Yesterday I rode about 700 miles down to the Redwoods. I was going to stay overnight somewhere, but it was a beautiful evening, so I decided to ride about 4-5 hours back home.
Going to the Redwoods, I saw probably a dozen deer killed on the side of the road in various places. Enough I was kind of freaked out--I would have been in a car too.
Coming back at around 10PM to 1AM last night, I was around Crater Lake. The moon was full, and EVERYWHERE, I saw little reflectors beaming back my headlights. This went on for miles. It's the deer that didn't look at me that I was most concerned about because I wouldn't see them until it was too late.
It made me wonder: how DO people hit deer? It looked like a lot were actually hit on the side of the road where someone veered into them. In other parts, there was gore all over the middle of the road. In no case did any deer ever jump or run in front of me. They all just sort of looked at me. I'm just wondering what the conditions are that make them run in front of cars, trucks, motorcycles, or whatever. I was pretty freaked out after seeing hundreds of deer on the side of the road, watching me.
Going to the Redwoods, I saw probably a dozen deer killed on the side of the road in various places. Enough I was kind of freaked out--I would have been in a car too.
Coming back at around 10PM to 1AM last night, I was around Crater Lake. The moon was full, and EVERYWHERE, I saw little reflectors beaming back my headlights. This went on for miles. It's the deer that didn't look at me that I was most concerned about because I wouldn't see them until it was too late.
It made me wonder: how DO people hit deer? It looked like a lot were actually hit on the side of the road where someone veered into them. In other parts, there was gore all over the middle of the road. In no case did any deer ever jump or run in front of me. They all just sort of looked at me. I'm just wondering what the conditions are that make them run in front of cars, trucks, motorcycles, or whatever. I was pretty freaked out after seeing hundreds of deer on the side of the road, watching me.
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