Please consider just simply getting into see your regular doctor tomorrow at some point, just to go over things.....
The first call I made after the accident DH and I were in a few years ago was to my regular doctor's office (DH had already made sure the police were called, etc.) to schedule an appointment for the next day for a check over -- I knew I wasn't seriously enough hurt to require going to ER that day but figured somethings might be missed.....turns out I was sort of right -- the knee issue that kept me from working about a month or two ago was a result of that crash -- I think things woul dhave been worse except I did get exercises prescribed by my doctor that I did do as I was supposed to for a few weeks after the accident so now the knee thing is only occasionally and not all the time.....I would have missed it on my own had I "waited" to see....
Best wishes to ya, and get something to eat so you can tell if it is blood sugar issues causing the light headedness.....
((((((Larissa))))))) Soft hugs headed your way. As so many others have said - don't hesitate to head to the Emergency Room/local hospital if there is any sign of side effects. Better safe than sorry.
Deer are a real problem here in my part of the country too. Everyone learns at an early age to be on the watch at dusk and daybreak. That's when they move the most. And if you see one cross the road ahead of you, slow way down because they travel in packs. More are coming.
But this time of the year you are particularly at risk. The deer are in full rut and like a lot of males of every species, there is no telling where they will turn up and at the most inopportune moments. I was out right after noon yesterday and a mile from my house I saw a car sitting on the side of the road with a crashed in windshield and a dented roof. Looked like meteor had landed on it. It was a huge deer. Bambi's daddy. Nobody looked hurt, thank goodness and the cop was there. But the car was really damaged.
I had a deer in my backyard a few weeks ago. I have a pond with a waterfall and I guess it was lured by the sound of the water. I opened the back door to let the dogs out and they instantly went berserk. The deer sailed over my chain link fence in front like it wasn't even there. Sure scared me till I figured out what it was.
I have hit two deer in my life time and I am with you I can't stand them. Now, though we also have to watch for Elk and Black Bears in the road, I think hitting an Elk would be close to hitting a dear, but a bear, well what if I didn't kill it and it started after me?
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I'm probably going to be calling my doc first thing in the morning - nobody there to answer phones at this time. I solved the lightheadedness by eating something, but Ken and I think I might have knocked my glasses out of whack. I figure if I go see doc, she can check me all over and make sure there is nothing that I'm missing. Figured the sore spot on the top of my head is in the exact place where I walked into the fort that Ken was building for the kids (prior to accident, when I was wearing a hat and looking down a bit..smack, right into a 2x4!). No sore ribs, or anything like that, but have been totally uninterested in doing much of anything today.
Have been researching other cars if mine is declared a total loss. Have sent in requests for price quotes on both new and used cars, am looking at Kia Sedona, Honda Odyssey, and Toyota Sienna. Those are the ones with the side curtain airbags, which I wanted when we bought the caravan....after all, I have 2 youngsters that sit in the second row of seats. Also found out how much we owe on the caravan...a bit over $8k...so, that's what we are keeping in mind when they go to do the appraisal. I'm not going to say anything until we find out what they say about it, but I have a feeling there is more than a little engine damage, which would mean a completely new engine block, and that's NOT cheap! Ken's damage to the Buick was a little over $4k, so that is pretty much what we are using for a basis, but his panel wasn't completely caved into the wheel well like mine was...ah well.
We are off to Wendy's for dinner, then AWANA, then back home....Ken is driving, I will probably have my eyes squeezed tightly closed. Have to get back in a car sooner or later, but you can't blame me for being scared.
Glad you weren't hurt. It's the time of year that deer are mating, so they're on the move a lot. Hunters also have them stirred up. A huge wild pig ran out in front of me on the way to church last Sunday. So I know what you mean, they just come out of nowhere and there's hardly time to react.
So then we shall have to assume that the police and emergency personel split the edible venison among them. At least that is how they do here when the person who hit it doesn't want it. It is not cold just practical, like hunting.
Not implying you have to like it or should have taken the meat or anything. Just after I got the light set the house wanted to know what for, and "who got the venison?" was one of the first questions after "Is she OK?". :)
Elk are much larger animals than deer. Hitting an elk would likely be a much more serious thing for the humans involved.
I actually knew somebody who hit a black bear with their car while driving in the Allegany forest. They were driving a mid 1970's Mercades sedan. They hit a largish black bear that just ambled out in front of them. The bear was knocked down, but got up and ambled off again. The car wasn't going anywhere. Not only was the front grill trashed, but the radiator was sufficiently damaged that they couldn't go anywhere in it. They had to hike out and find help. I imagine that if the bear had been hurt more they would have been sitting in that car for a while. Black bear are one of the smaller, less agressive North American varieties. If they are healthy (and grouchy) enough to get mad at your car for knocking into them they wont attack it for long if there is no response from it, and besides that it won't smell alive to them. So if such an unlikely thing were to happen just keep you head, stay in your car and as out of sight as possible so it doesn't see you move about. Don't honk the horn or otherwise try to scare it off, if it is injured it is more than likely to take that as a further sign of aggression towards it. Contrarywise, loud sounds and such are likely to scare an uninjured black bear off. When they are healthy they are pretty cowardly unless it is mating season or they have cubs. Heck back in the thirties my MIL chased off one that was stealing eggs and cow cake with nothing more than a dog and a broom. She was 11 at the time.
VDOT got the deer. They don't divvy it up down here, but call the Dept. of Transportation to come and get it. In talking ot a friend at church tonight, she said I should program Dave and Teresa's number into my cell phone. They are other church members who will come and get a newly whacked deer and save the edible bits. Had I only known.....
Hopefully, they could use some of it and won't just dump it in the county dump. Still scared to go anywhere near that road. And I thank you :-)
Larisa, getting psyched up to pick up the rental car tomorrow...it had better NOT be a compact!!
Oh Larisa, how scary! So glad that you weren't seriously hurt. Hope you don't get too stiff and sore. Now is the time for you and DH to pamper yourselves a bit. Get some tea, put your feet up, and watch a movie.
The car does sound like it may be declared a total loss. A UPS truck backed into our little Toyota pickup and cracked the radiator. Our insurance company just declared it totalled. With your dash board lighting up like Christmas, the damage sounds even more extensive.
Take care of yourself. (((((((((((Hugs)))))))))))))
Have sent in requests for price quotes on both new and used cars, am looking at Kia Sedona, Honda Odyssey, and Toyota Sienna nobody there to answer phones at this time. I solved the
I was wondering when you'd popo up and what words of wisdom you would have for me...lol. Just spoke with 2 rental car offices - first one was the closest, but they had 19 reservations before mine, and most of them were also from car-deer accidents!! Said they would *try* to have a car for me, and completely understood that I would NOT take anything small. Just as a backup, I called the next closest office and explained what was going on and asked if they could see what they had available - either a very LARGE car, minivan, or SUV....I refuse to go in a compact car especially after Saturday night, and with having to transport 2 children with karate gear 3 days this week. They said they would look and call me back.
In the interim, I spoke with the insurance adjuster to see if I could use a different company if the one that they use didn't have any cars this morning. He said that wasn't a problem at all and if they needed to set up a direct billing with Liberty Mutual (insurance company) they would be able to do it. As soon as I got off the phone with him, the first rental office called to say they would have a minivan for me at
915 this morning. SO......we are getting ready to head out and run to the preschool, then the rental car office, then probably back home, even though I am supposed to be going to a meeting this morning .
Will be talking with the adjuster later today, once he has a chance to review the claim information and (hopefully) get out to take a look at the car. I'm still afraid that the car will be declared a total loss...it was the newest car I ever owned...but, it IS just a car .
fwiw... mum got the Toyota Sienna last spring and LOVEs it. has driven from TX to PA and back and all over TX with it and from TX to NM and back as well with no problems and lots of room (even for her 6'6" grandson and
My computer wizard's hubby was, as she put it, 'mugged by a moose' back in the spring. His car sustained more damage* on the side the deer hit (in reality a fallow deer! There are in wild moose in Kent... ) than on the side that went into the ditch/hedge/tree! This is an ordinary saloon car, rather than anything like an suv. The occupants of the car were shaken, not stirred. No damage to people. Very scary in the dark, however, and a good job they were on their way TOO the pub rather than home!
They had no worries with the insurance as this was a company lease car he had for work, and they dealt with all that.
Take care! Get a big horn to honk at those moose! ;)
*Replacement front nearside wing, nearside front passenger door, rear nearside passenger door, rear nearside wing, front grill, front offside wing, electric mirrors (heated and motorized on both!), and re-jigging the central locking and sound system! Took 3 weeks. NOT his most expensive claim so far on this car... Oops!
OK, this remind me of a Ron White thing: he is talking about his cousin, the hunter, who is so proud of being a real man and having hit a deer "right between the eyes" with a bullet flying at some ridiculous speed. Ron then says something to the effect of "Ha, that's easy! Just slow the bullet down to 50 mph, put a little horn on it, and the deer will jump right in front of the bullet."
Except, it is much more funny the way he tells it.
Several independent studies (those not financed by automobile companies) indicate that bigger cars, i.e. SUVs, are NOT safer against deer collisions. "The lower you are the safer you are" is a common claim after crash investigators study the accidents. In the most serious cases a moving vehicle hits a deer, knocking the legs out from under the animal, causing the animal to fly up or roll over the hood/bonnet of the car and into the windshield. The bigger vehicles, in many cases the great big ol' behomoth SUVs, tend to roll over more often than smaller cars & light trucks, including when encountering a deer on the road. Most SUVs, yes, MOST are less stable on the road than smaller vehicles. I won't say anything here about Mercedes Benz ML being the exception to that rule, or how MB has always set the standards in safety features.
Having the air bags and using the seat belts is still the best protection afforded by a vehicle in an accident.
November is the peak season for deer vs. automobile encounters. The deer are roaming, being chased out of the woods by hunters, and they're "in season"; Mama Dear is often followed by baby deer, so the chances of hitting one or the other increase. Of course, most drivers don't see the deer coming and can't avoid the impact. However, when drivers do try to swerve or steer around the beast the driver is liable to lose control of the vehicle and/or hit another vehicle on that dark, dangerous road. Easy to forget to be on the lookout, too, for the animals coming out in the dark. This is what the crash investigators have determined.
Husband's parents lived up in the mountains in New Mexico and had to always be aware of the wild life, esp. the deer, "roaming free." In our area, south edge of town, we don't see deer (that's more common 20 miles south of here) but we get more than our share of coyotes, rabbits and the very-much dreaded skunks. We've lived on the edge of town or outside of town most of our lives and often encounter wildlife out roaming after dark, so we just grew up w/ an interest in this issue. Maybe we should get out more.
Glad you're okay.. well, mostly... Larisa. Good luck on the next vehicle hunt. Btw, the auto industry still shows that Honda's are about the safest cars on the road, followed closely by Toyotas. (I don't choose to drive either brand.) Large or compact aren't the only choices. ;-)
Ragmop/Sandy -- I don't care for venison, on the hoof or in chili ..
This is exactly what happened to my friend. The deer's legs ended up inside the windshield, and almost kicked her to death. She had bad injuries from the deer's legs, not the collision itself. Her newborn was in the car seat in the back seat, and didn't get a scratch.
is more that 70% of the value of vehicle. That is why my Mazda Tribute had to be fixed for $8K instead of called totalled this past spring.
After hitting the deer several years ago, in a Honda CRV, I installed deer warning whistles on the front bumper, and never had any more probelm with animals in the roadway. I did have owls come at the vehicle a couple times, since the high pitched noise brought them in, but never a four-legged critter. Oh, the owls never got hit, they veered off in time.
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