Oh my gosh! My first night driving home from work in my wonderful new Impala and I came so close to hitting not just one, but TWO deer that I’m still feeling shaky over 3 hours later. I saw the deer (two young fawns, old enough to not have their spots anymore, but too young and inexperienced to know the dangers of traffic) running across the highway in front of me. I slammed the brakes on hard enough so the groceries I had on my back seat fell onto the floor. I missed the deer by maybe a couple feet. Luckily, the person driving behind me also stopped without running into me. Well, of course, I came to a complete stop. The young deer didn’t know what to do. They stood there a while, then ran back and forth in front of me, then off onto the side of the road, then in front of me again. When they started trotting alongside the road, I followed behind, doing about 5 mph in case they took a notion to run in front of me again. When they finally ran off and out of sight, I finally was able to go faster again. But I just can’t get over the panic I felt at almost hitting those two. I wonder where their mother was? Gosh, I hope they were not running around in confusion because their mother had been hit by a car and was lying dead by the side of the road! I didn’t see anything like that, but it was dark and my eyes were focused on the fawns. After they ran off, I did watch for any other deer before I started moving again, but I was looking for live deer, not dead ones. I’m still feeling shaky, but I’m so relieved I didn’t hit them. The deer are fine and the car is fine and I’m not hurt. Fine will take some time for me to achieve.
In the morning, I’m going to take a closer look at my car to see if there is a place to stick deer whistles on the bumper (there wasn’t on my Malibu). I have some and if I can find them, and if I have a bumper to put them on, I will. I don’t know if they really work, but they can’t hurt. If I can’t find the ones that I know I have, I’ll buy more.
Oh my gosh! My first night driving home from work in my wonderful new Impala and I came so close to hitting not just one, but TWO deer that I’m still feeling shaky over 3 hours later. I saw the deer (two young fawns, old enough to not have their spots anymore, but too young and inexperienced to know the dangers of traffic) running across the highway in front of me. I slammed the brakes on hard enough so the groceries I had on my back seat fell onto the floor. I missed the deer by maybe a couple feet. Luckily, the person driving behind me also stopped without running into me. Well, of course, I came to a complete stop. The young deer didn’t know what to do. They stood there a while, then ran back and forth in front of me, then off onto the side of the road, then in front of me again. When they started trotting alongside the road, I followed behind, doing about 5 mph in case they took a notion to run in front of me again. When they finally ran off and out of sight, I finally was able to go faster again. But I just can’t get over the panic I felt at almost hitting those two. I wonder where their mother was? Gosh, I hope they were not running around in confusion because their mother had been hit by a car and was lying dead by the side of the road! I didn’t see anything like that, but it was dark and my eyes were focused on the fawns. After they ran off, I did watch for any other deer before I started moving again, but I was looking for live deer, not dead ones. I’m still feeling shaky, but I’m so relieved I didn’t hit them. The deer are fine and the car is fine and I’m not hurt. Fine will take some time for me to achieve.
In the morning, I’m going to take a closer look at my car to see if there is a place to stick deer whistles on the bumper (there wasn’t on my Malibu). I have some and if I can find them, and if I have a bumper to put them on, I will. I don’t know if they really work, but they can’t hurt. If I can’t find the ones that I know I have, I’ll buy more.