Jeep Wrangler vs eight point buck.

[Anonymous]

Just another thought on higher vehicles being safer for kids. . My daughter hit a eight point buck at 50 mph this weekend. As I drove it into the body shop yesterday for a estimate. A Toyota Camery had a much worse outcome. A deer went through the windshield. Inside is a bio hazzard. Is saving a few gallons of gas worth having a deer go through your kids windshield??

[Anonymous]

Maybe if your daughter had a car that handled better, she wouldn't have hit the buck?

[Anonymous]

So glad your daughter is okay!

[Anonymous]

Does she not know how to scan for deer while driving?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does she not know how to scan for deer while driving?

Not OP. But what a miserable tool you must be in real life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does she not know how to scan for deer while driving?

You must live in Arlington!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does she not know how to scan for deer while driving?

Of course she does. Only problem is trees on both sides of the road. When they run you just don't see them until impact. Do you live in DC??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does she not know how to scan for deer while driving?

You must live in Arlington!

I e lived in Arlignton for 25 years and have only once seen a Buck besides Billy.

[Anonymous]

So weird. You don't know how fast the Camry was going. You don't know what hit the Camry. Maybe it was a 12-point buck. Just be glad you're daughter is ok. And the Camry isn't the even best choice on fuel economy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just another thought on higher vehicles being safer for kids. . My daughter hit a eight point buck at 50 mph this weekend. As I drove it into the body shop yesterday for a estimate. A Toyota Camery had a much worse outcome. A deer went through the windshield. Inside is a bio hazzard. Is saving a few gallons of gas worth having a deer go through your kids windshield??

Jeep Wranglers aren't intended to be driven by pavement princesses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe if your daughter had a car that handled better, she wouldn't have hit the buck?

Driving schools teach kids not to swerve and just hit the deer. Not to mention when they run out of the woods you have no time to react.

[Anonymous]

I would think the height and angle of the deer at impact would be as important as jeep vs Camry? The difference between a jeep and a Camry is pretty small overall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just another thought on higher vehicles being safer for kids. . My daughter hit an eight point buck at 50 mph this weekend. As I drove it into the body shop yesterday for an estimate. A Toyota Camery had a much worse outcome. A deer went through the windshield. Inside is a bio hazzard. Is saving a few gallons of gas worth having a deer go through your kids windshield??

OP what do you do for work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just another thought on higher vehicles being safer for kids. . My daughter hit a eight point buck at 50 mph this weekend. As I drove it into the body shop yesterday for a estimate. A Toyota Camery had a much worse outcome. A deer went through the windshield. Inside is a bio hazzard. Is saving a few gallons of gas worth having a deer go through your kids windshield??

If the buck your daughter hit was mid-leap the same thing would have happened to her. Stop being smug about a car wreck you know nothing about. And watch out for actual children, which is the danger inherent in higher vehicles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would think the height and angle of the deer at impact would be as important as jeep vs Camry? The difference between a jeep and a Camry is pretty small overall.

It depends on the model of the wrangler and if you have plastic or steel bumpers.