![]() Don’t stand between your vehicle and another vehicle and make sure your children are kept properly restrained in your vehicle. If you must be outside of your vehicle, make sure it is as far off the road as possible and your hazard lights are activated.If possible, remain in your vehicle and buckled up, so if a crash occurs involving your car or another vehicle nearby, you are more protected than if you are in the roadway or on the shoulder.If the animal is in the road, tell the dispatcher when you call for help. Kansas Highway Patrol troopers or local law enforcement will worry about removing the animal from the road. If you have a cellular phone and are on a Kansas highway, dial *47 (*HP) for a highway patrol dispatcher, *582 (*KTA) for assistance on the Kansas Turnpike, or dial 911. Slow down, pull as far onto the shoulder as possible and turn on your emergency flashers.Even if you are waiting in your car, it is best to wear your seat belt, and have your children in car seats. Always wear a seat belt and use child safety seats for the kids.Don’t swerve to avoid hitting a deer – the most serious crashes sometimes occur when drivers swerve and collide with another vehicle or run off the road and hit an obstacle.Use your bright lights to help you detect deer as far ahead as possible.Deer crossing signs indicate where high levels of deer/vehicle crashes have occurred in the past. ![]()
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