It's dark and you're driving along the familiar road from or en route to work. Suddenly a large brown object appears mere yards ahead of you. Wham! You collide with it. Congratulations. You're one of legions of Americans who are involved in car-deer accidents each year. Studies by the auto insurance industry reveal car/deer accidents cause an estimated $1.1 billion dollars per year.

With the regular deer season in the Southern Zone just over a week away, if you believe hunters are the primary takers of deer each fall, you'd be partially correct. What you'd be missing is the fact motorists kill almost as many.