Deadly Deer Dog Darien
The Darien (Connecticut) News-Review reports a huge spike in the number of car-deer accidents in the past year or so. Which, of course, exactly coincides with the full scale launch of the Animal Uprising™. Readers here are not going to be surprised by this news in the least.
Drivers in the Northeast are no strangers to the experience of having to either slam on the brakes of their pickups or swerve their cars at breakneck speeds, just to avoid ramming into a deer leisurely crossing the road.
Only now, the situation is reaching menacing proportions, causing over $1.1 billion in insurance claims each year, as per estimates of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In the past year, there has been a dramatic surge in deer-vehicle accidents in several pockets of lower Fairfield County, according to a recent report.
Twenty to 25 percent of all such accidents in the state occur in this county.
Data compiled by the Fairfield County Municipal Deer Management Alliance—made up of officials from 15 towns—indicate that in some municipalities, such collisions more than doubled in 2006 as compared with 2005 figures.
There were twice as many incidents in Darien in 2006, up from 16 in 2005 to 38 the previous year.
There were 86 cases in Greenwich in 2006 as against 38 in 2005. New Canaan reported 101 last year, up by 57 from 44 in 2005. Trumbull's count increased from 21 in 2005 to 38 in 2006.
However, these numbers do not present the complete picture. Every one in six deer strike goes unreported.
The deer's suicide attacks are meant to make drivers swerve and crash. We don't want to sound alarmist, far be it from us here at Blue Crab Boulevard to resort to hysterical outbursts. But the deer population is capable of doubling every two years. They are coming for your new Beemer, Boomers. There is an easy solution, of course. It comes in a number of handy calibers. We're fond of .243 Winchester. It's that or start driving an Abrams tank to work. Come to think of it, that might be even more fun.
By madconductor, Monday, 19 February , 2007 @ 4:43 pm
.243? Hmmm… - I’m partial to the .308. I guess it may be because i don’t have a .243.
You must be careful though - PETA may start coughing that it’s a conspiracy - of what I don’t know. But they will.
Nice blog - I linked it.
By Gaius, Monday, 19 February , 2007 @ 5:48 pm
Thanks. The .243 has a pretty low recoil and the bullet travels in a very flat trajectory.