Thread: Moose can be dangerous

This was on the news last night Man from Conche, N.L., hits moose, but can't remember it - Newfoundland & Labrador - CBC News . It is bad enough with moose on the roads during the day but at night you really don't have half a chance. This driver is really lucky to alive, lots don't survive a collision with a moose. It is a problem in northern Ontario but worse in Newfoundland where they are thick as thieves.

Bob

That's why the old steam locomotives had cow catchers built onto the front of the trains. You guys ought to make one for cars -moose catchers.

The interview with the guy is a riot. Man I miss Newfoundland. I had five of the best years of my life there.

Moose were only introduced to the island a little over a century ago and due to the lack of predators (humans excepted), their population absolutely exploded. While that's great for hunters it can be very very bad for drivers, particularly in areas particularly prone to fog. And there are plenty of those.

Their long legs make them really dangerous. You take their legs out & they go right through your windshield.

Originally Posted by Firefighter2

Their long legs make them really dangerous. You take their legs out & they go right through your windshield.

Exactly. Happened to a state trooper responding to a call in Grand Portage, MN near the Canadian border in 1990 when I was working at a lodge north of Grand Marais. We wondered what all the sirens were about that night. His vehicle sheared off the legs and the whole body of the moose crushed and killed him.

Chrisl

I hit a small west coast blacktail deer about 20 yrs years ago,they wgt no more than 120 lbs,did 3K worth of damage to my truck.
Can only imagine what a moose would do do

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

I hit a small west coast blacktail deer about 20 yrs years ago,they wgt no more than 120 lbs,did 3K worth of damage to my truck.
Can only imagine what a moose would do do

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Yea, just imagine someone throwing a full grown cow through your windshield at 60mph/100kmph. We are about the same distance north of the border as Grand Marais is south of it so it is all too common an experience up here too. Gotta love Newfoundland and it's people, bless em.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

It is a problem in northern Ontario but worse in Newfoundland where they are thick as thieves.
Bob

I knew a guy in Bay Roberts who claimed that Newfoundland is the most dangerous place on earth to drive. It's easy to believe.


rs,
Tack

Originally Posted by Tack

I knew a guy in Bay Roberts who claimed that Newfoundland is the most dangerous place on earth to drive. It's easy to believe.


rs,
Tack

IIRC there are about 700 moose vehicle collisions a year in Newfoundland but collisions with fatalities are a small percentage of that. hat is good unless you are in that small percentage.

Bob