Honey, there’s a raccoon in the road!
This is what I was wondering as well.
Build a wall and make Canada pay for it!
I've heard that if a car collides with one of them, the car comes out worse.
If it was a highway or an interstate and they missed their exit, they'll have to drive on until they see another ramp that will take them in the opposite direction. It can happen quite easily especially if someone is new to the route.
That depends. You want to hit their ass, at least. If you hit their head you might be fecked, though I guess they probably won't feel too good either.
At this location it appears one of the parallel roads is in Canada, the other in the US:https://www.google.com/maps/@49.002...4!1ssqrE4Y8cyIdYAateUFfQow!2e0!7i13312!8i6656This is a weird story, how do you cross into another country just trying to avoid an animal. No border markings, no signs?
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Doesn't really matter where you hit them, the problem is the height due to their daft legs, which means that what hits the front windshield is the upper body
Which would make it seem like the logical response from border patrol would be to question them on the spot and allow them to turn back. I agree that either the couple isn't be forthright in all that transpired or the officer was seriously jumping the gun in this case. I know our border patrol can be genuine a holes but it still seems like the response even for them is over the top - so was there a reason for that?
That’s not hard to imagine, a car comes off worse after hitting a sheep.
sure. still makes no sense that brits are driving around on the country back roads near the border. there's really nothing to see there. If they were headed to Seattle then the main road is the way to go.
It definitely matters where you hit them. If you hit them on the ass, you've got a chance of essentially pushing them off. It also means you've hit them going away from you, unless they're backing up across the road. It's not like you're going to come away from hitting a moose without any damages, though.
They’re Brits though. The UK is a small area and back roads are the norm here. We are full of back roads, many are shortcuts but they always bring you out somewhere. They wouldn’t realise that these roads aren’t used the same way in the US/Canada.
Pushing them off
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ERSBfT-mkmw/maxresdefault.jpgPushing them off
If you hit a fecking moose, elk or whatever, you're snapping the legs like twigs and getting the upper body right towards your windscreen. Doesn't matter if they are going away from you or towards you.
I don't know what to tell you. Aiming for the back-part of the moose is essentially the official policy of the Norwegian Automobile Federation. We have a lot of moose in Norway, so this is not just theoretical.Pushing them off
If you hit a fecking moose, elk or whatever, you're snapping the legs like twigs and getting the upper body right towards your windscreen. Doesn't matter if they are going away from you or towards you.
Pushing them off
If you hit a fecking moose, elk or whatever, you're snapping the legs like twigs and getting the upper body right towards your windscreen. Doesn't matter if they are going away from you or towards you.
You have a chance of the body whipping around away from you in an arc instead of its center of mass or antlers through the windshield and into your face. Just look at the weight distribution at the magnificent beast above.
It's not about pushing them off, it's because it's safer than getting it's head straight through the windscreen.
Not sure how much of a chance you have of doing that to a moose compaired to a deer
Friendly reminder that what I initially said, which you took issue with, was this:
You then said:
Both of which are incorrect.
That's one of the most Canadian things I've read.
Maybe they're black?
