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Re: Hitting a Moose

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Post by chrsig »

Growing up in rural New England, every now and then we'd have some moose wandering through. One jumped over my dads car, leaving a pretty significant dent. Moose walked away unphased.

The thing to know about moose: they don't give a fuck. they're a goddamn moose, and they'll go where they please and be there for as long as they like. The fuck you gonna do about it?

And when you're stopped in the middle of the road waiting for the moose to deign to let you by, you just keep reminding yourself of that little fact, and remember how to be patient.

Re: Hitting a Moose

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Post by chewbacha »

Zak wrote: post #19
chewbacha wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A full-grown bull moose can run up to 35 mph. So, unless you are traveling faster than that, I don’t think it makes a difference who hits who. ;)

The grandparent comment says "be bit by a moose", so that's a slightly different scenario. Of course if it's biting out of fear or aggression, it's also likely to knock you down and stomp on you, and you probably wouldn't rather have that. It's not rare for moose to kill people that way. As for collisions, the highway the author was driving on has a speed limit of 55 or 65 MPH in most areas, and people often treat sp…

Oh, that’s fair, I misread the wording.

Re: Hitting a Moose

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Post by nkrisc »

Waterluvian wrote: post #9

“The winch was rated to handle the moose’s weight—roughly 1,500 pounds” Permit me on this wonderful Saturday morning to be tangentially pedantic. I imagine the true “weight” of dragging a moose across the ground is a lot more than 1500lbs by probably many multiples?

It’s been a while since high school physics, so I may be way off, but you only need to overcome the static friction of the object and surface.

It’s the reason I can push a large piece of furniture across a floor even though I could never lift it myself.

Re: Hitting a Moose

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Post by 11235813213455 »

rasterdog wrote: post #17

I was enjoying the beginning of this article so I wanted to save it as a PDF for review later when I would be off-grid BUT NOEP CANNOT so goodbye

step 1: open devtools

step 2: figure out the navbar is the problem

step 3: kill it (select the , and press Delete)

step 4: Ctrl+P

Re: Hitting a Moose

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Post by 11235813213455 »

kache_ wrote: post #12

People don't realize how truly massive moose are. They are literal alien monsters that tower over. First time I saw one I was shocked. They just step over fences like they aren't even there.

people also don't realize how massive and deadly are cars, until they walk or ride a bike along the road borders

Re: Hitting a Moose

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Post by Waterluvian »

nkrisc wrote: post #33
Waterluvian wrote: post #9

“The winch was rated to handle the moose’s weight—roughly 1,500 pounds” Permit me on this wonderful Saturday morning to be tangentially pedantic. I imagine the true “weight” of dragging a moose across the ground is a lot more than 1500lbs by probably many multiples?

It’s been a while since high school physics, so I may be way off, but you only need to overcome the static friction of the object and surface. It’s the reason I can push a large piece of furniture across a floor even though I could never lift it myself.

I think you’re right and my intuition is way off.

Now I’m curious if the load is ever going to be greater than a dead lift, assuming no edge cases like being blocked behind a boulder. Ie. Just general ground friction and some incline plane angle less than 90deg.

Re: Hitting a Moose

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Post by rojobuffalo »

a guy won an Ignobel prize this year for his moose crash test dummy paper https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A673... . one of his suggestions if you're suddenly about to hit a moose, steer towards the rear. since the moose will move forward you have a better chance if you veer your car towards its rear end.

Re: Hitting a Moose

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Post by racl101 »

dghughes wrote: post #25

I live in the only Canadian province that doesn't have moose, or bears, or deer, or any large animals other farm animals. Even skunks were imported (and escaped) as a cheaper replacement for fox fur. We don't have the experience of being aware of large animals on rural roads. Most times it is known if a cow or a horse is on the loose. When I travel to neighbouring provinces I am nervous driving on the highway. Especi…

Don't bury the lede. What province is that?

Re: Hitting a Moose

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Post by jcadam »

rolph wrote: post #21

Alaskan moose stand about 7 feet tall at the shoulder when mature, alot of that is just long legs, but a complete bull moose can easily be 3/4 ton. most collisions with cars end up clipping the legs out under it and the moose goes straight through the windshield at whatever speed you were moving. for those reasons and others large trucks are the rule, and cars are a risk. moose here are mostly crepuscular, active dur…

I've lived in Alaska (Kenai Peninsula) about 18 months now. Haven't hit a moose yet (knocks on wood). Have had to brake a little hard a couple times in my F-150, though.

There are "scoreboards" along some stretches of the highway showing the number of moose killed so far in a year.

I see a few people driving Priuses. I don't think they'll last very long.

Re: Hitting a Moose

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Post by hammock »

franksvalli wrote: post #6

It's definitely no joke! When I hiked half the Appalachian Trail and eventually made it to Maine, a shuttle driver that came out to pick us up from a nearby hostel talked about how he'd lost several friends to car accidents due to moose collisions. He was intensely interested in arriving back at the hostel before dark. He also had some sort of decoration made out of moose scat decoration hanging from the rearview mir…

Sadly the moose pop in Maine has declined by like 70% or something due to the proliferation of winter tick
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