A. Sinan Unur wrote:

> I remember one cold winter night when I ended up waiting at a bus stop
> along with a family of deer. Let me tell you, bambi is cute, but I was
> scared ;-)

No need to be scared of a whitetail. Now a black bear with cubs is a
different story!

Matt

 

A. Sinan Unur wrote:

> I remember one cold winter night when I ended up waiting at a bus stop
> along with a family of deer. Let me tell you, bambi is cute, but I was
> scared ;-)

No need to be scared of a whitetail. Now a black bear with cubs is a
different story!

Matt

 

"A. Sinan Unur" <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid> wrote in message
news:Xns97CE456C8A2Aasu1cornelledu@127.0.0.1...
> "Tom" <tjwitman@bellsouth.net> wrote in
> news:F19bg.74608$Jk3.23389@bignews5.bellsouth.net:
>
> > I don't know how this ended up on the Hyundai site; however, when I'm
> > driving down the interstate at night with no one in front of me, I
> > often have my high beams on in the hope of spotting one of the many
> > deer before he becomes a hood ornament. Nothing irritates me more
> > than when some moron in the other lanes of the divided highway, which
> > is 100 yards or more from my lane, starts flashing his lights.

We don't have anywhere near that kind of seperation on our roadways here so
I can't comment from experience, but based on my experience as outlined
below, I'd be giving the lights right back to you these days.

> > There's no way that it is affecting his ability to see. It is just
> > that he 'knows' I have them on high beam. Just plain stupid! And
> > inconsiderate of my right to drive safely rather than outdrive my
> > lights.
>
> I guess I am one of those morons. In fact, if I could get rockets
> installed on my car, I would definitely shoot them at you.
>

I'll have to agree with you here.... read on for the reason :-)

> Especially on winding roads, even with a median, high-beams from
> oncoming traffic are incredibly harmful on other drivers' night vision.



>
> By the way,
>
> * I have driven quite a bit in NY, PA, NJ, MD, DC, VA, IL, OH, and I do
> not remember any interstates with a hundred yard median.
>
> * Is there really such a great chance of encountering deer on interstate
> highways? I am assuming, 100 yard medians don't exist on back country
> roads.

I actually see more deer on the sides of the freeway than I do on smaller
roadways here in NE GA....maybe it's just a local thing.

2 years ago I was on 515 (which is a 4 lane divided highway with the median
averaging about 25-30 yards wide) when aforementioned *insert
character-assassination word of choice here* in the oncoming lane failed to
match my courtesy of dimming the brights. Immediately upon passing by each
other 3 things happened in the blink of an eye. (1) I switched back to my
brights and there by my drivers side front fender where I had seen nothing
before because of the blinding lights (2) I see a deer running flat out
*into* my path (best guess is that he was running to avoid the other car)
and (3) *BOOM* she hit me. Luckily for me, only her head was in front of the
car (Honda Accord) at impact or she might have slid straight up into the
cabin with me. As it was, the impact started the body spinning wildly down
the side of the car and I had pretty heavy damage to the hood, front bumper
cover, drivers side front fender, drivers door, mirror removed, drivers
window, rear passenger door, rear quarter panel and rear bumper cover.

Nowadays, If they don't dim, I just just give it right back to them.

KW

>
> * Do you also think it is a good idea to switch to high beams in dense
> fog, and drive really close to the car in front of you?
>
> Sinan
>
> --
> A. Sinan Unur <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid>
> (remove .invalid and reverse each component for email address)

 

"A. Sinan Unur" <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid> wrote in message
news:Xns97CE456C8A2Aasu1cornelledu@127.0.0.1...
> "Tom" <tjwitman@bellsouth.net> wrote in
> news:F19bg.74608$Jk3.23389@bignews5.bellsouth.net:
>
> > I don't know how this ended up on the Hyundai site; however, when I'm
> > driving down the interstate at night with no one in front of me, I
> > often have my high beams on in the hope of spotting one of the many
> > deer before he becomes a hood ornament. Nothing irritates me more
> > than when some moron in the other lanes of the divided highway, which
> > is 100 yards or more from my lane, starts flashing his lights.

We don't have anywhere near that kind of seperation on our roadways here so
I can't comment from experience, but based on my experience as outlined
below, I'd be giving the lights right back to you these days.

> > There's no way that it is affecting his ability to see. It is just
> > that he 'knows' I have them on high beam. Just plain stupid! And
> > inconsiderate of my right to drive safely rather than outdrive my
> > lights.
>
> I guess I am one of those morons. In fact, if I could get rockets
> installed on my car, I would definitely shoot them at you.
>

I'll have to agree with you here.... read on for the reason :-)

> Especially on winding roads, even with a median, high-beams from
> oncoming traffic are incredibly harmful on other drivers' night vision.



>
> By the way,
>
> * I have driven quite a bit in NY, PA, NJ, MD, DC, VA, IL, OH, and I do
> not remember any interstates with a hundred yard median.
>
> * Is there really such a great chance of encountering deer on interstate
> highways? I am assuming, 100 yard medians don't exist on back country
> roads.

I actually see more deer on the sides of the freeway than I do on smaller
roadways here in NE GA....maybe it's just a local thing.

2 years ago I was on 515 (which is a 4 lane divided highway with the median
averaging about 25-30 yards wide) when aforementioned *insert
character-assassination word of choice here* in the oncoming lane failed to
match my courtesy of dimming the brights. Immediately upon passing by each
other 3 things happened in the blink of an eye. (1) I switched back to my
brights and there by my drivers side front fender where I had seen nothing
before because of the blinding lights (2) I see a deer running flat out
*into* my path (best guess is that he was running to avoid the other car)
and (3) *BOOM* she hit me. Luckily for me, only her head was in front of the
car (Honda Accord) at impact or she might have slid straight up into the
cabin with me. As it was, the impact started the body spinning wildly down
the side of the car and I had pretty heavy damage to the hood, front bumper
cover, drivers side front fender, drivers door, mirror removed, drivers
window, rear passenger door, rear quarter panel and rear bumper cover.

Nowadays, If they don't dim, I just just give it right back to them.

KW

>
> * Do you also think it is a good idea to switch to high beams in dense
> fog, and drive really close to the car in front of you?
>
> Sinan
>
> --
> A. Sinan Unur <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid>
> (remove .invalid and reverse each component for email address)

 

"A. Sinan Unur" <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid> wrote in message
news:Xns97CE456C8A2Aasu1cornelledu@127.0.0.1...
> "Tom" <tjwitman@bellsouth.net> wrote in
> news:F19bg.74608$Jk3.23389@bignews5.bellsouth.net:
>
> > I don't know how this ended up on the Hyundai site; however, when I'm
> > driving down the interstate at night with no one in front of me, I
> > often have my high beams on in the hope of spotting one of the many
> > deer before he becomes a hood ornament. Nothing irritates me more
> > than when some moron in the other lanes of the divided highway, which
> > is 100 yards or more from my lane, starts flashing his lights.

We don't have anywhere near that kind of seperation on our roadways here so
I can't comment from experience, but based on my experience as outlined
below, I'd be giving the lights right back to you these days.

> > There's no way that it is affecting his ability to see. It is just
> > that he 'knows' I have them on high beam. Just plain stupid! And
> > inconsiderate of my right to drive safely rather than outdrive my
> > lights.
>
> I guess I am one of those morons. In fact, if I could get rockets
> installed on my car, I would definitely shoot them at you.
>

I'll have to agree with you here.... read on for the reason :-)

> Especially on winding roads, even with a median, high-beams from
> oncoming traffic are incredibly harmful on other drivers' night vision.



>
> By the way,
>
> * I have driven quite a bit in NY, PA, NJ, MD, DC, VA, IL, OH, and I do
> not remember any interstates with a hundred yard median.
>
> * Is there really such a great chance of encountering deer on interstate
> highways? I am assuming, 100 yard medians don't exist on back country
> roads.

I actually see more deer on the sides of the freeway than I do on smaller
roadways here in NE GA....maybe it's just a local thing.

2 years ago I was on 515 (which is a 4 lane divided highway with the median
averaging about 25-30 yards wide) when aforementioned *insert
character-assassination word of choice here* in the oncoming lane failed to
match my courtesy of dimming the brights. Immediately upon passing by each
other 3 things happened in the blink of an eye. (1) I switched back to my
brights and there by my drivers side front fender where I had seen nothing
before because of the blinding lights (2) I see a deer running flat out
*into* my path (best guess is that he was running to avoid the other car)
and (3) *BOOM* she hit me. Luckily for me, only her head was in front of the
car (Honda Accord) at impact or she might have slid straight up into the
cabin with me. As it was, the impact started the body spinning wildly down
the side of the car and I had pretty heavy damage to the hood, front bumper
cover, drivers side front fender, drivers door, mirror removed, drivers
window, rear passenger door, rear quarter panel and rear bumper cover.

Nowadays, If they don't dim, I just just give it right back to them.

KW

>
> * Do you also think it is a good idea to switch to high beams in dense
> fog, and drive really close to the car in front of you?
>
> Sinan
>
> --
> A. Sinan Unur <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid>
> (remove .invalid and reverse each component for email address)

 

"A. Sinan Unur" <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid> wrote in
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> "Mike Marlow" <mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net> wrote in
> news:170e7$447599c7$45289739$22810@ALLTEL.NET:
>
>>
>> "A. Sinan Unur" <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:Xns97CE456C8A2Aasu1cornelledu@127.0.0.1...
>>
....

>>> * Is there really such a great chance of encountering deer on
>>> interstate highways? I am assuming, 100 yard medians don't exist on
>>> back country roads.
>>>
>>
>> While I agree with everything else you said, I will point out that in
>> the Northeast it is very common to encounter deer on the interstates.
>> Carcasses are quite frequent.


....

> I have been very lucky in that I have not had more than a handful of

I take back everything I said about there being not that many deer on
interstates. I just came back from a trip where I stopped counting
carcasses once the number reached 20 (along I-81, I-380, I-80, through
NY, PA, NJ). It was depressing, really.

Sinan

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"A. Sinan Unur" <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid> wrote in
news:Xns97CE5732B70C8asu1cornelledu@127.0.0.1:

> "Mike Marlow" <mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net> wrote in
> news:170e7$447599c7$45289739$22810@ALLTEL.NET:
>
>>
>> "A. Sinan Unur" <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:Xns97CE456C8A2Aasu1cornelledu@127.0.0.1...
>>
....

>>> * Is there really such a great chance of encountering deer on
>>> interstate highways? I am assuming, 100 yard medians don't exist on
>>> back country roads.
>>>
>>
>> While I agree with everything else you said, I will point out that in
>> the Northeast it is very common to encounter deer on the interstates.
>> Carcasses are quite frequent.


....

> I have been very lucky in that I have not had more than a handful of

I take back everything I said about there being not that many deer on
interstates. I just came back from a trip where I stopped counting
carcasses once the number reached 20 (along I-81, I-380, I-80, through
NY, PA, NJ). It was depressing, really.

Sinan

--
A. Sinan Unur <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid>
(remove .invalid and reverse each component for email address)

 

"A. Sinan Unur" <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid> wrote in
news:Xns97CE5732B70C8asu1cornelledu@127.0.0.1:

> "Mike Marlow" <mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net> wrote in
> news:170e7$447599c7$45289739$22810@ALLTEL.NET:
>
>>
>> "A. Sinan Unur" <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:Xns97CE456C8A2Aasu1cornelledu@127.0.0.1...
>>
....

>>> * Is there really such a great chance of encountering deer on
>>> interstate highways? I am assuming, 100 yard medians don't exist on
>>> back country roads.
>>>
>>
>> While I agree with everything else you said, I will point out that in
>> the Northeast it is very common to encounter deer on the interstates.
>> Carcasses are quite frequent.


....

> I have been very lucky in that I have not had more than a handful of

I take back everything I said about there being not that many deer on
interstates. I just came back from a trip where I stopped counting
carcasses once the number reached 20 (along I-81, I-380, I-80, through
NY, PA, NJ). It was depressing, really.

Sinan

--
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