New Forest Wild Deer at Night (Dangerous)
New Forest Wild Deer at Night (Dangerous)
A clip of the deer running across the unlit roads of the New Forest straight into the lines of oncoming traffic in both directions.
They almost always move as a herd, so if you see one others are very close by and will run across the road without warning. Exactly what happened here.
The speed limit across the New Forest is 40mph but as you can see from my dash cam - 30mph is fast in complete darkness and even when I slowed to 12mph, the deer still suddenly appear from nowhere.
At 40mph the deer would have died without a shadow of a doubt.
At the very beginning of the clip, there are 3 horses, two on the left and one on the right side of the road, grazing at the edge of the road and they also walk across the road without any warning.
The music was from my car radio - I didn't realise the dash cam would pick it up so clearly! (Walk this Way - Run DMC / Aerosmith). Moments earlier I had been singing along, so I'm glad you've been spared my warblings too.
New Forest Wild Deer at Night (Dangerous)
New Forest Wild Deer at Night (Dangerous)
A clip of the deer running across the unlit roads of the New Forest straight into the lines of oncoming traffic in both directions.
They almost always move as a herd, so if you see one others are very close by and will run across the road without warning. Exactly what happened here.
The speed limit across the New Forest is 40mph but as you can see from my dash cam - 30mph is fast in complete darkness and even when I slowed to 12mph, the deer still suddenly appear from nowhere.
At 40mph the deer would have died without a shadow of a doubt.
At the very beginning of the clip, there are 3 horses, two on the left and one on the right side of the road, grazing at the edge of the road and they also walk across the road without any warning.
The music was from my car radio - I didn't realise the dash cam would pick it up so clearly! (Walk this Way - Run DMC / Aerosmith). Moments earlier I had been singing along, so I'm glad you've been spared my warblings too.