Ever hit a deer or other animal while driving down the road? I have. And I'm sure many of you all have also. Well, guess what!!!!!! Now we can sue somebody for it!!!! Yehhhhhh!!!!

That's right.....a man just sued the state of Arizona for an accident that occured back in 1998. He hit an elk while traveling on the I-40 in northern az, and was severely injured. Well, apparently he, the lawyers, and the judges of az thought the state should be doing more to protect motorists from nature while traveling down the interstates at 75 miles per hour(legal speed limit in az).

I suppose some more fences and maybe some underpasses could be built around the interstates for these roaming menaces(the elk). gimme a break.....

i'd like to thank this gentleman (for caring so much about the rest of the motorists and elk on the highway that he wanted to make a difference), his lawyers for helping him make that difference, the JUDGES for recognizing this extremely unsafe situation, the negligance of the state of az, and allowing this lawsuit to enter the courtroom.

keep 'em coming america.....i can't wait to see what's next.

 

Yes and no. My wife was doing some extremely fine driving - braking, swerving, gunning, etc. and managed to miss all of 5 to 7 deer that picked a bad time to cross. One of them, however, managed to hit us, running into our rear quarter panel. We searched for about half an hour, but never found the guilty party.

But, oh! The mental anguish is unbearable, even after all these years. Since the deer belong to all the citizens of the state, and since it is the Conservation Department's responsibility to manage the herd, I think maybe I should sue the state and the Cons. Dept. for as sum tidy enough to relieve my anguish. Of course, I'll have to factor in a lawyer's fee, because I'm sure he'll be pretty broken up about it too.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

There are two kinds of drivers out there, those that have hit deer, and those that will hit deer.

I'm still waiting, but I have to slow down for dinner nearly every morning.

 

Yup, everything is someone elses fault in this country.

I've never hit a deer, but I've had a lot of close calls.

 

Some people have all the luck. A waitress at a place I was staying in KY a few years back had managed to hit 4 deer so far (probably a much higher total by now), and she was only about 19. I think she was some kind of deer magnet.

It makes me remember a friend of mine from way back ('71-'72) who lived down the road from me, way out in the sticks. He hit 4 cows! Each one was an Angus that had escaped and was running away from home in the middle of the night. Black cow, black road, black night, totaled car.

 

allow open hunting for deer that would knock down the population and make deer hunters happy as for sueing someone for the act of a deer i would draw the line there.No one can or should be held liable unless they are tamed deer and are not fenced in.

 

My Wife hit a deer with her old 88 mustang and I had a dog run in to the side of my old Monte Carlo. That deer did some pretty good damage.

 

That lawsuit crap sure is getting ridiculous. Doesn't look like it's getting better any time soon with some of the 'sentences' I see judges handing down these days. Here in Alberta, between Calgary and Banff on the Transcanada Highway, they've at least fenced miles of highway and installed landscaped overpasses for the wandering wildlife. Unfortunately, I wasn't in that area when, at four in the morning just east of Canmore, a deer crossing the road ahead of me decided to switch directions and run right back into my path. Good thing I had my foot on the brake pedal 'just in case' or she would have joined me in the front seat of my 85 Lebaron ragtop. As it turned out, the car wasn't written off but unfortunately she was.
I do believe those supersonic deer whistles you can stick on your car/truck help as I've never had any close calls with those on my vehicle.

mike

 

We hit a fresh kill deer at Christmas with our Ply mouth van. It was 6 in the morning coming into a curve--dit not see it until almost on top of it. It hit under the van and the transmission hasn't been the same since even though the dealer can't find anything wrong. Hmm, maybe I should sue MNDOT for not keeping the road clear.

 

Not many deer where I live, but the moosies are a constant threat. A bull moose will totally destroy a vehicle and the occupants if it is hit at even a moderate speed. We even post signs on the highway telling how many moose have been hit each winter.

 

Well,I struck a deer this fall,and a moose struck me last fall.lol.The deer I struck came out of the bushes just about a 1/4 of a mile from my home,on a sort of blind corner,where i have never seen a deer before in the 40 years I remember living here.As for Bullwinkle,I was on the way to work when a young bull crossed the road ahead of me in front of a truck coming the other way.I saw it in plenty of time to slow down.He crossed the road,and as I approached him,he charged my headlights.I saw him turn and head right at me,but I couldn't swerve away because of the truck coming at me also.I was going about 25mph or so,but he was going 20mph or so right at me.lol.I still remember his face,about a foot from my winsheild.I stopped on top of him.$60 to get towed off him,I drove away with a smashed grill and hood.It was a small moose,about 600-700 lbs.I'm one of the luckier ones.I hit mine head on,so he didn't come through the windsheild.Both were good eating.

 

Yeah, I hit a deer awhile back. Instead of being a moron trying to get rich and sue (actually it never crossed my mind) and make a jacka** out of myself I simply fixed the damage and moved on with life. It was just bad luck, no need to explain the details and all the nonsense; such is life sometimes. I don't need to blame someone else for a simple accident; these things just happen sometimes no matter how careful one tries to be.

 

If you think people who sue the DOT because they've hit a deer are idiots, try this one:

A man hauled the DOT into court.

HIS CLAIM:
Remove a DEER CROSSING sign on the interstate near his home.

HIS ARGUMENT:
The highway was a stupid place to put it, and it should be put elsewhere. The DOT should have the deer cross the highway someplace safer.

Have I ever hit a deer...sure
One day day I'll tell you the whole story of a brave young female SP officer fighting to keep her lunch down while I pulled deer parts, and innards out from under my big rig. The poor girl lost the battle when I stuck a hind leg in her face and said "venison?"

 

I never even thought of sueing anyone.The animals and I were in the wrong place at the right time.Lawsuits are for the golddiggers.I bought a parts truck to repair the damage,and I got a whole lot of real lean meat for $100.

 

1 deer (8 point), 2 dogs, couple squirrels, few turtles, and a bug.