DEER HIT-a preventable accident??

Nothing in regards to law.

What you are dealing with is company policy.

 

At my carrier its considered non-preventable. At orientation, they put a prospective driver in a simulator, get him going down the road, and put "bambi" out there in front of you in a situation where you can't avoid the hit. If "bambi" isn't dead, you don't get the job. But that's my outfit... the next trucking company down the road might decide to crucify your DAC report in that situation.

 

My company they are ruled as preventable and the driver pays for the damage unless the deer runs into the side of the trailer.

 

There seems like there are too many double standards, whereas Company A may list a preventable incident while Company B lists it as an unpreventable. I don't make the rules, but there should be uniformity when it comes to examples such as the deer thing.

 

We haul products that cannot have a scratch on them. If you have a blow out, you most likely return the unit.

 

would it also depend on the insurance ?---we had 0 deductable wildlife ins---and yes they wanted you to run over the deer rather than risk something worse--that is a benifit of a classic--sometimes you can bounce a bambi with no damage

 

Acording too the National Safety Council a deer hit is a non-preventable. If you crash trying to miss a deer it is preventable.

 

You totally lost me, lol! What did that have to do with setting uniform standards that everyone should follow?