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Originally Posted by kennyc
My son recently hit a moose and calf in his patrol car in the Kenai, AK area...
I guess the moose are one of the biggest road hazards in the great white north....
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Yes, it is very dangerous. Here is a quote from New Brunswick's "Think Moose" safety campain:
http://www.gnb.ca/0113/moose/think-moose-e.asp
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This year, roughly 300 New Brunswickers will collide with a moose. Most of these crashes will happen between dusk and dawn when visibility is reduced and moose are hardest to see.
More people are injured or killed in moose-vehicle collisions in New Brunswick than in crashes with any other animal. In a car crash, a moose is knocked off its thin legs. The moose falls on top of the car and its 450 kg (1,100 lb) weight crushes the passenger compartment.
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300 collisions is quite high for such a small and sparsely populated province.
Yet strangely, New Brunswick is one of a few provinces whose major highways feature speed limits of up to 110 km/h. (68 miles per hour)
