2 ms·
1) Deer can and do jump. 2) The difference between the nose of a car while braking and while coasting is an inch or two. Won’t make a lick of difference. Sour
by falcolas 5y ago
1) Deer can and do jump.
2) The difference between the nose of a car while braking and while coasting is an inch or two. Won’t make a lick of difference.
Source for 1) Having a deer jump over my car, leaving only fur in the windshield wiper blades. 2) Mythbusters, measuring for a “Wanted” car jump myth.
- jacquesm 5y agoThanks. This was advice dispensed by multiple locals in Canada where the deer were so thick on the road that these encounters would happen at least once every week, I didn't actually set up a scientific side-by-side test to see what the difference would be. Braking hard transfers a few hundred pounds of load (depending on the weight of the vehicle, typically about 25% or so) to the front axis, and how far it dips depends on how stiff your suspension is. A typical family car (say, a Caravan or Windstar) will drop quite a bit more than an inch or two but even then I agree it may not make much of a difference because of the way the nose of the vehicle is shaped.