Deer Whistle Systems
Help Reduce Deer Collisions
Deer
Whistle Systems and deer accidents were something that never
crossed my mind until I moved to a small unincorporated area of
Mississippi. It was great to finally get out of the city or so
I thought.
It was cool the
first time I saw a deer standing in a field as I was driving
through the country side during the day time on my way to the
city. My enjoyment of seeing the deer was short lived however
as my drives into the city quickly turned into white knuckle
stress driving especially at night but the day time was just as
bad at times.
I was about to
learn first hand about deer accidents involving
vehicles.
The first deer
encounter was on a peaceful morning around 9:00 AM as I was
driving down a small country road still half asleep and paying
more attention to the radio tuner and the cup of coffee in my
hand.
Out of the corner of my left eye; low hanging
tree branches on the left side of the road savagely thrashing
about on a windless morning caught my
attention.
The movement had
my full attention in about two seconds when a big deer bolted
through the tree branches at a high rate of speed, jumped the
small ditch and headed straight toward my vehicle that was
cruising at 50 miles per hour.
The deer’s
projected path had the still running deer crashing head first
into the driver’s door.
Seeing the deer
was not going to stop, I punched the gas and swerved the car to
the right while trying to keep from spilling the cup of coffee
and stay out of the ditch at the same
time.
I thought I had
made it until I heard BAM! I had my first deer
accident.
The noise from
the impact that came from the area of the left corner panel was
loud and sounded like maximum damage.
I caught the
image of the deer landing on the road through the driver’s door
side mirror. I’m thinking deer accidents actually do happen as
I hit the brakes. My mind was racing as I watched the still
motionless deer from the mirror.
How in the heck
was I going to get that big deer out of the road? Did I need to
call the wildlife cops? How much damage was there to my
car?
Opening the door of my vehicle, I
slowly climbed out of my car while keeping a cautious eye on
the deer.
Holding my
breath, I expected to find major damage to my car but to my
relief I saw the deer had crashed into the wheel. You could see
the imprint of the deer’s head on the rubber
sidewall.
Happy to see my
car escaped damage, I turned my attention back to the deer
laying a few feet behind the car.
I walked back to
the deer and contemplated my next move while looking down at
the dead deer. I almost crapped my pants when the deer all of a
sudden leaped to its feet then shook its head from side to side
while looking at me quickly backing away.
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