STRANGE OCCURRANCE
A horse stepped in front of my van camper, right in front of me. I began to swerve and brake but hit its head at about 50mph. I felt the impact. However, my next memory was the smell of smoke in the ...
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Bigdog wrote:
We were told in driving class for school bus drivers, NEVER swerve to miss an animal as you can cause more damage than if you hit it. We had a driver that slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting a cat running across the road and she caused a rear end collision.She was empty and she didn't get hit.
I did see one where a guy swerved to miss a deer that jumped out on the road and ran head on into a car coming the other way causing serious injuries to in both vehicles and the deer was still hit and killed.
Yep, I got told exactly that in high school driver's ed, and it has been a lifesaver. Even a deer strike is a lot less damage than a head-on, and I've seen people try to dodge squirrels... only to hit a nearby pole.
