The Missouri Department of Public Safety just issued a curfew for all deer. They are not permitted to frolic on public roads between dusk and dawn. This is in response to comprehensive studies that show them to be the proximate cause of deer – automobile collisions.
Well there are a few things that I am not sure I can blame on the deer… I think I would be running scared if it was open season on insurance agents from October to December & I bet a few might even run into traffic trying to escape a hunter with a gun bearing down on em too…
The deer are just trying to find a safer place to spend the next day since they were being shot at the day before & know that if they move in the daylight they are more likely to be seen & shot at again.
OK – so that’s only part of this post…
HELLO???
What does wearing your seatbelt have to do with helping to avoid a deer-vehicle collision??? I wonder who they paid to do this study? Did they put someone in a car on their roads & say OK wear a seatbelt & then don’t wear it so they could see if this is really a good way to help avoid the crash??? How many people stop on the shoulder with their hazard lights on & wait for the deer to figure out where it wants to go??? Or maybe you hit the deer & it’s blocking the lane & you just leave it there & call the local law enforcement agency & tell them??? I don’t know about their response time, but here in Houston Texas it can be anywhere from 4 to 48 hours before anyone shows (that might be a slight exaggeration), so now all the people traveling on that road that don’t know about it may hit it & since it’s dead eyes are no longer illuminating to let you know its there how would you know until you get close enough to see it blocking your lane… Is it ok to swerve around it then???
Oh well, just an observation of the information as compiled through IJ’s source, Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration.
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The Missouri Department of Public Safety just issued a curfew for all deer. They are not permitted to frolic on public roads between dusk and dawn. This is in response to comprehensive studies that show them to be the proximate cause of deer – automobile collisions.
I still think they should ship the deer to Hawaii where the deer-auto collisions are a lot less. Would be better for the deer.
The state of Mo. is just trying to save a few “Bucks”, or a little “doe”.
Well there are a few things that I am not sure I can blame on the deer… I think I would be running scared if it was open season on insurance agents from October to December & I bet a few might even run into traffic trying to escape a hunter with a gun bearing down on em too…
The deer are just trying to find a safer place to spend the next day since they were being shot at the day before & know that if they move in the daylight they are more likely to be seen & shot at again.
OK – so that’s only part of this post…
HELLO???
What does wearing your seatbelt have to do with helping to avoid a deer-vehicle collision??? I wonder who they paid to do this study? Did they put someone in a car on their roads & say OK wear a seatbelt & then don’t wear it so they could see if this is really a good way to help avoid the crash??? How many people stop on the shoulder with their hazard lights on & wait for the deer to figure out where it wants to go??? Or maybe you hit the deer & it’s blocking the lane & you just leave it there & call the local law enforcement agency & tell them??? I don’t know about their response time, but here in Houston Texas it can be anywhere from 4 to 48 hours before anyone shows (that might be a slight exaggeration), so now all the people traveling on that road that don’t know about it may hit it & since it’s dead eyes are no longer illuminating to let you know its there how would you know until you get close enough to see it blocking your lane… Is it ok to swerve around it then???
Oh well, just an observation of the information as compiled through IJ’s source, Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration.