My experience with a deer
I think one of the most surprising things about living in Indiana and hitting a deer is the response that people have when you tell them. Here are some typical ones…
"Well your car isn’t as bad as it could have been"
"Oh, yeah, that happens all the time"
"Yeah, we hear people hit deer on that road all the time. In fact, we usually call a friend and he comes and picks them up"
"I’m surprised you could still drive your car"
"I’ve hit at leat 6 deer and written off every car"
"They say not to slow down for deer because it’s more likely to hit your windscreen then."
"There’s nothing you can do about a deer, except hit it"
Across the road from our neighborhood is a small field and there are often about 3-6 deer standing in it eating. You often see people stopping and taking pictures and I used to look and count them and think they were really cute. Today when I drove past them, I swore! lol ok, not quite, but they just don’t seem as cute somehow.
I am waiting on insurance to call us back today to confirm we can take it to the Chrysler dealer and once it gets there we will find out if it is written off, or if they will repair it. I will keep you updated.
I was on the local news once in Indy when a woman I babysat for and I hit a deer.
Fortunately it was in her car. : )
Comment by grete — 26 August 2008 @ 10:27 am
and you weren’t hurt! that’s the most important thing here.
Comment by alley — 26 August 2008 @ 11:57 am
Why did you get on the news for hitting a deer? Did you break a record?
Comment by autumninengland — 26 August 2008 @ 12:53 pm
I don’t really remember. It seems strange, since hitting deer in Indiana seems to be analogous to growing corn. There was a guy at E91 who was on one of the news shows; maybe that was it?
Comment by grete — 28 August 2008 @ 7:17 am