Crap ,hit a deer tonight on the Mass Pike

[commando1]

Appraiser wont be here for a few days.

Put these on before he sees the car.

 

[Big_John]

Put these on before he sees the car.

My friend had a body shop years ago... He did a lot of deer damaged cars and it always seemed that the cars that hit deer had deer whistles on them.

In all seriousness, they don't work. I read up on it because of all the miles I used to drive.

Upper hearing range for a deer is about 30KHz. In comparison, humans can hear up to 20KHz. The whistles operate around 20KHz. The problem is, like humans, deer have a range where they can hear the best and that's around 4KHz to 8KHz. Humans hear best from 2KHz to 5KHz. As the frequency increases, the volume has to be higher to hear... Just like a human.

While the deer can hear the whistle if it's loud enough, the whistle on the car has a very limited range.... and it also has to be going 70MPH+ to generate the sound... and not in the rain or snow. Can't have a tailwind either... 70MPH with a 30MPH tailwind gives you 40MPH airflow.

I have read that they were effective for dogs, but if it were my dog, chances are he'd go running towards it so he could see what it was and if it would play catch or give him some bacon.

 

[Big_John]

My estimate is they total the truck.

 

[Turboomni]

it is now

3000
4500
totaled

truck info:
2004 Toyota Tundra Crew Cab
4.7 v8
120,000 miles

anyone else?

 

[GJS]

120,000, over 10 years old
I wasn't going to say totaled but ...
totaled

 

[70bigblockdodge]

I would try to keep them from totaling it with that new frame under there.

 

[commando1]

In all seriousness, they don't work.

John, I was being facetious...

 

[67Monaco]

$67hundo

 

[300rag]

$500 more than actual cash value. That would be my luck.

 

[65fury1]

That sucks, glad to hear you were not injured. Glad you were not driving one of your classics either.

 

[GJS]

To add a little levity to the discussion, I can't read the title of this thread without omitting the comma and picturing some frustrated deer on the side of the Mass Pike with poop all over his face.

 

[Rwc]

At least the air bag didn't go off. I'm agreeing with the totaled estimate.

 

[Rhdfuryiii]

Bummer .. as per most the other responses, glad it was a Toyota and not your Plymouth.

I hit a kangaroo with my '69 AMC Javelin a couple of years ago. Damaged the hood and cracked the grill, but repairable. I wish I'd hit it in my modern daily driver - 2009 Falcon ute - but then again .. the Falcon would have likely stopped in time

 

[LocuMob]

I was thinking the Fusie, glad it wasn't. I've hit 3 deer, 2 in my Polara, both died pleasing me. Saw the deer the second time, bit closing speed was crazy fast, those things can move! The feeling sucks, my hood is still bent from it.

I'll wager $3150.

 

[65sporty]

I am thinking $3500 in repairs. I have only hit one, I have had a couple run into the side of my van though. Too many close calls to count over the years.

 

[polara71]

I never knew deer facts until a Co worker told me about them. I never realized that if there is one there is two. That philosophy has saved me from hitting the second. When I see one, I immediately go on alert and slow down.
It has helped me avoid a few...

Glad it wasn't the Fury.....

 

[Turboomni]

Just an update. The truck is not totalled. It will cost 3900 to fix according to the assessor's report.