Yaris - Ground Clearance - Deer Problem!

[cesar]

Hello Everyone:

This is an unusual question but here it goes!

I am interested in buying a Yaris but am concerned what might happen if I hit a deer (just hit a deer last week with my VW!). Lots of deer in my area! I don't think I have enough ground clearance to drive over if I hit one therefore could I lose control of the car?
Last week I hit a deer but fortunately I was able to drive over it (no way I could stop in time or obviously I would have). For those of you who live in the northwest you know this is a problem. How do you handle it.

Sorry about this difficult question but its an issue. Thanks for any insights.

[bronsin]

I saw a dear go right through a car's windshield a few years ago breaking the noses knocking out the teeth and gouging out the eyes of the two people in the front seats. So I wouldn't be too worried about driving over one. It's a problem for sure and the only way to protect against a collision is a bigger car even a truck with fwd. Even then stuff can happen. Look at my avatar. That's a moose I saw dead on the highway in British Columbia in 2011 on my trip from New Jersey to Alaska and back! No I didn't hit it in my Yaris but a couple driving past my stop the car thought I did! They looked in my car expecting to see bodies and when they saw me standing on the side of the road near the moose they gave me dirty looks! :eek:

[cesar]

Thanks Bronsin. Actually I live in British Columbia (no moose in my area thank God!). That's a very long trip with your Yaris! You have a point about buying a truck I suppose.

Hoping to hear from people who hit a deer while driving their Yaris and what happened?

[bronsin]

The moose was on 97 between Kamloops and Prince George.

[dogsridewith]

If they aren't already roadkill laying in your path and visually missed--If standing or running--then they usually go over the hood? Close spaced and highly sloped A-pillars should give Yaris relatively good protection against coming through windshield. I'll dig up deer story on another forum re: the totaled 1989 Tercel I fixed and kept driving.

[cesar]

The dear that I hit went underneath my car, a vw golf wagon. I had just enough clearance I suppose. You could certainly find one dead on the road - roadkill.