Dude, I had almost this exact situation happen to me last year, also in a RAV4- same place of impact with some asshole deer jumping in front of my car from nowhere, going the same speed you were. It would’ve totaled my car if they had realized the extent of the damage when it came into the shop, as it was they started working on it and kept finding stuff that was wrong. Insurance ended up covering 15k in repairs. They’re the best cars and I’m sorry you couldn’t save it. That car sacrificed itself for you.
So, at 75mph, your RAV4 would’ve needed a minimum of 360-ft to come to a complete stop. Based on the number of white lines visible when I could first identify an obstruction in the roadway, you only had about 120-ft. So, even if you slammed the brakes at the exact moment I could see the deer in the video, you still wouldn’t have been able to stop in time.
It sucks :/ but definitely don’t feel bad about it.
Thank you!!. I did a fair amount of beating myself up over my reaction time but I'm so very glad you did the math ! Trust me, when you see the deer is when I saw the deer ! Haha. It's fucking Dark in Arkansas they should call it Darkansas. 🤣
Something I'd absolutely never trade in. Something that would have easily taken me 300,000 miles with only regular upkeep, this car never ever broke down. Never had an engine problem. Never had electrical issues. It was a car I planned to give to my kids. A 'Forever Car'
Oh okay, that makes sense. My family buys a car and then has them until they break down. Whether that be 3 years or 10. We just drive it until they dead. I am sentimental though, I'd give anything to drive my first car again.
Ha I live in Canada. If you get 20 years from a vehicle before it completely rests out from road salt you are lucky. Where i live we just trade our vehicles I every 15 years or so because the maintenance won't be worth it 90% of the time because of the salt damage. 300000 miles means you did no winter driving at all in Canada. Also I would never give a hand me down for my kids that had more than a 100000 km. They often dont know how to take care of them properly and they get trashed most of the time because its just an "old car".
I had a production based landspeed project car that could accelerate hard enough on dry pavement to kick the windscreen wipers on, seeing that happen here really put into perspective how much deceleration/energy was transferred into those deer. Damn.
It really did suck! I still have some soreness from it. But I drive like a genuine grandmother up against my wheel (don't ask my why I don't even know) and like they ain't kidding on those airbag warning stickers on the sun visors !!! Proper posture in a car can prevent a week of hurt I have come to learn. 😁
No one else is saying it? You were going too fucking fast. 70+ mph on a rural highway at night? Use some common sense. Deer ain’t the only ones that are fucking stupid.
You were overdriving your headlights. Turn your high beams on when there’s no oncoming traffic. If you had done that after the last opposing bit of traffic passed you would have had a much better chance of seeing the deer.
Also, a speed LIMIT is a LIMIT not a TARGET. You can go under the limit if conditions dictate.
I drive highway in rural canada more than most outside of truckers
and I have avoided hundreds of deer impacts by recognizing the risks of them being erratic and always assume they are always outside of my vision
im not saying that I wont ever hit a deer or trying to make it about me
but having highbeams on gives you a much larger field of vision, as well as it becomes a thing deers will 99.9% of the time look at from very far distances I will see the reflections in their eyes from my high beams before I could ever see their bodies, allowing me to slow down and move over to a safe distance
Too bad it doesn't do crap for you if fog is present, it simply reflects your own light back at you. Isn't that what they teach on the test? No offense. Fog + High Beams = Blind
Yeah but it doesn't look like there is any fog in this video. If there is a patch of fog you roll through, turn them off in the fog and then back on when you're through it. It's not like it literally blinds you, it just doesn't help you see any better in the fog.
So I did not have HBeams on because there was a patch of fog slowly rolling through, and didn't wanna blind myself with a Great White Wall haha.
I live in Northwest Arkansas and we were going Southbound on I49 and lemme tell ya, if that isn't ONE of the darkest and most isolated stretches of mountains and valleys in the whole Midwest. And forget about feeling comfortable driving if fog begins to roll over the roads.
Just forget it when it rains... Shit actually feels dangerous because the roads turn into black mirrors. Also deer seem to just like .. spawn on drivers sometimes. I was going 75 mph (the speed limit) and that's just much too fast to be able to see those particular asshole deer and also stop in time without detrimentally swerving a box of an SUV and maybe killing us both..
I drive between the Rockies and cascades in northern BC where the limit is 110 KMPH through a mountain pass. I guarantee you my conditions change significantly faster and more aggressive than yours.
the speed LIMIT is there for OPTIMAL ROAD CONDITIONS.
thats like blaming ice for driving too fast and rear ending someone. this behavior is borderline reckless endangerment.
personal accountability needs to be there, you yourself have given proof you were being unsafe by stating the reprocussions of what could happen.
pray to what you believe in that this was not something that could have killed you for hitting it, like a moose or elk that would have decapitated everyone in that car you were driving at that speed when you hit it.
Yeah, I drove between Gatineau and Montreal on Sunday night and it took almost three times as long because of the snowy conditions. 74mph when you're scared of fog and know there's deer around is literally begging to hit a deer.
Stuff like this is why I hope for the day self driving cars take over
It doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs to be better than your average road dummy. Frankly in the US it would be politically unacceptable to bring our testing/training standard to that of Germany. Next best thing is just replacing bad drivers with a computer that has common sense hard coded into it
I'm sorry, I didn't mean for that to come off harshly. You did alright.
I grew up in an area (WV) where there are seemingly endless collisions with deer. It looks like a cold, clear winter night in a similarly rural place in your video, a time of year when I would expect to see deer all over the place (as you noted). Those are the conditions I'm referring to. I would personally be going 10 to 15 mph or so slower, just to potentially give myself a little bit more time to brake if suddenly necessary. I understand the posted speed limit was 75, but it's still too fast at nighttime during deer season, especially when you were already avoiding using your high beams due to concern about fog.
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I fucking hate deer. They try to cross with no urgency, in a single file line. Impossible to avoid them
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Definitely the dumb deer’s fault for hanging out on the road.
Sounds like you’ve never had a run-in with a dumbass deer before. Let me tell you a little secret.
Shit happens. Accidents happen. No reason, just bad things happen.
No matter how much you do to prevent accidents, they can still happen.
Ask me how I know.
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Please turn the flames toward fellow dumb deer enthusiasts down a notch, thanks :)
Yeah what even was that? I know the internet is a cesspool, but I think that comment went a little too far
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What kind of car was ravioli?
If I had to guess it was probably a Toyota Rav4
Ding ding
Dude, I had almost this exact situation happen to me last year, also in a RAV4- same place of impact with some asshole deer jumping in front of my car from nowhere, going the same speed you were. It would’ve totaled my car if they had realized the extent of the damage when it came into the shop, as it was they started working on it and kept finding stuff that was wrong. Insurance ended up covering 15k in repairs. They’re the best cars and I’m sorry you couldn’t save it. That car sacrificed itself for you.
So, at 75mph, your RAV4 would’ve needed a minimum of 360-ft to come to a complete stop. Based on the number of white lines visible when I could first identify an obstruction in the roadway, you only had about 120-ft. So, even if you slammed the brakes at the exact moment I could see the deer in the video, you still wouldn’t have been able to stop in time.
It sucks :/ but definitely don’t feel bad about it.
Thank you!!. I did a fair amount of beating myself up over my reaction time but I'm so very glad you did the math ! Trust me, when you see the deer is when I saw the deer ! Haha. It's fucking Dark in Arkansas they should call it Darkansas. 🤣
No worries! If you live in a rural area, deer are inevitable :P
your reaction isn't the problem, your speed is.
I'm not trying to be a hater but wtf is a "forever car". Isn't that just a car that you own?
Something I'd absolutely never trade in. Something that would have easily taken me 300,000 miles with only regular upkeep, this car never ever broke down. Never had an engine problem. Never had electrical issues. It was a car I planned to give to my kids. A 'Forever Car'
Someone isn't sentimental I see.
Oh okay, that makes sense. My family buys a car and then has them until they break down. Whether that be 3 years or 10. We just drive it until they dead. I am sentimental though, I'd give anything to drive my first car again.
TIL I have tons of "forever" things.
Ha I live in Canada. If you get 20 years from a vehicle before it completely rests out from road salt you are lucky. Where i live we just trade our vehicles I every 15 years or so because the maintenance won't be worth it 90% of the time because of the salt damage. 300000 miles means you did no winter driving at all in Canada. Also I would never give a hand me down for my kids that had more than a 100000 km. They often dont know how to take care of them properly and they get trashed most of the time because its just an "old car".
So I guess going the speed limit makes me dumb.
if you cannot safely stop within your field of view, you are driving too fast.
Banger song in the background tho!
I had a production based landspeed project car that could accelerate hard enough on dry pavement to kick the windscreen wipers on, seeing that happen here really put into perspective how much deceleration/energy was transferred into those deer. Damn.
It really did suck! I still have some soreness from it. But I drive like a genuine grandmother up against my wheel (don't ask my why I don't even know) and like they ain't kidding on those airbag warning stickers on the sun visors !!! Proper posture in a car can prevent a week of hurt I have come to learn. 😁
What the fuck is a “forever car”?
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No one else is saying it? You were going too fucking fast. 70+ mph on a rural highway at night? Use some common sense. Deer ain’t the only ones that are fucking stupid.
I was going 74mph on a 75mph stretch of INTERSTATE. Lookup I49, my friend?
You were overdriving your headlights. Turn your high beams on when there’s no oncoming traffic. If you had done that after the last opposing bit of traffic passed you would have had a much better chance of seeing the deer.
Also, a speed LIMIT is a LIMIT not a TARGET. You can go under the limit if conditions dictate.
Speed limits are for favorable conditions during the day. And they’re the limit, not the minimum lol.
did your car not have high beams?
or was bro just not paying attention?
High beams are not the problem dawg. Deer show up out of nowhere. I had one dart out in front of me in broad daylight and had no time to react.
I drive highway in rural canada more than most outside of truckers
and I have avoided hundreds of deer impacts by recognizing the risks of them being erratic and always assume they are always outside of my vision
im not saying that I wont ever hit a deer or trying to make it about me
but having highbeams on gives you a much larger field of vision, as well as it becomes a thing deers will 99.9% of the time look at from very far distances I will see the reflections in their eyes from my high beams before I could ever see their bodies, allowing me to slow down and move over to a safe distance
Too bad it doesn't do crap for you if fog is present, it simply reflects your own light back at you. Isn't that what they teach on the test? No offense. Fog + High Beams = Blind
so then slow the fuck down to a stopping distance within your line of sight is my point.
if you cannot see where you are going, what are you risking?
what if someone's car flipped and they were dazed and confused on the highway to try and get help?
blaming the deer for being stupid for your husbabes stupidity of driving too fast for current road conditions is just plain ignorant.
sorry, I'm willing to die on this hill
The speed limit was 75, I was going 74!
so you didnt read what I said, cool
I guess you just go and enjoy that hill, dude. Arguing over the innocence of actually dumb deer makes me feel just as dumb as the deer.
Yeah but it doesn't look like there is any fog in this video. If there is a patch of fog you roll through, turn them off in the fog and then back on when you're through it. It's not like it literally blinds you, it just doesn't help you see any better in the fog.
So I did not have HBeams on because there was a patch of fog slowly rolling through, and didn't wanna blind myself with a Great White Wall haha. I live in Northwest Arkansas and we were going Southbound on I49 and lemme tell ya, if that isn't ONE of the darkest and most isolated stretches of mountains and valleys in the whole Midwest. And forget about feeling comfortable driving if fog begins to roll over the roads.
Just forget it when it rains... Shit actually feels dangerous because the roads turn into black mirrors. Also deer seem to just like .. spawn on drivers sometimes. I was going 75 mph (the speed limit) and that's just much too fast to be able to see those particular asshole deer and also stop in time without detrimentally swerving a box of an SUV and maybe killing us both..
so maybe slow down to a safe stoppable speed?
I drive between the Rockies and cascades in northern BC where the limit is 110 KMPH through a mountain pass. I guarantee you my conditions change significantly faster and more aggressive than yours.
the speed LIMIT is there for OPTIMAL ROAD CONDITIONS.
thats like blaming ice for driving too fast and rear ending someone. this behavior is borderline reckless endangerment.
personal accountability needs to be there, you yourself have given proof you were being unsafe by stating the reprocussions of what could happen.
pray to what you believe in that this was not something that could have killed you for hitting it, like a moose or elk that would have decapitated everyone in that car you were driving at that speed when you hit it.
Yeah, I drove between Gatineau and Montreal on Sunday night and it took almost three times as long because of the snowy conditions. 74mph when you're scared of fog and know there's deer around is literally begging to hit a deer.
Stuff like this is why I hope for the day self driving cars take over
It doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs to be better than your average road dummy. Frankly in the US it would be politically unacceptable to bring our testing/training standard to that of Germany. Next best thing is just replacing bad drivers with a computer that has common sense hard coded into it
Hopefully, this was a learning experience, because you were driving too fast for road conditions. Glad no one was killed or injured.
What road conditions? It was dry and no traffic present. The speed sign in the video literally says 75, as I am going 74. What am I doing wrong here ?
I'm sorry, I didn't mean for that to come off harshly. You did alright.
I grew up in an area (WV) where there are seemingly endless collisions with deer. It looks like a cold, clear winter night in a similarly rural place in your video, a time of year when I would expect to see deer all over the place (as you noted). Those are the conditions I'm referring to. I would personally be going 10 to 15 mph or so slower, just to potentially give myself a little bit more time to brake if suddenly necessary. I understand the posted speed limit was 75, but it's still too fast at nighttime during deer season, especially when you were already avoiding using your high beams due to concern about fog.