That warning’s from Brit Adam Luke, who was recently on his way to work at Millbrook, near Remarkable Vets, when about 6am he smashed into a deer that came out of nowhere, killing it on impact.
"It scared the life out of me."
A day later his manager told him he’d been behind a car on the same road but close to Arthurs Point when the driver in front collided with a large stag.
"I think we are both lucky to have gotten out of these accidents uninjured.
"If I’d hit that deer straight on, that would 100% have been on my windshield and on me."
Luke says he’s heard anecdotally more deer are roaming roadsides due to deforestation further up.
With his $4900 Subaru Exiga almost irreparably damaged, he’s also learnt a, er, dear lesson.
He says he was "very stupidly" convinced to get third-party car insurance only, rather than comprehensive cover.
"It’s pretty crazy you guys even offer that over here, in the UK it’s full insurance or no insurance."
As a result, Luke says Bambi’s scuppered his plans to drive around the South and North Islands after finishing up at Millbrook.
