ARWadsworth wrote:
"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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In article . com,
Jules writes:
Been quite a series, 6 in one month, of car-deer collisions on A1
between Edinburgh and Berwick
Very common here (more deer than people in this state); seems like at
least once a month I bump into someone who has a vehicle in for repair
following a deer collision.



Deer behaviour when crossing the road is rather wierd. Very
often, I'd see a deer poke its head out of the hedgerow up
ahead and look up and down the road, and then proceed to trot
across. Usually, it was just too far away to be hit, so you
might not worry too much as you approach. However, what you
might not realise if you haven't seen it before is that this
one is at the front of the line, and the ones behind proceed
across without bothering to look. It's almost like they're thinking
"Well, he didn't step on a mine, so everything must be OK" ;-)

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Andrew Gabriel

There are not many wild deer near me but I have driven across a lot of
Eastern Europe where there were plenty of wild deer. But what you say is
correct. I saw it several times.

Deer are similar to school children. If one child runs across the road his
friends may follow. I always assume a child running across the road in the
distance is likely to be followed by some his friends following and slow
down.

plenty of the *******s round here. Behaviour is as described.

Adam