There are killers on the Road be careful
On 081913 while driving down a county two lane road the killer attacked me, It was a female also the odd thing she did not ask for money or anything after doing seriously bodily harm to me. Seriously...
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Good recovery to you. Your stream-of-consciousness description left me hanging up there. You just never know when the fickle finger of fate will frown upon you.
I have read of some horrific auto/deer encounters, and this one is right up there.
This time of year they are the heaviest.
A deer is one thing.
An adult Elk is yet another ratchet up in the pain threshold. I hit an elk on Hwy. 50 going through Nevada about 9 PM on the two lane road. It was grazing on the grass at the road's edge so I put the brakes on about half-panic and moved into the oncoming lane (no one oncoming) when the large animal bolted across the highway to the side I was on and we collided going about 15mph and 35 mph. Even with a 10,000 pound TC it was quite a jolt. The bovine bounced off my Warn Winch carrier and glanced against the fender changing the course of the truck slightly and the look of the fender and direction of the headlight. Following that encounter more thick wall 4340 steel tubing was added to the front bumper.
Jeanie's winter Jeep XJ has a front bumper guard as she is a deer magnet when going to town. Her new Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited needs to have a similar bumper installed.
Tis the season. Right now.
regards, as always, jefe
I have read of some horrific auto/deer encounters, and this one is right up there.
This time of year they are the heaviest.
A deer is one thing.
An adult Elk is yet another ratchet up in the pain threshold. I hit an elk on Hwy. 50 going through Nevada about 9 PM on the two lane road. It was grazing on the grass at the road's edge so I put the brakes on about half-panic and moved into the oncoming lane (no one oncoming) when the large animal bolted across the highway to the side I was on and we collided going about 15mph and 35 mph. Even with a 10,000 pound TC it was quite a jolt. The bovine bounced off my Warn Winch carrier and glanced against the fender changing the course of the truck slightly and the look of the fender and direction of the headlight. Following that encounter more thick wall 4340 steel tubing was added to the front bumper.
Jeanie's winter Jeep XJ has a front bumper guard as she is a deer magnet when going to town. Her new Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited needs to have a similar bumper installed.
Tis the season. Right now.
regards, as always, jefe
