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A Close One
Bringing the granddaughter home from dance practice last night. Had just turned onto the 1/4 mile stretch where our driveway is located. At the same time there's a car coming the other way with his high beams still on. I'm probably still doing 90 kph when a doe steps out of the glare of the oncoming lights and stops in my lane.
I do not want this animal bouncing off the hood and coming through the windshield.
You know the advice: look where you want to go? Golden. I have to say the Continentals handled the massive steering inputs. The abs functioned perfectly and the chassis did what I needed it to do. WHAM!
When I got stopped, back in my own lane, I reversed, thinking there would be a damaged animal on the shoulder. Nothing. The other car went by and we proceeded to our driveway. My granddaughter said she could see the deer going back across the road in the light from a streetlight.
I got a good light when we got out and inspected the area of contact. Just one scrape, probably from a hind hoof on the corner of the bumper cover. No broken lights, no dents, just one small scrape and a couple of elevated heart rates.
Close one.
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Les
My train of thought has been replaced by a bumper car.
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