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I was on my way home last night, and less than 2 miles from my driveway, an adult doe decides it has to sprint across the road right as im passing, giving me about 2 seconds to react. All I really had time to do was slam on the brakes, there was an oncoming car in the other lane, so swerving to my left wasnt an option. Collision was unavoidable, but I hadnt even made it to 40 mph, so I guess it couldve been worse.
The %^#*ing animal only got hit in the hindquarters/abdomen/hip area right at my hood/passenger side headlight, nicked its leg on my windshield while going end over end, and landed on the pavement on the same side of the hip that injured my car. It didnt get up, but suprisingly there wasnt any blood on my car or any leaky wounds on the deer. There damn well better be some broken bones on it, it should of after I went "office space" on it.
So...now my hood is serously FUBAR, my primary latch doesnt respond, the secondary latch works but it has no tension so the hood kind of flaps around without the aid of a bungee cord, my passenger side headlight is sunk inward about 1/4 of an inch, and my windshield has one singular crack spanning a third of the way across the windshield. But I guess it couldve been a lot worse.
The %^#*ing animal only got hit in the hindquarters/abdomen/hip area right at my hood/passenger side headlight, nicked its leg on my windshield while going end over end, and landed on the pavement on the same side of the hip that injured my car. It didnt get up, but suprisingly there wasnt any blood on my car or any leaky wounds on the deer. There damn well better be some broken bones on it, it should of after I went "office space" on it.
So...now my hood is serously FUBAR, my primary latch doesnt respond, the secondary latch works but it has no tension so the hood kind of flaps around without the aid of a bungee cord, my passenger side headlight is sunk inward about 1/4 of an inch, and my windshield has one singular crack spanning a third of the way across the windshield. But I guess it couldve been a lot worse.