Comments on: Head on with a Deer

By: Zane

Zane — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:28:21 +0000

I hit one last week in Tennessee. Rather it hit me, it jumped off of a embankment right on or in front of me. I have no memory of the incident and I woke up in intensive care. luckily nothing too major wrong with me, bad knees and cuts, killed the deer and it rotted where it lay.

It either killed or seriously injured a Ducati 750 Sport so I feel nothing for the damn stupid animal.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:24:23 +0000

Ruby — it’s quite possible that he walked away from the accident. I was doing close to 50 mph when I hit that deer on the road, and I got up and walked away.

I read about another Austin motorcycle rider who hit a deer on Loop 360 last week, and walked away with nothing more than some bruised ribs.

By: Ruby Dear

Ruby Dear — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:15:31 +0000

My booyfriend rides a ten speed to work. He is always having a accident of some kind; I tell him find another way to travel to work.

This last time he got hurt realy bad. He says he collided with a deer, going down hill 40 mil an hour. I have had it, I think he knows it …do you think its possible that he could walk away from such an accidnt?

Need to know for the sake of the relationship

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:00:12 +0000

milne

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:09:31 +0000

I just seen a dead cougar in the middle of the road,
I cried alot.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:49:55 +0000

Glad you are okay. I had an old friend die recently (motorcycle vs. deer) and it got me wondering how often does this happen? I have a bike and I’ve always been aware of the dangers of getting into an auto accident, but it hasn’t really ever entered my mind that I might hit a deer. I was wondering about how many times this has happened, and found your story while “researching.”

Have fun on your bike, and be safe.

By: UrbanGrounds » Blog Archive » Worst 10 States for Auto-Deer Collisions

UrbanGrounds » Blog Archive » Worst 10 States for Auto-Deer Collisions — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 05:10:07 +0000

[...] Wow. When I read that stat (84.9% fatality rate for motorcycle vs. deer crashes), I’m even more grateful to walk away from that crash with nothing more than a fractured wrist and some road rash on my wrist and palm. I’m also grateful that we probably don’t have quite as big of deer here in Austin as they do in Wisconsin. Also, as much of Wisconsin is rural, there is a chance that many of those fatal collisions occured at speeds greater than the 50 mph I was doing when I hit my deer. [...]

By: Travis Milne

Travis Milne — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:03:17 +0000

i know exactly what you mean about everythign goin in slow motion.
i live in calgary alberta (close to the mountains) and i was ridin on the highway back in march on my new bike and i came around a corner and a deer jumped out from the bush adn right in front of me. i split the deer right in half and the bike kept goin, i brok both arms and both legs but im fully recovered now 7 months later lucky to be alive and i read you r article and it is so true about how it goes in sloe motion i remember making eye contack with the deer right before i hit it but it felt like i was starin at the deer for a minute. I was goin about 140 km/hour when i hit it.
take it easy and keep the rubber down.
Travis Milne