Semi jackknifes off I-15 attempting to avoid deer

Lets see hood, radiator and maybe even some additional engine repair or a total write off, or make the news by killing a person ... yup I agree tough choice

 

I once saw a duck explode right under a truck tire. It was running across 3 lanes of freeway for some reason. I wonder what the driver thought when he did the inspection, and if there was any sign of it. I'll never forget that sight as I was down low in a 4 wheeler. Quack quack quack BLOOSH! (This may be off topic.)

 

Makes me think back to last week, running on a 2 lane road in the Texas Panhandle in the middle of the day, when a roadrunner suddenly darted out across the road. No WAY he made it through. I was checking the mirrors and never saw him emerge on either side, nor any feathers and chunks behind me.

Then I laughed. It occurred to me that Roadrunner just got run over by an ACME truck.

I pulled into the next truck stop and never found any evidence, so maybe Wiley Coyote needs to wait another week or so.

 

we had a guy come back to the yard once claim he hit a deer
boss asked him if the deer was painted yellow like the paint on his bumper

 

Experienced drivers know, if you see one deer, be ready for more. Still looks like it damaged the truck unless it was one of those guards with driving lights...looks like the headlights were knocked out and/or re-aligned.

 

Had a double deer incident in WY last year...Bambi and her buddy decided to play chicken...my only reflex was which deer would do the least damage when I nailed it...fortunately Bambi made it, her buddy tried to stop, slipped and fell and I had deer hair on the lug nuts of my steer tire, a fuzzy streak down the fairing on my truck, a bent step on my tool box, and a little piece of bloody deer skin on the frame of the tool box brace...oh, and a tiny skid mark in my shorts from the puckering in preparation for impact.

 

Earlier this year, when I was a trainer for Swift, I was in the sleeper berth on his last day in the truck with me. Middle of the night somewhere in Indiana coming out of Kentucky. "BAM!"

I thought a drive tire blew on the driver's side. "Pull over! I think we blew a tire!"

"Naw, it was just a deer."

Huh. Imagine that. A trainee that listened to good advise. We pulled over. Headlight plexiglass was cracked, and the fender and fairings were cracked with deer hair sticking out of the cracks and a greenish, brownish sauce all over the driver's side.

Needless to say I was very proud of his accomplishment. He worried that hitting a deer was going to go against him. I definitely assured him it would not, and gave him a glowing final review.