Re: DEER!

["Matt Howe" <ismhowe@state.me.us>]

It doesn't matter what the road hazard consists of; deer, children, cats,
rocks, buildings, etc.  You are 100% responsible for where your car goes,
and what it hits or doesn't hit, always and everywhere.  It's foolish to
make the assumption that you have more "right" to be on the road or live on
the earth than another animal, whether you live in the ghetto, or the
Siberian tundra.  Being smarter doesn't make your life more important, it
just makes it easier to stay alive.  Why should some "tree hugger" have to
pay for your lack of awareness and/or driving ability.  Before you allow
your blood pressure to reach dangerous levels because of an offense to your
self-righteousness, please try to consider more than your insignifigant
personal existance when making decisions.  If you were a pedestrian who had
gotten crippled by a speeding motorist who wasn't paying attention you might
have a more enlightened point of view on driving.  I'm not trying to start
some kind of silly flame-war here, I'm simply making an attempt to educate
you.  If you believe my philosophy to be wrong, I would love to hear
suggestions, I won't profess to know everything.

-Matt

Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 08:06:31 -0500
From: Todd Young <tyoung@wamnet.com>
Subject: DEER!!!
Damn deer, these are the suburbs, there aren't supposed
to be animal road hazards.  Granted the Twin Cities
probably has a bit more foliage than your average big
metro area (or HAD more foliage, before all these
wind/rain storms we've had).
Driving in to work this morning, cruising @ 60mph
(in a 45 zone) when I see this big brown beast come
prancing out into the road from the left. BRAKES!
(Thank Audi Gods for 4 wheel disc brakes) Lucky
for me, a sport-ute coming from the other direction
clipped the critter and sent him/her spinning. I had
already slowed to a crawl and it got up and ran back
off the left side of the street. I never even got close
to hitting it, but it sure surprised me.
Next time some tree hugger starts complaining
when a city wants to eliminate the deer population
in an area, tell them they can pay for the body
work on all the vehicles that hit the damn things,
otherwise shut-the-hell-up.
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