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Watch out for Deer

Sunday, 18 October 2015 10:49

Over the next few weeks deer related collisions are expected to skyrocket

As everyone makes their way around the region this fall, OPP are urging you to keep an eye out for deer.

Constable Kees Wijnands offers tips on how to avoid animals, and knows the next couple of weeks could become dangerous on the roadways.  "From now until the end of the month we usually see our spike in car and deer collisions.  So far this month we have been called to 9 of them, I am anticipating that towards the last 2 weeks of October we'll be called to many more.  Just scan the roadways as you are travelling and places were deer crossing signs are located." 

There are certain peak times to watch out for deer and Constable Wijnands explains when they are.  "Well the peak times of course are at dawn and dusk so we are looking at 5-7am and 5pm and actually all the way to 11pm, the most common car deer collision are during those time periods."  The best way to avoid a deer is to watch for movement on the shoulder when driving. 

Avoiding a deer while driving could ultimately save your life and Constable Wijnands offers his insight on what to do when faced with a deer on the road.  "Our first instinct of course is to try and avoid what is present.  We are seeing just from statistics in the past that people who try to do avoid them tend to get into a larger more serious situation, then they would if they actually had struck the animal.  Your safest thing would be to to actually not veer for the animal."  By staying alert you won't add to the stat sheet that saw 36 car deer collisions in Perth County during October 2014. 

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