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Old 03-29-2011, 09:44 AM   #59
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Originally Posted by kennyc View Post
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....
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.
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)
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