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Except you could hit a dear with the front/side of a car and it will break lights and some dents, all which can be fixed. I'm not so sure how these outrigger wheels would handle a deer hit. And the repair cost...
). I'm picturing a full-on T-bone contact (the Elio t-boning a deer) with one of the critters. If you catch him/her flat-footed, the suspension will swipe the legs out from underneath it, and put it's torso square into the windshield...super bad in a regular vehicle (car, not so much trucks), but I imagine that the close spaced front A-pillars will protect the driver from having an uninvited guest enter the vehicle. Could be wrong, and there's no telling which way the deer will be standing, running, jumping, laying (already roadkill), so when it happens, and it will, I'm hoping whomever is the unlucky victim comes out unscathed, and able to relate his/her experience to the rest of us with a nervous smile.
Man, I hope I don't do 4 billion dollars damage to my Elio. That would ruin my whole weekend...It's about driver attitude and aptitude. Yes, even if you are constantly watching for deer, and you do all you can to miss one, you can still be unfortunate and hit one.
"An estimated 1.23 million deer-vehicle collisions occurred in the U.S. between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, costing more than $4 billion in vehicle damage, according to State Farm, the nation’s leading auto insurer.
Deer migration and mating season generally runs from October through December, and causes a dramatic increase in the movement of the deer population. As a result, more deer-vehicle collisions occur in this period than at any other time of year, so drivers need to be especially vigilant."
Be careful out there!
