Collision Avoidance - Deer

[MrWattson]

This is not an "I hit a deer" thread. I avoided four large ones in the middle of the road just after dusk this evening. I saw them late on a road with no streetlights and hit the brakes hard - avoiding them. The arrogant bastards just looked at me and slowly sauntered to the shoulder and into the fields.

My question is, should have collision avoidance warnings gone off? There was no loud warning beeps like I normally if closing on stopped traffic too quickly. I would think four large deer would be identified as objects to avoid.

 

[ScottNY]

I have one of these and deer seem to always look up and get out of the way as I approach.

Amazon.com

 

[Bossinova]

We have alot of deer near our home. We have the same problem, not notice from vehicle.

 

[israndy]

So annoying that the car makes NO effort to avoid a deer. I had to overcome AP and swerve to not hit the deer:

https://imgur.com/a/GzEiKYz

 

[jcanoe]

Sometimes TACC does detect and slow for deer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TeslaModelY/comments/r2gu1t

 

[Madsen203]

The local laws states to not stop or veer for road animals. You’re more likely to get into a collision doing so than hitting the animal. If you do hit the animal, you want to hit it at speed so it goes over the car instead of through the windshield.

 

[rgdud]

The local laws states to not stop or veer for road animals. You’re more likely to get into a collision doing so than hitting the animal. If you do hit the animal, you want to hit it at speed so it goes over the car instead of through the windshield.

That makes no sense... hitting a deer at speed is asking for trouble, or death. Certainly don't swerve unless very careful. Teslas apparently don't always see deer.

 

[israndy]

No they don't

 

[tdroney]

No they don't

Lots of deer on my drive, I've learned to honk when I see them, headlights confuse them, make them freeze but a honk seems to startle and make them jump!