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by danielmarkbruce 413 days ago
Also, anyone who lives in an area where there are deer (or, kangaroos in australia) will tell you - strange sounding single car crashes late at night or early in the morning.. aren't that strange, that's when the deer (or kangaroos) are out and about. Where I grew up if someone had hit a kangaroo 3 times in a year it would be strange sounding for sure, but not that strange.
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My Mother got a letter saying "if you hit another deer we will cancel your insurance", because she hit 3 deer in one year. Those 3 are the only deer she has hit in > 60 years of driving. Random events cluster.
Or just snow. I'm pretty sure every doordash driver hits a dozen things sliding down hills in the winter around here. If you get lucky it doesn't really matter because the tree or rock isn't gonna care and the damage is cosmetic. If you aren't lucky whoever's mailbox or fence you hit files a claim.
yeah i didn't even think about doordash or uber drivers. A whole extra group of cars/people who will be wild outliers in driving stats even if they have the exact same skills.
Roos are most active around dusk usually rather than late at night I though.