Highway speeds - Keep your distance!
It always amazes me how close people follow going highway speeds. They seem to think it's OK to follow 4 car lengths at 110K / 70MPH... Yesterday afternoon, returning from a day trip to the Banff /...
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Lantley wrote:
While I do get the pint of your post. For the most part our highways are too congested. A deer running out into the road will always pose a problem.
When I was a teenager my driving instucter asked the class if we would ever purposely run over a dog. Of course we all said "Never...no way".
He then pointed out if the dog came out of nowhere right in front of you hitting the dog maybe the safest thing to do.
Likewise, if a deer runs out into the highway ,hitting the deer maybe the safest thing to do, regardless of stopping distances.
My Dad always stressed that we were not to swerve, etc for an animal - it was safer to hit the animal than to try to avoid it.
Fortunately, I've only hit one squirrel and he took off right afterwards unhurt. But I watch carefully for deer, etc, so I've seen them at the roadside and tap my brakes in warning if someone is behind me.
