Swerving to avoid animals on road

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Fri 24 Aug 2007 01:04  Back Top End
Swerving to avoid animals on road - henry k
....animal-vehicle collisions kill more than 1.5 million deer and cost insurance companies more than $1 billion each year in the United States alone.
....more than 200 motorists die and another 29,000 are injured in the United States every year in collisions with ungulates.

Thank goodness we do not have Moose on the roads in the UK.

On average an adult moose stands (1.5 - 1.8 m)(5 to 6 feet) high. Males weigh (850 to 1180 lbs.)(385 - 534 kg) and females (600 to 800 lbs)(270 - 362 kg).

I was warned explicitly by my friend in Maine about Moose when driving up from Boston.
Her info was very much like the following:-

Moose are hard to see at night. They are 6 feet tall at the shoulder and your headlights will often only reveal their legs, which are the same color as the pavement. Their height also means that if you hit one, the bulk of a moose will fall on your windshield and roof.
Don't count on seeing "eye shine." Moose eyes do reflect light, but your headlights won't reach that high.

Oh and they are not that easy to escape ;-((
Moose can swim as fast as two men paddling a canoe and run up to 56 kmph on land.

If you really really do want to see the effect on a vehicle having hit a deer try "hitting a moose on the highway" into Google. You have been warned and warned again - a messy full colour series of photos!!!!


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Swerving to avoid animals on road  LHM Tue 21 Aug 2007 13:17
Swerving to avoid animals on road  normd2 Tue 21 Aug 2007 13:29
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Tue 21 Aug 2007 13:29
Swerving to avoid animals on road  SpamCan61 {P} Tue 21 Aug 2007 13:30
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Cliff Pope Tue 21 Aug 2007 13:43
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Altea Ego Tue 21 Aug 2007 13:48
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Tue 21 Aug 2007 14:02
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Brian Tryzers Tue 21 Aug 2007 14:08
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Dwight Van Driver Tue 21 Aug 2007 15:22
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Cliff Pope Tue 21 Aug 2007 15:35
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Altea Ego Tue 21 Aug 2007 15:34
Swerving to avoid animals on road  DP Tue 21 Aug 2007 16:43
Swerving to avoid animals on road  SpamCan61 {P} Tue 21 Aug 2007 16:55
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Altea Ego Tue 21 Aug 2007 17:01
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Tue 21 Aug 2007 17:21
Swerving to avoid animals on road  movilogo Tue 21 Aug 2007 17:42
Swerving to avoid animals on road  tyro Tue 21 Aug 2007 21:30
Swerving to avoid animals on road  nb857 Tue 21 Aug 2007 23:40
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Thu 23 Aug 2007 13:56
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Sim-O Wed 5 Sep 2007 17:27
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Clanger Tue 21 Aug 2007 22:04
Swerving to avoid animals on road  scotty Fri 24 Aug 2007 11:24
Swerving to avoid animals on road  milkyjoe Tue 21 Aug 2007 22:23
Swerving to avoid animals on road  SpamCan61 {P} Wed 22 Aug 2007 10:29
Swerving to avoid animals on road  andymc {P} Wed 22 Aug 2007 11:05
Swerving to avoid animals on road  stevied Thu 23 Aug 2007 09:27
Swerving to avoid animals on road  madf Thu 23 Aug 2007 10:15
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Chris S Thu 23 Aug 2007 14:15
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Thu 23 Aug 2007 14:28
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Martin Devon Thu 23 Aug 2007 20:25
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Brian Tryzers Thu 23 Aug 2007 21:11
Swerving to avoid animals on road  GregSwain Thu 23 Aug 2007 21:29
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Wed 5 Sep 2007 14:19
Swerving to avoid animals on road  henry k Fri 24 Aug 2007 01:04
Swerving to avoid animals on road  henry k Tue 4 Sep 2007 23:48
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Kevin Thu 23 Aug 2007 22:23
Swerving to avoid animals on road  PoloGirl Thu 23 Aug 2007 23:09
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Hamsafar Fri 24 Aug 2007 00:03
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Fri 24 Aug 2007 01:05
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Lud Fri 24 Aug 2007 01:04
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Mad Maxy Wed 5 Sep 2007 12:09
Swerving to avoid animals on road  DSLRed Fri 24 Aug 2007 01:49
Swerving to avoid animals on road  billy25 Fri 24 Aug 2007 02:33
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Mapmaker Fri 24 Aug 2007 10:48
Swerving to avoid animals on road  wotspur Wed 5 Sep 2007 00:32
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Pugugly {P} Wed 5 Sep 2007 18:25
Swerving to avoid animals on road  Mad Maxy Wed 5 Sep 2007 12:16
Swerving to avoid animals on road  slowdown avenue Wed 5 Sep 2007 00:39
Swerving to avoid animals on road  oilrag Wed 5 Sep 2007 09:18
Swerving to avoid animals on road  rogue-trooper Wed 5 Sep 2007 12:14
Swerving to avoid animals on road  madf Wed 5 Sep 2007 13:08
Swerving to avoid animals on road  billy25 Wed 5 Sep 2007 15:20