F... deer part deux

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Anyone see the Mythbusters episode where they explored this myth? They tested this myth a number of times and, each time, hitting the accelerator acutally caused more damage to the vehicle. The dip in the front of the vehicle caused by the acceleration is very small, but the increased speed causes significant additional damage. The Mythbusters "findings" seem to accord with common sense.

That seems to make more sense to me too. If I had hit it at 60 mph as opposed to the 40-45 mph I was going after slamming on the brakes I imagine there would have been a lot more damage than there was.