DarkMinun posted... I have a feeling that mosteople killed by "deer" were actually killed by driving drunk, excessive speeding and/or not wearing a seatbelt in an otherwise surviveable wreck.
https://www.vwvortex.com/threads/hunter-s-thompson-on-driving.1945320/
From the May 2005 Playboy
"The only way to drive is at top speed, with a car full of whiskey. It takes commitment, especially with so many deer and elk around. Car lights paralyze deer. You've got to lean on the horn, brace on the wheel and stomp on the accelerator. When you hit the brakes the front of the car dips down-that will put the beast into your windshield. Now, the significant impact will still occur if you step on the gas, but you're not helpless. It's still destroy your grille and lights, but-unless it's a bull elk-it will kick the animal out of the way. Hitting the beast head-on will move it instead of popping it up onto the windshield.
It's the swerving that gets people killed.
An amusing take on the matter that I still remember...