Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 7609522)

I knew it was one or the other ;) my reaction would be just a resigned "Awww *****" just before swerving into the path of a big rig coming the other way whilst trying to avoid the moose!

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 7612242)

Its a good point...ten times as many people are killed and hurt hitting other, more solid things while trying to avoid the moose on the road. Frankly I suspect you might be better off taking your chances hitting the ungulate.

Originally Posted by Alinew (Post 7609073)

LoL, I am NOT joking, I went 3 times to visit the provinces on the East Side of Canada...
First time in Nouveau Brunswick, we kept seeing signs for mooses, so we kept scrutining the woods/forests by the side of the road... nothing.
When visiting (touristing) the Acadian village near Caraquet I think, on their closing day, the guide told us she had seen one that morning on the car park!... but we didn't see any on that day, despite being one of the only 5 family visiting that afternoon.

The 2nd time we went in Quebec, up to... I forgot the name now, but well up north there near a lake and still we didn't see anything :-( well no mooses that is...

And last we went to Ontario, seen WONDERFUL THINGS THERE!!! but there weren't advertising the mooses anymore, lol, I guess it is a bit too industrialised and build up for them ;)
Mind we saw a stuffed one on the ground level of the CNN Tower... but you know what I mean?

A REAL ONE, IN THE WILD, "GRAZING HAPPILY" maybe?...

Anyone seen that?


Aline
Already thinking of planning holidays once we live in Canada, somewhere where we can do some Moose Spotting,LOL...

Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 7612353)

I am told that the typical moose/vehicle accident whilst driving a car, at least, has you taking out the legs of the moose which flips it into the air before all 300lbs+ lands on top of the passenger area of the car. I think I would do all I could to avoid hitting one short of a head on collision with anything coming the other way.

In the last week in NL a father and son ended up in the ocean after swerving to avoid a moose and a guy was killed in a collision with one. This would have been on a rural road with probably nothing coming in the other direction at the time.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundlan...werve-526.html

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundlan...fatal-528.html

Originally Posted by Rob_999 (Post 7612883)

ICBCs advice:
If the animal is large and you can’t stop in time, brake
firmly and steer to strike the animal at an angle. Let up
on the brake pedal just before hitting the animal. This
will cause the front of your vehicle to rise and reduce the
chance that the animal will come through the windshield.

Right....

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 7613057)

Seems a lot to remember when your brain is screaming, "Oh Jesus, its an f'in great moose, what was it I was supposed to do now?"

Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy (Post 7613064)

Hey should we add this idea to the spectacular ways to die thread.;)

We could calling it getting F***ed by a moose

Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy (Post 7613064)

F***ed by a moose