisions is an idiot.

The cause is the combination of environments (deep ditches, woods and other cover, darkness) that allow the deep to approach a road or highway unseen, and the inclination of deer to bolt suddenly out from that cover. I'm in Minnesota and I've known multiple people who have been hit by deer (ie, the deer ran into them - one guy on a motorcycle, two people in cars). I'd like the genius who thinks that 'slowing down' is the solution to deer-vehicle collisions to explain how that's going to solve getting broadsided by a deer.

Where the aforementioned cover exists, you'd have to go no more than 10 mph to be reasonably assured of never hitting a deer.

[Driller1]

Originally Posted by Unsettomati

Yes.

Anyone who claims that fast driving is the primary cause of deer-vehicle collisions is an idiot.

The cause is the combination of environments (deep ditches, woods and other cover, darkness) that allow the deep to approach a road or highway unseen, and the inclination of deer to bolt suddenly out from that cover. I'm in Minnesota and I've known multiple people who have been hit by deer (ie, the deer ran into them - one guy on a motorcycle, two people in cars). I'd like the genius who thinks that 'slowing down' is the solution to deer-vehicle collisions to explain how that's going to solve getting broadsided by a deer.

Where the aforementioned cover exists, you'd have to go no more than 10 mph to be reasonably assured of never hitting a deer.

A few years back a friend of our was parked on the side of the road.......a deer ran into the side of his truck.