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Originally Posted by Mad Dog Bianchi there are plenty of deaths caused by animal incidents in the US. Moose coming through the windshield, swerving to avoid a deer and hitting an 18 wheeler instead, ramming the car in front of you that just side punched a cow or horse, etc. Bikes are even worse, so keeping your eye on the road, putting the cell phone away, refraining from lighting up when driving, etc. should make a real difference. You were lucky Craig and so was the mate in the Citron. Good lesson. |
In 2005 myself and a mate rode up to the Arctic Circle for the midnight sun-all through Norway there were signs warning about Moose-never saw one but as we were going through a national park the traffic-well 2 cars to be honest-stopped and about 1000 (I kid you not) reindeer ran across the road. We also saw other smaller groups of reindeer but no moose-until we got to Stockholme on the way home and went to Festival Island. They have a zoo there with some moose-hells teeth but they are big buggers-and very tall. I reckon if you hit one on a bike the bike would go underneath the moose and it's body would wipe you out-scary thing to hit............
John