Unborn baby dies after mom swerves to avoid deer

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Vort wrote:

Umm, it was not a baby that died, it was a fetus. I guess fate wanted this to happen...oh, sorry, I mean God wanted this to happen.

Jane wrote:

I think it's a very sad thing to write an article about. I hope she was asked if it was OK first to put her traumatic situation in print for everyone to read.

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Vort wrote:

Umm, it was not a baby that died, it was a fetus. I guess fate wanted this to happen...oh, sorry, I mean God wanted this to happen.

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Fed up with bailing out wrote:

I don't think I have EVER in my life saw headlines announcing the death of an unborn baby.

The Golf Guy wrote:

<quoted text> It's a natural reaction, when a deer jumps in front of your car, to try to miss it. Has it ever happened to you? Those who say never swerve, have never had a deer run out in front of your car.

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Incredible70 wrote:

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I've hit 2, and had more than that get out of the way in time. Being a disciplined driver isn't that hard.

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ICEManCometh wrote:

On the political side, the P.P. should have headlined this "Pregnancy lost in deer accident." They did take a political side when they titled it "Unborn baby...", so don't kid yourselves about that. They ascribed life where they knew there'd be a variety of opinions.
As for me, if you can't carry a baby in your tummy, you should stay out of this debate. And if you don't medically or spiritually treat women, you should also stay out of this debate. Women, their docs, and their clergy are the only ones with dogs in this hunt, as far as I see it.
And overpopulation is a bigger threat than anything else we face, so you do the math.

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Brandi wrote:

I think it's horrible how some of you people are commenting such nasty things. This young lady lost her child!! ITS NOT A FETUS! It is a baby!! Given birth at 8 months it would survive. This isn't a debate about abortion. God bless your family sweety on this horrible time and may your baby rest in peace! What a sad sad story. And for all you people yelling about her swerving, the damage is done .. and a lot of people swerve, its a reaction!!!!!!

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ICEManCometh wrote:

On the political side, the P.P. should have headlined this "Pregnancy lost in deer accident." They did take a political side when they titled it "Unborn baby...", so don't kid yourselves about that. They ascribed life where they knew there'd be a variety of opinions.
As for me, if you can't carry a baby in your tummy, you should stay out of this debate. And if you don't medically or spiritually treat women, you should also stay out of this debate. Women, their docs, and their clergy are the only ones with dogs in this hunt, as far as I see it.
And overpopulation is a bigger threat than anything else we face, so you do the math.

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The Golf Guy wrote:

<quoted text> B as in B, S as in S.

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Jean wrote:

You are right it is a reaction to swerve, but if you practice stopping instead of swerving. I mean actually press the brakes on EMPTY roads where no other cars are around. Get in the habit of going for the brakes instead of swerving you can train yourself to go for the brakes INSTEAD of swerving.
It takes practice to change your reaction but you can do it.
Remember there are numerous wrecks that occur when people swerve to mis stuff on the road.
Of course at night it's best to develop and use techniques to see stuff on the road with enought time to stop and not hit it.
I run with high beams on as much as possible.
I always look for shadows on the road between my car and tail and headlights ahead of my car.
If anything is suspicious I get off the gas and get ready to apply brakes and much as needed. Cars will stop very quickly on dry pavement and you need not fearing a quick stop. Todays cars with disk brakes are very effective at stopping quickly and in a straight line. Don't be afraid of useing your brakes to their fullest capacity. If your car has ABS even in wet or icy conditions cars will stop much better than the older cars.
Take your car to isolated roads or a parking lot and exercise it so you know what it will do.
If you ever get stuck you can improve traction with an old trick. Apply your brakes hard and press the gas at the same time. Then let off your brakes very slowly and this will force both tires on the power axle to turn and if you do it right your traction will double. Try it in deep snow you will be amazed. Tow truck drivers hate this trick because it allows people to drive out of a lot of stuck situations.
Take care!
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The Golf Guy wrote:

<quoted text> Aren't you just a wealth of useless knowledge.