Tis the season, not the Christmas season but you wouldn’t know that if you were at any local retailers. Tis the season for deer crashes in Wisconsin. There were about 21,000 car vs deer accidents last year. 21,000, that is a lot of white tail being hit and not by hunters. I think that we have all seen a few of the remains on the side of the road, and after a couple of weeks they aren’t too pretty anymore. This week is the week were more car vs deer accidents happen on Wisconsin roads than any other. A little advice when you see a deer slow down, watch the side of the road there may be more following. Try to avoid taking evasive action by crossing the center line, you may cause more injury or even death. Last year the average claim after hitting a deer was $3,464 dollars, in fact not a single day went by last year without a single reported deer crash, with an average of 56 per day, and the least being 11 last Christmas and the most being 236 on November 10th, be safe out there, and remember that the deer crossing sign really isn’t where the deer cross, it is just a reminder to you to be safe.
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