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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / September 2007Low car hitting deer, what happens?
Is it more dangerous for a car that's low to the ground ( e.g. Mazda miata ) to hit a deer? I would think the deer would come right through the windshield into you, no? Any insurance studies on this? > Is it more dangerous for a car that's low to the ground ( e.g. Mazda > miata ) to hit a deer? I would think the deer would come right through > the windshield into you, no? Any insurance studies on this? Saabs are specially designed to survive hitting a moose. More to ensure YOU survive actually. A deer doesn't have quite the same mass though. Graham >Is it more dangerous for a car that's low to the ground ( e.g. Mazda >miata ) to hit a deer? I would think the deer would come right through >the windshield into you, no? Any insurance studies on this? Go get the biggest SUV you can get your finance payments around, and don't worry about those pesky deer.  Signature"Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS" brags of it's homosexuallity: the guys at the bath-house stopped laughing at my 3 inch weenie. : http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.driving/msg/168e8e621dd649fb?hl=en "Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS" brags of it's ability to operate a vehicle: I must be doing something right to go 3 1/2 years without a fatal crash. : http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/msg/a376114ee8a61824?hl=en > Is it more dangerous for a car that's low to the ground ( e.g. Mazda > miata ) to hit a deer? I would think the deer would come right through > the windshield into you, no? Any insurance studies on this? Seems to me it would deliver a more glancing blow the lower you are. The wife of a friend hit a deer near my house in a minivan. Legs came through the side window, deer stuck in the wind shield. Blood and guts anhd fur everywhere, INSIDE the minivan. Her kid luckily wasn't sitting on the side where the deer broke through. Easily could have been killed. They thought she was badly injured at first, but it was all the deer blood that splattered on her. > > Is it more dangerous for a car that's low to the ground ( e.g. Mazda > > miata ) to hit a deer? I would think the deer would come right through [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > have been killed. They thought she was badly injured at first, but it > was all the deer blood that splattered on her. >From myi experience as a dispatcher, it doesn't seem to matter the size of the car or the animal hit. They all seem to rotate up and at least _try_ to come through the windshield. Saw it with a horse/car (equivalent of a small car/deer sizewise) came right into the car. Squad car on code run/bull. Was middle of night and black bull. Hit right fender to a.s. rotated up and took out both passenger side windows, also painted the car and passenger side (inside) brown with excrement. Harry K > Is it more dangerous for a car that's low to the ground ( e.g. Mazda > miata ) to hit a deer? I would think the deer would come right through > the windshield into you, no? Any insurance studies on this? Oddly enough, an ex of mine did hit a deer in a Miata; no damage to her but the car was pretty banged up (although fixable.) I think it threw the deer right over the car. nate > > Is it more dangerous for a car that's low to the ground ( e.g. Mazda > > miata ) to hit a deer? I would think the deer would come right through [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > nate The dad of a guy I knew back east hit a deer in Michigan with a new, "check every block and add some more" '64 Studebaker Cruiser (full size 4- dr top of the line) The deer ended up in the passenger seat, dead. Dad survived OK. Cruiser was great for stripping. |
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