I hit a Deer! I hate Bambi
11-01-07, 12:03 PM
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On the topic of hitting deer, my dad was driving down the turnpike in Kansas (lots of deer). He saw one on the other side of the road and it started across. He was in the left lane with a semi on his right and another car behind him so he couldnt brake hard or try and dodge it. But right as the deer was about to jump the median into his car its hind legs got snagged by a semi. Talk about bloody.
11-20-07, 08:54 AM
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Interesting you should mention the airbags did NOT deploy ! Going 70 ! How come ? Are they defective ? It's not like you went through marshmellow ! With that kind of damage you obviously hit pretty hard. What did it feel like sitting behind the wheel during impact ? Any injuries (seatbelt-burn ... etc) ? Would you have preferred to have the airbags deploy ? Do you think they should have deployed ?
11-20-07, 09:01 AM
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sucks dude...hope you get it fixed
i once hit a deer in my old rsx...it barely did any damage because i was going so slow. but my now ex gf hit one a week or two before i did and it totaled her car. just got to be careful.
i once hit a deer in my old rsx...it barely did any damage because i was going so slow. but my now ex gf hit one a week or two before i did and it totaled her car. just got to be careful.
11-20-07, 11:31 PM
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If the driver would have hit something harder, say a pole or another car, the shape of the impact would be MUCH different. The impact on a pole is more of a "wrap around" rather than an "absorption." The difference between the two is that a pole will leave the shape of a pole in the front end of the vehicle (unless you are moving rather slow) because of the rigidity of the object. A "softer" target, such as a deer or a human, leaves more of an impact implying that the target that was struck gave little bit before it bounced off the hood of the car. That's why when you look at the under the hood pics, you see a lot of smooth bends rather than sharp and angular bends (like you would get in an impact with a car or a pole).
As for the air bags... chances are the air bags wouldnt go off. A deer that would create that sort of damage doesn't weigh a great deal. Maybe 100-150 lbs. Anything more than that and you are making a bigger impact and and more force would come into play. The brain for the air bags on the GS (as are for most cars) is in the center console under the arm rest. While the collision would have had an impact speed of 140 mph, the target was forgiving and did not have much mass to it resulting in a non airbag deployment. If you have the same impact with another car at about 35-40 mph (collision speed of about 70-80 mph), you'll more than likely see a deployment mainly because of the mass of the object he's hitting.
Man... i guess all these engineering classes are paying off!
Sorry to see your GS like that... I know what it's like to have a deer dart out on you. Luckily for me it was in my neighborhood and at slow speeds. I can't even imagine it at 70-80 mph. Yikes. It's over before you even knew what happened.
BTW... after that impact, Bambi is worm food.
11-30-07, 06:43 PM
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If I had hit a light poll the bumper would be crushed as light polls do not hover 2 feet off the ground. Second when I hit the deer it shot straight up into the air off to the side. When you hit an animal standing still at 70mph with something as heavy as a car it doesn't come towards you. I takes flying lessons. If were going around 45 or so I suspect that it would've landed on my windshield or through the sunroof. That would've been a great picture.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q26wXGN_0Zg
12-01-07, 11:12 AM
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Well I finally get my car back this next week. Ended up having to have an engine replacement. The car overheated and lost a rod or something like that. Oh well atleast the new engine has about 10,000 miles less than my old one. Final bill with everything included, from towing to rental coverage body work and engine replacement, 12K. Geez
12-01-07, 06:00 PM
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The brain for the air bags on the GS (as are for most cars) is in the center console under the arm rest. While the collision would have had an impact speed of 140 mph, the target was forgiving and did not have much mass to it resulting in a non airbag deployment. If you have the same impact with another car at about 35-40 mph (collision speed of about 70-80 mph), you'll more than likely see a deployment mainly because of the mass of the object he's hitting.
Man... i guess all these engineering classes are paying off!
Man... i guess all these engineering classes are paying off!
As for the airbags, the sensors are actually right behind the headlight. Looks like the deer caved the car right in the middle so the sensors didn't get crushed. Those sensors will also trigger airbag deployment if it senses an excess amount of deceleration G forces. I would say a 3800lb car hitting a 150-200lb deer would slow you down no more than 5mph. While that is quite a bit of energy absorbed, it is not enough to trigger the airbags. And luckily for him that the airbags didn't deploy. It would NOT be a good thing for those bags to pop out at that speed. You would probably lose control and go off the road or crash into some trees due to the sudden shock/scare from the bags.