Did you read the second sentence I said? Of course don’t swerve.
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NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThe idea of don’t swerve for deer is very common and is taught in driving schools. If you’ve never heard it until today, well, today you learn. You don’t know dismiss it because you haven’t heard it.
Swerving is dangerous and even if you think you can do it safely, having a deer at night appear while travelling at high speeds is risky.
You’re supposed to slow down but stay in lane.
The reason you’re supposed to swerve for things like Moose is because moose are big as fuck and tall, and if you hit one head on, you will cut the legs out from under it, and it’s massive body will roll through the windshield and crush you, killing you or causing massive bodily harm.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you can safely change lanes then of course change lanes as your normally would do to avoid anything in your lane.
Beyond that it’s now dangerous. Stay in lane, hit the deer.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Agreed. I’ve just never heard “you’re supposed to hit them head on”
Reyali@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Wait, are you saying that Virginia not mentioning what to do if a moose is in the road is “bad”?
Considering that the northern-most part of Virginia is still about 350 mi south of the closest range of moose, it would be pointless if not absurd for them to include it.
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Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I dunno where that map is from but it’s wrong. Moose range extends as far south as Wyoming and I know they have them in Colorado as well. Not just the occasional sighting either, they have hunting seasons for Moose.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Do people from Virginia never travel 350miles north?
The guidance on that page is incorrect and if that’s what they teach it might kill someone.
Reyali@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
A DMV is accountable for driving laws and practices in their own state, not educating people about every possible driving condition anywhere.