Posted on 12/08/2015 9:34:08 AM PST by w1n1
A police department in Kentucky posted a video on their Facebook page showing a patrol car colliding with a deer, sending it airborne.
Kenton County Police Department stated the reason they shared this video on their Facebook page is to illustrate a good example of handling a collision with a deer.
Key Takeaway Anybody can learn how to handle our four legged friend inadvertently crossing your path.
Here’s the observation of how Kenton P.D. Officer Pittaluga handled it. He applied his brakes and steered away from the deer in a controlled manner. Even though the collision occurred, Officer Pittaluga maintained control of his vehicle throughout the entire incident, even while the deer performed a "triple axel" over the hood of his cruiser.
In the aftermath, the officer and deer did not sustain any injuries, but the patrol car did receive some damage.
Police also stated they sent a message to the North Pole to find out if any of their employees (reindeer) were involved. None of Santa's reindeer was in the area. See the video from police cam here.
Rudolph with your nose so bloody won’t you .....oh nevermind
Well I think I’ve seen about everything, till I see an 8 point buck fly.
It is dodge-em deer here in the Texas Hill Country right now. Bucks running after does, on my property and along the road. It can be dangerous
One of my favorite all time practical jokes was published in readers Digest.
Some guy said he saw a large dead deer on the road. He went home and put on his Santa Claus costume, drove back to the deer and laid down next to the deer just as the school bus rode by.
Where I grew up, we lived off a road where deer collisions were common. One poor fella hit a big buck that went through the windshield of his car and decapitated him.
My daughter was driving to Texas from Colorado on Sunday night. She called me in the middle of the night saying she had hit a board in the road.
Then next day after I saw her car I realized that she had said “boar” not board. Thankfully she only hit it with the right front corner.
Amazing...
LOL!
That is too much!!!
LOL!
Coffee, keyboard etc....
That is a totally awesome photo.
The deer was ok, too. :D
That’s Comet. He has an alcohol problem. After 4 hours of serious drinking, he can still fly. Just upside down.
GO HOME COMET. YOU’RE DRUNK.
Wha twas rthe score for the tripple axel? Looks like a near 10 in the deer olympics.
“When will you buy me a car, dad?”
“When deer fly.”
“I’ll take a Trans Am, dad!”
The deer took a hell of a hit and came down running.
We were in KY over Thanksgiving. Drove from E-town to Churchill Downs on Black Friday to go to the races. I bet I saw 8-10 dead deer off to the side on I-65.
“There’s a dead deer.”
“Wow, there’s another.”
“And another.”
“Damn!”
Etc.
Here’s the whole story. I had just been let go from an 18 year career in 2009. We were facing either eventual foreclosure or an out of state move. (we ended up moving)
About 3am, I woke up and had to hit the bathroom and do some recreational reading.
I read the story and was laughing so hard I couldn’t be quiet. I was afraid my wife would wake up and think I was crying and lamenting the job loss or something.
Instead, it was the greatest impromptu practical joke ever.
Although I pulled one that was a close second. My neighbor had a friend whose gas grill had recently exploded. She was afraid to light hers and asked me to.
Sure. So I ran in the house and grabbed some matches and an M-80 firecracker.
I lit the M-80 and tossed it to the side. As I lit another match and stuck my head into the grill, she came out onto her deck just as the M-80 exploded.
Screams and hilarity ensued.
I hit a doe a few years ago in the same way. I saw her coming but could not stop completely, hit the poor thing at about 20 MPH and she went flying...then to my dismay she got up and ran off...I had hoped I had killed her...hated to think of her dying later of excruciating internal injuries.
He thought it was a dog.
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