Brush with a deer

[Argess]

Hitting any animal while driving at night has become a phobia to me no matter what vehicle I am driving. The good news is, that if you do hit a deer, chances are very high it will actually be a case where the deer hits you. They do tend to run into the side of a vehicle vs wind up in front.

I hit a bear once....very scary....saw a set of 3 inch long claws fly up in the air. Knocked bear out. Grill, bumper, headlights, etc, all damaged. I can just imagine how worse it would be if I had been driving the Cobra. Oh...Bear finally woke up, checked itself out, and ran off like a scalded cat.

I also had a moose come out and race me as I drove my old Toyota truck along route 9 to Bangor, Maine. Now that would be definately be bad to hit in a Cobra...forget the damage to the car.....driver and passenger probably wouldn't make it....some of them are upwards of 1200 lbs vs a deer at typically less than 200 lbs.

Glad you made it out OK. Makes me think of brake upgrades I have been putting off.