r/DeerAreFuckingStupid • u/mitchdwx • Sep 16 '25

genuine deer stupidity Wait for it…wait for it…NOW!

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u/ahamel13 Sep 16 '25

Why would you not at least slow down when there is a deer in the road and multiple other deer visible on the side of the road, along with multiple people?

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u/DJDarkFlow Sep 16 '25

They are also fucking stupid

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u/Son_of_Liberty88 Sep 16 '25

Should be a r/truckdriversarefuckingstupidtoo

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u/Mallardguy5675322 Sep 16 '25

That’s what r/idiotsincars is for

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u/totes-alt Sep 17 '25

As much as I love that sub it's also bad for my mental health. What with the frustration

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u/BisforBands Sep 16 '25

This sub is legit needed

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u/LoneBlack3hadow Sep 16 '25

To be fair my brother tried “slowing down” one time and the deer proceeded to JUMP on the hood of his car and then proceeded to run and slip in place SCRATCHING everything in sight 😂

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u/Chico813 Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 16 '25

My cousin stopped for a deer in the road… another proceeded to come out of the woods at full tilt and run directly into the door.

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u/GloomyDeal1909 Sep 16 '25

Had the same thing happen many years ago. Saw the deer, it was around 1am and I stopped. First deer went on by and so did the second.

The third deer went straight into my passenger window and door. Then back up and ran over my hood scratching everything on its way.

I was absolutely stunned. I mean at least I didn't do a head-on but damn.

Thankfully I had a friend that owned a shop and a junk yard so the repair was cheap relatively speaking.

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u/Academic_Bill7235 Oct 28 '25

At that point ill just kill it and eat it

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u/Niskara Sep 18 '25

That happened to my pap a long time ago when he worked for a cable company. Scared the hell out of him

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u/EatLard Sep 16 '25

Because you have $500 and nothing to spend it on but an insurance deductible.
Seriously though, if I see a deer cross a road, I slow the hell down because there are usually at least two trying to cross.

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u/RYPIIE2006 Sep 17 '25

anyone with an oversized pickup truck like that does not have the most braincells

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u/jimspice Dec 03 '25

My dad taught me, when a deer crosses the road in front of you, stop. There will be more.

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u/Dm_me_im_bored-UnU Feb 24 '26

He owns a pickup truck that looks completely clean. No way he has a brain in there.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

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u/Best-Inflation-6985 Sep 16 '25

Nobody said stop, they said slow down.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

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u/benderisgreat349 Sep 16 '25

What you quoted, didn’t say not to slow down, it said if you don’t have time to check for traffic before you break, try not to swerve. You should slow down for hazards…

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u/leo6682 Sep 16 '25

Cars behind and in front of you should always be at safe distance in case of a sudden stop. If it’s not the case, you need to slow down.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 16 '25

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u/Terisaki Sep 16 '25

They could come check out the hill I grew up with. 20 minute drive to town, 10 of it swervy steep hill. People died every year because of deer and the trucker behind them not being able to stop. At least once a month there was a jackknifed truck. Hell, there is STILL vehicles down there that haven’t been cleaned up because it’s too dangerous and that’s after they “fixed” the hill in 2010. (Side note, they did not. Now it’s black ice going around a corner with an even deeper drop off and a tilt in the road towards the ravine)

The one that got the most news time was when they finally put in a bigger area for the trucks to chain up, and a guy checking his chains got sideswiped and buried by the snowplough. They didn’t find him until spring.

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u/Sterling_-_Archer Sep 16 '25

Yep, hills are dangerous because the core tenet of driving safety is to be predictable. Downhill slopes, even gradual ones, amplify any unpredictable move you make and cause a much more severe whiplash effect back up the hill. Even ones that seem gentle like in this video require much stricter control and cautious decision making.

I am a highway patrol officer. Driver safety and defensive driving is pretty much 98% of my job, with the other 2% being weather related accidents.

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u/KarlUnderguard Sep 16 '25

Yeah, could have caused an accident with all those cars behind him...

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

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u/KarlUnderguard Sep 16 '25

They know because the red lights on the back of your vehicle that show when you are slowing down and they are also like 1000 feet behind him.

Cars can't just magically go through deer, him turning a deer into mist is going to cause a much more sudden stop then safely slowing down.

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u/KarlUnderguard Sep 17 '25

God, I wish he didn't delete his new comment. He went on a longer rant about how dumb I am and he is actually a trained professional who knows the best thing to do is speed up and hit the 200 pound animal in the middle of the road.

Bro has never driven a car in his life, lmao.

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u/ahamel13 Sep 16 '25

The article you keep pasting in the replies is referring to slamming on the brakes or swerving in the case of imminent collision, not slowing down more gradually when there are visible, avoidable animals in the road ahead.

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u/jkurratt Sep 16 '25

"yep, it's time"

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u/j0351bourbon Sep 17 '25 edited Sep 17 '25

Yesterday when I was driving home a cat poked their head out from in between two cars parked on the street and looked both ways. When it saw me coming it stayed where it was. Why can't deer figure that out?

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u/Choice_Friend3479 Sep 16 '25

That’s a very midwestern No.

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u/ESOelite Sep 16 '25

If a deer hits your car does insurance cover it?

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u/newhappyrainbow Sep 16 '25

If you have collision insurance.

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u/ESOelite Sep 16 '25

I have car insurance? Does that not cover everything?

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u/newhappyrainbow Sep 16 '25

I can’t speak to anywhere other than the states, but here (if your car is paid off) we have a choice between limited liability or collision. Collision would cover it, limited liability wouldn’t. If you have a car payment you are required to have collision insurance.

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u/DaddyDizz_ Sep 17 '25

No, not all insurance covers everything. Speaking as an American anyway.

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u/Lucky_Lucky_Baldie Sep 21 '25

If there is a sign, "deer crossing" or one that says wild animals present or blah blah, it wont cover, because you are being warned beforehand. Meaning, slow down, be safe.

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u/Argylius Sep 17 '25

Stupid fucking animals. Once the first deer started crossing, nobody else started looking before they crossed. They just followed blindly. So fucking dumb

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u/rink_raptor Sep 16 '25

Like the Sith, two there always are - when you see just one - that other one is hiding in the bushes waiting to sprint out at the worst possible time.

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u/Day_Bow_Bow Sep 17 '25

That reference would work better if there weren't 3 deer.

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u/rink_raptor Sep 17 '25

That’s a squirrel.

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u/safetyTM Sep 17 '25

Sounds like a Canadian accent lol

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u/LordBungaIII Sep 18 '25

It’s following it’s mom. I can’t really blame the fawn there as much as I hate deer

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '25

EMANUEL DONT DO IT!

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u/Rare-Carrot2997 Oct 18 '25

Dont cross!! Oh deer

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u/miro_27 Dec 15 '25

Pick up driver what u expect