Topic: Wisconsin Road Hazard

[BomberMann650]

Anyone else notice that a deers eyes glow red if light hits em just right?

Demon Deer

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

I was riding tonight back from Born Free in one of the few spots in Southern California where they do occasionally have deer.  Of course, I started thinking about this thread! 

[RAFster122s]

Elk and Moose kill a lot of people if hit with a car. Most cars will not prevent an animal like that from coming through the windshield. Volvo has actually done designs/testing to ensure their cars will prevent it.   Saw footage years ago where a deer jumped from an overpass onto a passing Dodge and the hooves went through the roof allowing the deer to go through the roof into the vehicle and it caused quite a mess with the vehicle's occupants. I don't remember if anyone was killed or just badly injured.

When I told my dad about that deer he scolded me for not trying to stop.  When the deer is racing you along side my thinking was, you don't want to give them the advantage of being faster or they might want to try and pass in front of you.  There would have been little I could have done to get out of it's way if it had decided to come across before or after I saw it as traffic was dense enough that I couldn't change lanes quickly and safely.  It was around dusk...twilight time for deer.

[70CB750]

I paid for mine with headlight, spark plug, plug boot and the tank on Dorothy has still a dent in it.

But it was more luck and deer's timing for me staying upright.

Few years back, motorcycle cop died after hitting deer on his HD travelling through Manassas Battlefield Park.  Loudon, Fairfax and Prince William counties have such problem with deer population that hunting season goes from September to the end of March- last 3 month does only.