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To “No Deer Handouts”

You say don’t feed the deer… Point taken. However, if you are driving “in-town” at speeds so fast that you cannot stop before hitting a deer, obviously you are driving too fast to avoid hitting a child that darts into the street. You need to slow down and reconsider your driving habits.

This article appears in Oct 29 – Nov 4, 2009.

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Forget About The Deer

by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon
October 28, 2009

<h1>Forget About The Deer</h1> <p class="byline">by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />October 28, 2009</p> <p><em> </em></p> <p>To "No Deer Handouts"</p> <p>You say don&apos;t feed the deer... Point taken. However, if you are driving "in-town" at speeds so fast that you cannot stop before hitting a deer, obviously you are driving too fast to avoid hitting a child that darts into the street. You need to slow down and reconsider your driving habits.</p> <p> <em><br /></em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/forget-about-the-deer-2134489/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=12497&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/forget-about-the-deer-2134489/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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