Deer driving tips — Nebraska Permit Test

If you are about to hit a deer, your safest action is to brake firmly, steer to maintain control, and stop as safely as possible.

Swerving at speed can roll the car or send it into oncoming traffic, which is worse than striking the deer.

If you are about to hit a deer, your safest action is to BRAKE (firmly), STEER (to maintain control) and STOP (as safely as possible).

In passenger vehicles you are more at risk for death or injury if you swerve to avoid a deer, so don't veer off the road, out of control, or into oncoming traffic.

A car leaving the road can hit a tree or flip over, and that hurts people far worse than a deer strike.

In passenger vehicles, you are more at risk for death or injury if you swerve to avoid hitting deer.

Watch for deer from dusk to dawn, in spring and fall, and near waterways and wooded areas.

Deer move most in low light and in those seasons, so a driver not looking then is caught off guard.

Watch for deer from dusk to dawn, spring and fall, near waterways and near wooded areas.

Deer are unpredictable and travel in groups, so watch for more than one.

A driver who speeds up after the first deer often hits the second one stepping out behind it.

Remember deer are unpredictable and travel in groups, so watch for more than one and always buckle up.

If you are about to hit a deer, what is your safest action?

Brake firmly, steer for control, then stop. Swerving at speed can roll the car or send it into oncoming traffic, which is worse than striking the deer. Nebraska Driver’s Manual, p.26: “If you are about to hit a deer, your safest action is to BRAKE (firmly), STEER (to maintain control) and STOP (as safely as possible).”