Re: Of deer hits and airbags
 

I came across a fresh accident about the time the ambulance got there.
Girl riding a horse, horse spooked, ran in front of a car doing around
40 mph. Horse COMPLETELY took out the windshield and part of the roof.
Horse was killed, both driver and rider badly injured. UGLY scene, LOTS
of blood.

Old Crow wrote:
> RoyJ wrote:
>
>>It's unlikely a deer would be big enough to deploy the airbags unles the
>>deer was on it's knees and he hit it solid with the sensor. What is
>>scarey is the size of the dent in the hood and the intact windshield. If
>>the deer had been a bit higher, it would have gone through the
>>windshield and done SERIOUS damage to the driver.
>
>
> Absolutly *everybody* that saw the car yesterday said the exact same
> thing.
> He hit one about a year ago at a much slower speed, said it just
> knocked the deers feet from under it and the deer slid on over the top
> of the car...not even a scratch on the car from that one.
> My boy never even looked at the deer the other night, but the cop told
> him it was pretty good sized for around here.
> What scared me was that it happened on the freeway. On the back roads
> you expect it, but you'd think the traffic on the freeway would keep
> them away.
>
>
>
> --
> Old Crow
> '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
> '95 Wrangler YJ
> TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>

Re: Of deer hits and airbags
 

I came across a fresh accident about the time the ambulance got there.
Girl riding a horse, horse spooked, ran in front of a car doing around
40 mph. Horse COMPLETELY took out the windshield and part of the roof.
Horse was killed, both driver and rider badly injured. UGLY scene, LOTS
of blood.

Old Crow wrote:
> RoyJ wrote:
>
>>It's unlikely a deer would be big enough to deploy the airbags unles the
>>deer was on it's knees and he hit it solid with the sensor. What is
>>scarey is the size of the dent in the hood and the intact windshield. If
>>the deer had been a bit higher, it would have gone through the
>>windshield and done SERIOUS damage to the driver.
>
>
> Absolutly *everybody* that saw the car yesterday said the exact same
> thing.
> He hit one about a year ago at a much slower speed, said it just
> knocked the deers feet from under it and the deer slid on over the top
> of the car...not even a scratch on the car from that one.
> My boy never even looked at the deer the other night, but the cop told
> him it was pretty good sized for around here.
> What scared me was that it happened on the freeway. On the back roads
> you expect it, but you'd think the traffic on the freeway would keep
> them away.
>
>
>
> --
> Old Crow
> '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
> '95 Wrangler YJ
> TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>

Re: Of deer hits and airbags
 

I came across a fresh accident about the time the ambulance got there.
Girl riding a horse, horse spooked, ran in front of a car doing around
40 mph. Horse COMPLETELY took out the windshield and part of the roof.
Horse was killed, both driver and rider badly injured. UGLY scene, LOTS
of blood.

Old Crow wrote:
> RoyJ wrote:
>
>>It's unlikely a deer would be big enough to deploy the airbags unles the
>>deer was on it's knees and he hit it solid with the sensor. What is
>>scarey is the size of the dent in the hood and the intact windshield. If
>>the deer had been a bit higher, it would have gone through the
>>windshield and done SERIOUS damage to the driver.
>
>
> Absolutly *everybody* that saw the car yesterday said the exact same
> thing.
> He hit one about a year ago at a much slower speed, said it just
> knocked the deers feet from under it and the deer slid on over the top
> of the car...not even a scratch on the car from that one.
> My boy never even looked at the deer the other night, but the cop told
> him it was pretty good sized for around here.
> What scared me was that it happened on the freeway. On the back roads
> you expect it, but you'd think the traffic on the freeway would keep
> them away.
>
>
>
> --
> Old Crow
> '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
> '95 Wrangler YJ
> TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>

Re: Of deer hits and airbags
 

Old Crow wrote:
> Not a Jeep, but my kid hit a deer last night on the freeway. He was
> traveling about 70-75mph and had absolutly no time to hit the brakes.
> No air bag deployment, though.
>
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...96.jpg&.src=ph
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...00.jpg&.src=ph
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...dd.jpg&.src=ph
>
> The cop asked if he wanted the deer, but he said there wasn't enough
> left undamaged to make a decent BBQ.
>
>
> --
> Old Crow
> '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
> '95 Wrangler YJ
> TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>

I agree with the posts that state that the deer's primary body mass was
probably above the sensors for the airbags. Deer legs aren't very heavy,
but the guts are.

It also looks like your son did exactly what he should have when looking
at a deer coming at your hood. Keep straight and hit the brakes & hope
for the best. More people are killed by deer without hitting the deer
than by nailing them square-on. Sudden turns & diving in the ditch to
spare deer result in hitting more big trees than 120 pound deer and
trees don't go over the top of you very often.

Good luck with the insurance & congradulations to your kid for not
panicing under stress.

Cheers,
- JJ
67 Jeepster Commando
50 Willys Wagon 4x4

Re: Of deer hits and airbags
 

Old Crow wrote:
> Not a Jeep, but my kid hit a deer last night on the freeway. He was
> traveling about 70-75mph and had absolutly no time to hit the brakes.
> No air bag deployment, though.
>
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...96.jpg&.src=ph
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...00.jpg&.src=ph
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...dd.jpg&.src=ph
>
> The cop asked if he wanted the deer, but he said there wasn't enough
> left undamaged to make a decent BBQ.
>
>
> --
> Old Crow
> '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
> '95 Wrangler YJ
> TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>

I agree with the posts that state that the deer's primary body mass was
probably above the sensors for the airbags. Deer legs aren't very heavy,
but the guts are.

It also looks like your son did exactly what he should have when looking
at a deer coming at your hood. Keep straight and hit the brakes & hope
for the best. More people are killed by deer without hitting the deer
than by nailing them square-on. Sudden turns & diving in the ditch to
spare deer result in hitting more big trees than 120 pound deer and
trees don't go over the top of you very often.

Good luck with the insurance & congradulations to your kid for not
panicing under stress.

Cheers,
- JJ
67 Jeepster Commando
50 Willys Wagon 4x4

Re: Of deer hits and airbags
 

Old Crow wrote:
> Not a Jeep, but my kid hit a deer last night on the freeway. He was
> traveling about 70-75mph and had absolutly no time to hit the brakes.
> No air bag deployment, though.
>
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...96.jpg&.src=ph
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...00.jpg&.src=ph
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...dd.jpg&.src=ph
>
> The cop asked if he wanted the deer, but he said there wasn't enough
> left undamaged to make a decent BBQ.
>
>
> --
> Old Crow
> '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
> '95 Wrangler YJ
> TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>

I agree with the posts that state that the deer's primary body mass was
probably above the sensors for the airbags. Deer legs aren't very heavy,
but the guts are.

It also looks like your son did exactly what he should have when looking
at a deer coming at your hood. Keep straight and hit the brakes & hope
for the best. More people are killed by deer without hitting the deer
than by nailing them square-on. Sudden turns & diving in the ditch to
spare deer result in hitting more big trees than 120 pound deer and
trees don't go over the top of you very often.

Good luck with the insurance & congradulations to your kid for not
panicing under stress.

Cheers,
- JJ
67 Jeepster Commando
50 Willys Wagon 4x4

Re: Of deer hits and airbags
 

My sister hit a deer a few years ago in her Ford Mini-van and did $7000
damage. The air-bags did not deploy, I assume, because the mass of the deer
body was above the bumper.

I see them all the time as the village where I live is in the center of a
nature preserve but have never hit one. They walk with impunity around the
village streets snacking on vegetation and the food people leave out.

Perhaps we've altered our driving as we've become habituated to each other
or the low speed limit give both time to avoid collision.


"Keep YerSpam" <keepyerSPAM@yourown.com> wrote in message
news:_O3df.8486$GT3.5464@fe02.lga...
> Old Crow wrote:
>> Not a Jeep, but my kid hit a deer last night on the freeway. He was
>> traveling about 70-75mph and had absolutly no time to hit the brakes.
>> No air bag deployment, though.
>>
>>
>> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...96.jpg&.src=ph
>>
>> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...00.jpg&.src=ph
>>
>> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...dd.jpg&.src=ph
>>
>> The cop asked if he wanted the deer, but he said there wasn't enough
>> left undamaged to make a decent BBQ.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Old Crow
>> '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
>> '95 Wrangler YJ
>> TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>>
>
> I agree with the posts that state that the deer's primary body mass was
> probably above the sensors for the airbags. Deer legs aren't very heavy,
> but the guts are.
>
> It also looks like your son did exactly what he should have when looking
> at a deer coming at your hood. Keep straight and hit the brakes & hope for
> the best. More people are killed by deer without hitting the deer than by
> nailing them square-on. Sudden turns & diving in the ditch to spare deer
> result in hitting more big trees than 120 pound deer and trees don't go
> over the top of you very often.
>
> Good luck with the insurance & congradulations to your kid for not
> panicing under stress.
>
> Cheers,
> - JJ
> 67 Jeepster Commando
> 50 Willys Wagon 4x4

Re: Of deer hits and airbags
 

My sister hit a deer a few years ago in her Ford Mini-van and did $7000
damage. The air-bags did not deploy, I assume, because the mass of the deer
body was above the bumper.

I see them all the time as the village where I live is in the center of a
nature preserve but have never hit one. They walk with impunity around the
village streets snacking on vegetation and the food people leave out.

Perhaps we've altered our driving as we've become habituated to each other
or the low speed limit give both time to avoid collision.


"Keep YerSpam" <keepyerSPAM@yourown.com> wrote in message
news:_O3df.8486$GT3.5464@fe02.lga...
> Old Crow wrote:
>> Not a Jeep, but my kid hit a deer last night on the freeway. He was
>> traveling about 70-75mph and had absolutly no time to hit the brakes.
>> No air bag deployment, though.
>>
>>
>> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...96.jpg&.src=ph
>>
>> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...00.jpg&.src=ph
>>
>> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...dd.jpg&.src=ph
>>
>> The cop asked if he wanted the deer, but he said there wasn't enough
>> left undamaged to make a decent BBQ.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Old Crow
>> '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
>> '95 Wrangler YJ
>> TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>>
>
> I agree with the posts that state that the deer's primary body mass was
> probably above the sensors for the airbags. Deer legs aren't very heavy,
> but the guts are.
>
> It also looks like your son did exactly what he should have when looking
> at a deer coming at your hood. Keep straight and hit the brakes & hope for
> the best. More people are killed by deer without hitting the deer than by
> nailing them square-on. Sudden turns & diving in the ditch to spare deer
> result in hitting more big trees than 120 pound deer and trees don't go
> over the top of you very often.
>
> Good luck with the insurance & congradulations to your kid for not
> panicing under stress.
>
> Cheers,
> - JJ
> 67 Jeepster Commando
> 50 Willys Wagon 4x4

Re: Of deer hits and airbags
 

My sister hit a deer a few years ago in her Ford Mini-van and did $7000
damage. The air-bags did not deploy, I assume, because the mass of the deer
body was above the bumper.

I see them all the time as the village where I live is in the center of a
nature preserve but have never hit one. They walk with impunity around the
village streets snacking on vegetation and the food people leave out.

Perhaps we've altered our driving as we've become habituated to each other
or the low speed limit give both time to avoid collision.


"Keep YerSpam" <keepyerSPAM@yourown.com> wrote in message
news:_O3df.8486$GT3.5464@fe02.lga...
> Old Crow wrote:
>> Not a Jeep, but my kid hit a deer last night on the freeway. He was
>> traveling about 70-75mph and had absolutly no time to hit the brakes.
>> No air bag deployment, though.
>>
>>
>> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...96.jpg&.src=ph
>>
>> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...00.jpg&.src=ph
>>
>> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wallis...dd.jpg&.src=ph
>>
>> The cop asked if he wanted the deer, but he said there wasn't enough
>> left undamaged to make a decent BBQ.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Old Crow
>> '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
>> '95 Wrangler YJ
>> TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>>
>
> I agree with the posts that state that the deer's primary body mass was
> probably above the sensors for the airbags. Deer legs aren't very heavy,
> but the guts are.
>
> It also looks like your son did exactly what he should have when looking
> at a deer coming at your hood. Keep straight and hit the brakes & hope for
> the best. More people are killed by deer without hitting the deer than by
> nailing them square-on. Sudden turns & diving in the ditch to spare deer
> result in hitting more big trees than 120 pound deer and trees don't go
> over the top of you very often.
>
> Good luck with the insurance & congradulations to your kid for not
> panicing under stress.
>
> Cheers,
> - JJ
> 67 Jeepster Commando
> 50 Willys Wagon 4x4

Re: Of deer hits and airbags
 

Keep YerSpam wrote:

> I agree with the posts that state that the deer's primary body mass was
> probably above the sensors for the airbags. Deer legs aren't very heavy,
> but the guts are.
>
> It also looks like your son did exactly what he should have when looking
> at a deer coming at your hood. Keep straight and hit the brakes & hope
> for the best. More people are killed by deer without hitting the deer
> than by nailing them square-on. Sudden turns & diving in the ditch to
> spare deer result in hitting more big trees than 120 pound deer and
> trees don't go over the top of you very often.

Heck, it happened so fast, he didn't have enough time to do anything
but hit the brakes after the deer bounced off the hood. Same with the
one that I hit last year...saw it one jump before he landed in front of
the Jeep...by the time I hit the brakes he was already laid out on top
of th front bumper.


>
> Good luck with the insurance & congradulations to your kid for not
> panicing under stress.

Insurance is no problem, they're used to this sort of stuff around
here, and besides, he called the cops, so there's a report filed. I
don't even think they charge the deductable on deer hits, and it won't
increase my rates.
Our agent says *always* aim to hit the deer, not avoid it If you hit
the deer and total the car, they'll pay, if you miss the deer and total
the car, it's on you.

--
Old Crow
'82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
'95 Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2