Change of training facility.

Big truck yeah, but I don't know in a car if I came across a cow or moose, something big like that.

 

Yeah, I have to assume also that their advice applies only when driving a semi. Actually a pig will do a whole lot of damage too...lotsa mass, close to the ground...somewhat like hitting a boulder in the road. In a car I'd probably go for a bit more evasive action

 

Can't blame Roehl. Many states have laws that require notifying law enforcement if there's significant damage. Roehl doesn't know whether you were driving recklessly or not, so they're going to error on the side of caution. Good luck in your search, but you're probably going to run into similar results with other companies.

 

As a footnote, I came across this thread on the site that relates to this same kind of issue. The discussion and viewpoints of various drivers were very interesting and got me thinking about this area in ways I hadn't before. Worth a read. Most interesting comment: "Always trade paint."

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr.../221140-had-wreck-needing-advice-what-do.html

 

I used to drive for Monson trucking out of Red Wing Mn., years ago. At that time it was still old hwy. 65. Or better known as the Ho Chi Min Trail. Used to run into Canada as far as Thunder Bay, drop and hook onto loaded trailers with large paper rolls for newspapers, then head south to deliver all over Midwest. There used to be a guy around Lutsen Resort that put out deer feeders in the winter. Sometimes coming thru there was a slaughter. 65 mph and air horns blowing. 4 to 6 trucks in a line, possibly as many as 20 deer standing on or near the highway. Just kept on trucking. The last guy would have to pull over and clean what was left of the deer from between the drivers or hanging from the drive shaft. We'd stop and help because most of us had been their ourselves. Hit deer, "puff", fur balls and lots of blood.