Animals hurling themselves in front of my car

[Jason@JacFab]

Must be something in the air, I've had a lot of animals (and other drivers) hurling themselves in front of my car lately. Several drivers pulling out in front of my when there clearly isn't time. A few dogs jumping out in the road.

Yesterday on the way to go have dinner with my Dad and Grandma, I came over a hill to see a deer walking out into the road. Got on the brakes hard, ABS kicked in, came to a stop about 5ft before the deer standing in my lane making no effort to move... Got underway again, only to hit a medium sized bird that flew out in front of me at 60mph a few miles down from the deer...

No damage that I could find as of yet, sucks either way, but better the bird than the deer.

Anyone else having these random animal in the road problems?

[BiG_TiMe]

nothing besides rabbits on my street...aw no don't tell me u hit a dog :(

[Ivas]

For me the animals that have been misfortunate enough to happen into my path as I hurtle down the highways have all been insects. A good spraying with soapy water washes away all memory of the little blighters.

[Jason@JacFab]

Probably about 6-8 occurances when I had to really get on the brakes in the last week, the only casualty has been the bird.

[cjon9657]

i almost hit a racoon july 3rd with my car. driving normal speed limit 65 and out of no where it came out of the weeds and before i could react i lost it in my front bumper and was bracing for a impact but it stopped in time and i saw it in the rear view mirror. i did not feel like cleaning off blood and guts thank gosh.

[Scalded Dog]

I am a professional at this. If I could make money as the grim reaper for animals, I'd have it made.

Ove the course of a few years, I've hit, entirely accidentally (I'm not a sadist, I swear):

-Three deer (including one incident that jacked up a rental car pretty badly... had the extra coverage, just walked away from it, no deductable, no worries)
-A few skunks (I do not regret taking them out)
-A porcupine (didn't seem problematic at first, but within three days, had two flat tires.... quills worked their way through over a few days' driving)
-A couple of cats
-A few dogs (including a Rottweiler that dented the bumper of my Mitsubishi, but walked away...)
-A wild boar (I was in reverse, doing close to 40MPH... the boar flew through the air, rolled a few times, stood up, shook it off, and demonstrated aggession towards my vehicle before running off...)
-A bat
-A raccoon
-Countless birds (Including seven in one week... I have a theory that certain weather/ meteorological conditions cause birds to tend to fly lower to the ground under certain conditions... often, if I hit one bird, I'm very likely to hit more within a day or two...)
-A number of fireflies (notable because the goo continues to glow as it run across the windshield)

[RubyCamaro]

Last year I had to take a detour due to a wreck. It went through a rural residential area. There was an ATV coming down the road in the opposite direction from me. I saw a dog looking at the ATV moving toward it to chase it but it was going to cross my path first. I came to a stop & the dog, never seeing me, ran into me denting my bumper. Grrrrrrrrr! Stupid dog walked away looking baffled. I still have the crease in my bumper. I'm waiting until I can aford to get all the chips & that fixed, stripes painted & the whole car clear coated.

[CamaroSkooter]

Originally Posted by Scalded Dog

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-A wild boar (I was in reverse, doing close to 40MPH... the boar flew through the air, rolled a few times, stood up, shook it off, and demonstrated aggession towards my vehicle before running off...)
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[Steve Dallas]

This happened to me, recently...

Ignore my lame attempt at a really bad Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith pun.