Comments on: Molino Woman Charged After Wreck Trying To Avoid Deer http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/molino-woman-charged-after-wreck-trying-to-avoid-deer Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:16:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Accountability http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/molino-woman-charged-after-wreck-trying-to-avoid-deer/comment-page-1#comment-105418 Accountability Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:13:47 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=72949#comment-105418 If I am not mistaken the state of florida can be held accountable for the deer being there. Given she could prove the deer had caused the acciddent. If I am not mistaken the state of florida can be held accountable for the deer being there. Given she could prove the deer had caused the acciddent.

]]> By: nanax2 http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/molino-woman-charged-after-wreck-trying-to-avoid-deer/comment-page-1#comment-105409 nanax2 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:18:35 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=72949#comment-105409 I had a similar thing happen to me last week on 95A....only it was red SUV, not a deer, that suddenly appeared, having moved from her lane right head-on into my path. Don't know if she was on the phone, texting or what. I blared my horn and she moved back over into her lane. My heavy car, seat beat and air bags may have saved me if she had not moved, but her SUV was high and she would have probably rolled and been injured. If I had run off the road and into a tree to avoid a head-on collision, would I have been ticketed for careless driving?? Same thing happened on the same road a few years ago when an Esc Co deputy took off from FCN like a bat out of you-know-where. I was the ONLY vehicle on the road at the time and was headed north on 95A when he pulled out speeding South in the North bound lane.... ran me right off the road and into a muddy ditch. If I had not been so shocked and angry, I might have gotten his car number....would have like to have turned that bad boy in. He saw me go into the ditch but didn't even slow down or stop to see if I needed assistance, just kept high-tailing it in the wrong lane. So it's not just ANIMALS we have to watch out for when driving, it's other PEOPLE. I try to drive defensively and always try to keep a safe distance between my car and the one in front of me.... just in case. I had a similar thing happen to me last week on 95A….only it was red SUV, not a deer, that suddenly appeared, having moved from her lane right head-on into my path. Don’t know if she was on the phone, texting or what. I blared my horn and she moved back over into her lane. My heavy car, seat beat and air bags may have saved me if she had not moved, but her SUV was high and she would have probably rolled and been injured. If I had run off the road and into a tree to avoid a head-on collision, would I have been ticketed for careless driving?? Same thing happened on the same road a few years ago when an Esc Co deputy took off from FCN like a bat out of you-know-where. I was the ONLY vehicle on the road at the time and was headed north on 95A when he pulled out speeding South in the North bound lane…. ran me right off the road and into a muddy ditch. If I had not been so shocked and angry, I might have gotten his car number….would have like to have turned that bad boy in. He saw me go into the ditch but didn’t even slow down or stop to see if I needed assistance, just kept high-tailing it in the wrong lane. So it’s not just ANIMALS we have to watch out for when driving, it’s other PEOPLE. I try to drive defensively and always try to keep a safe distance between my car and the one in front of me…. just in case.

]]> By: David Huie Green http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/molino-woman-charged-after-wreck-trying-to-avoid-deer/comment-page-1#comment-105402 David Huie Green Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:18:37 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=72949#comment-105402 REGARDING: "Many folks would automatically swerve away from an obstacle that suddenly appears in the road." Quite often things which "suddenly appear" were there all along but we just didn't notice them. Lots of times I see a few deer on the side of the road eating. I watch carefully in case they decide to jump or walk into my path. I slowed down and honked repeatedly this morning to convince a deer she should be somewhere else. It took a while to convince her I was serious about preferring she move. Even then she had to think a bit whether to go left or right. Since I had slowed, she had time to decide. As to hitting or swerving, best to make up your mind in advance. If possible, slow down to give animal more time to move. If slight motion might avoid collision, consider it. Remember you have a horn and use if to get the animal's attention, sometimes they are doing the deer equivalent of texting (concentrating on other things) and simply haven't noticed your approach. Please don't run into me or anyone I might care about in order to save a deer someone might well shoot tomorrow (or tonight). Please don't kill yourself to save a deer unless you are a verrrrrrry bad person -- and verrrrrry bad persons tend to not care about deer in the first place. David with thoughts for next time REGARDING:
“Many folks would automatically swerve away from an obstacle that suddenly appears in the road.”

Quite often things which “suddenly appear” were there all along but we just didn’t notice them. Lots of times I see a few deer on the side of the road eating. I watch carefully in case they decide to jump or walk into my path.

I slowed down and honked repeatedly this morning to convince a deer she should be somewhere else. It took a while to convince her I was serious about preferring she move. Even then she had to think a bit whether to go left or right. Since I had slowed, she had time to decide.

As to hitting or swerving, best to make up your mind in advance. If possible, slow down to give animal more time to move. If slight motion might avoid collision, consider it. Remember you have a horn and use if to get the animal’s attention, sometimes they are doing the deer equivalent of texting (concentrating on other things) and simply haven’t noticed your approach.

Please don’t run into me or anyone I might care about in order to save a deer someone might well shoot tomorrow (or tonight). Please don’t kill yourself to save a deer unless you are a verrrrrrry bad person — and verrrrrry bad persons tend to not care about deer in the first place.

David with thoughts for next time

]]> By: duh! http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/molino-woman-charged-after-wreck-trying-to-avoid-deer/comment-page-1#comment-105396 duh! Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:46:44 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=72949#comment-105396 jeeperman....good luck plowing into a immovable tree at 40+ mile per hour...if u wanna swerve to save a deer, u might have just swerved to take your own life! quit using the excuse you were swerving from a deer, just admit you were texting or talking on the phone! jeeperman….good luck plowing into a immovable tree at 40+ mile per hour…if u wanna swerve to save a deer, u might have just swerved to take your own life! quit using the excuse you were swerving from a deer, just admit you were texting or talking on the phone!

]]> By: jeeperman http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/molino-woman-charged-after-wreck-trying-to-avoid-deer/comment-page-1#comment-105385 jeeperman Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:42:48 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=72949#comment-105385 When the belly of an animal is high enough that the hood of your car is going to go under it, your going to end up with the animal going thru your windshield. Good luck plowing into an 80lb+ deer, head on at 40mph or more. When the belly of an animal is high enough that the hood of your car is going to go under it, your going to end up with the animal going thru your windshield.
Good luck plowing into an 80lb+ deer, head on at 40mph or more.

]]> By: Rob D Blind http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/molino-woman-charged-after-wreck-trying-to-avoid-deer/comment-page-1#comment-105369 Rob D Blind Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:29:46 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=72949#comment-105369 I see it all the time in Escambia county. Look back just on North Escambia.com People tyring to miss deer end up with a destroyed car or seriously injured. And you will just about always be written a wreckless driving ticket. I suggest never leave the roadway to avoid a animal. Just last week on 97 there was a car at 4:45 am upside down that had hit a tree trying to miss a deer. Most deer I see are probably 80 to 90 lbs. The impact would cause far less damage tha a tree that does not move or rolling down the ditch into a tree. How many people do you hear were hurt when they just hit the deer in a car or truck? Yes I know a motorcycle you just gotta hope for the best. I drive 97 and 29 around 4:30 am several times a week. I see it all the time in Escambia county. Look back just on North Escambia.com People tyring to miss deer end up with a destroyed car or seriously injured. And you will just about always be written a wreckless driving ticket. I suggest never leave the roadway to avoid a animal. Just last week on 97 there was a car at 4:45 am upside down that had hit a tree trying to miss a deer. Most deer I see are probably 80 to 90 lbs. The impact would cause far less damage tha a tree that does not move or rolling down the ditch into a tree. How many people do you hear were hurt when they just hit the deer in a car or truck? Yes I know a motorcycle you just gotta hope for the best.
I drive 97 and 29 around 4:30 am several times a week.

]]> By: CC http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/molino-woman-charged-after-wreck-trying-to-avoid-deer/comment-page-1#comment-105359 CC Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:30:05 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=72949#comment-105359 At the outset this lady was already breaking the law by operating a vehicle without having a license to display. It seems that when most people have a single car accident barring bad weather , the first thing they say to the investigator is the old reliable " I was trying to avoid a deer " trick. That way it gives the investigator the burden of proving that no deer was involved rather than the person having to prove that indeed a deer was involved. I'm not saying the lady was lying but most troopers would without hesitation give the benefit of the doubt to the driver. This trooper chose not to for some reason. Was she texting or talking on the phone ? Who knows? At the outset this lady was already breaking the law by operating a vehicle without having a license to display. It seems that when most people have a single car accident barring bad weather , the first thing they say to the investigator is the old reliable ” I was trying to avoid a deer ” trick. That way it gives the investigator the burden of proving that no deer was involved rather than the person having to prove that indeed a deer was involved. I’m not saying the lady was lying but most troopers would without hesitation give the benefit of the doubt to the driver. This trooper chose not to for some reason. Was she texting or talking on the phone ? Who knows?

]]> By: DAGB http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/molino-woman-charged-after-wreck-trying-to-avoid-deer/comment-page-1#comment-105349 DAGB Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:46:43 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=72949#comment-105349 Sounds like the trooper might have seen a different scenario while conducting his investigation. Sounds like the trooper might have seen a different scenario while conducting his investigation.

]]> By: just my words http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/molino-woman-charged-after-wreck-trying-to-avoid-deer/comment-page-1#comment-105339 just my words Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:46:36 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=72949#comment-105339 wow, gotta be more to this,suprised the trooper didn't charge her for assault on the tree. wow, gotta be more to this,suprised the trooper didn’t charge her for assault on the tree.

]]> By: 429SCJ http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/molino-woman-charged-after-wreck-trying-to-avoid-deer/comment-page-1#comment-105337 429SCJ Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:39:42 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=72949#comment-105337 It smells like this could have been much worse. I doubt if Ms Marini is complaining too very much. It smells like this could have been much worse. I doubt if Ms Marini is complaining too very much.

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