What type of crash are you most likely to have?

Tommy · #1 (**permalink**) 02-19-2012, 06:13 AM

For me personally, I think the highest probability of a crash is having a deer run into me. There are lots of rural roads where I live and I see dead deer by the roads all the time. The second highest probability for me is getting hit by someone paying more attention to their telephone than the road. ... I would very much like to see mandatory technology that disables telephone devices in the immediate vicinity of the driver's seat while the car is in gear.

JBCOBRA · #2 (**permalink**) 02-19-2012, 07:21 AM

+1 on all that Tommy
The deer in my area are everywhere. Almost like deer farms. I have hit a couple in regular cars. Luckily not in the Cobra.
I will only wear a lap belt around here, so I can Duck. It would really suck to hit a dear in a Cobra and be all strapped in

with no chance of ducking below the dash

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Originally Posted by Tommy

For me personally, I think the highest probability of a crash is having a deer run into me. There are lots of rural roads where I live and I see dead deer by the roads all the time. The second highest probability for me is getting hit by someone paying more attention to their telephone than the road. ... I would very much like to see mandatory technology that disables telephone devices in the immediate vicinity of the driver's seat while the car is in gear.

kevins2 · #3 (**permalink**) 02-19-2012, 07:43 AM

JBCobra,

Deer are my fear as well. I live just a few miles south of you in the West Chester area. My son totaled my daily driver last summer when a large deer bounded in front of him. Fortunately he wasn't injured. Still waiting on my Cobra but was wondering the same thing about being strapped in too tight and not being able to duck. Also wonder if it is possible to find the point where you are loose enough to duck (maybe to the side a bit) but still be strapped tight enough to not hit the wheel/dash in a frontal impact... Guess I'll find out for myself once I get my build underway. I work from a home office and see deer in my yard every day, without fail. Too many of them aound here for sure.

Kevin