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Originally Posted by dknv
We made the trip to Washington this past weekend, up 395/36/44/89 to I-5, twilight both up and back, and saw alot of deer on both sides of these roads, as well as the stains from kills on the road that were not fully cleaned up. I got really tense driving that stretch. Mark and I talked about what I would do if a deer jumped out in front of me. My thought, going back to the lane toss exercises, was to try to drive around it, although that scenario really depends on what you might be having to drive towards. In our case, the sides of the road fall off in many places, in which case maybe it's better to get hard on the brakes and get yourself slowed down as much as possible before impact, vs. going off an edge and rolling. Hard to know what would be the lesser of 2 evils.
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I've always been in the "just slow down as much as possible and hit it head on" camp. I'd rather have a clear-cut case of hitting a deer and getting everything repaired by my comprehensive insurance, than swerving, losing control, and crashing the car and having it count as an at-fault accident.
Plus, if you swerve and wreck anyway, it's more than likely going to be a bigger, more dangerous wreck, than just plowing over a deer, assuming the deer doesn't come through the windshield.
It's of course a lose-lose situation, but unless I'm sure I can drive around the deer, I'm just going to ride the ABS as hard as I can and attempt to steer clear rather than attempt a risky lane toss manuver.