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Originally Posted by Dean
Dead is dead... a deer/cow/moose through the windshield is likely going to get you dead at 60MPh or so.
Tree, and cliffs may be more survivable.
Enough of a lane change to miss half the deer might be enough to save your life as well.
Look behind the deer, not in front of it...
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That's why you get on the brakes and hit the deer at 20 mph.
Ke=.5MVV... reducing the velocity is the most effective way to reduce the energy of the accident. If my choice is a deer head on at 20 and a tree sideways at 60... the answer is obvious. Granted, swerving give you the possibility of hitting nothing, but it's risky.