How fast things can happen...

[OL Yeller]

I was thinking of just how fast things can happen sometimes and low and behold....
One morning this past July as I was on my way to work I happened to have just such an encounter.

About 15 minutes into my 1 hr and 10 minute daily commute it was a bit foggy at about 5:30 am.


Just crusing along at a buck ten, thinking about the days work task assignments for my crew.


Travelling at 110km/hr we cover ground at a rate of about 100' per second


As I caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of my eye


What decision will it make? Go or no Go?


So go it was...one more second...this isn't going to end well... I hit the brakes...


... and prepared for impact, just at that moment in time, it stumbled...now what? will I go airborne?


As the moose fell, I was able to swerve just enough to get around it without running it over it. As I looked in my rearview, it was trotting back across the road.


Here it is in real time.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Wow scary encounter. They are massive beasts that you need to avoid at all costs.

You made it Don!

 

[nascar03]

Don..
your attentiveness may have saved both you and him/her.
lucky man.

graham

 

[Kanuck]

Wow !! Looks like you both applied brakes at the same time.

That could have ended badly for both, scary moment for sure. Seeing it in real time really highlights how quickly things can change.

 

[12cents]

Wow Don, way too close for comfort

 

[OL Yeller]

Wow Don, way too close for comfort

Yes sir. Happened again a couple weeks later on the TCH west of Clarenville...Pitch black and I caught sight of one in full flight comming right at me from the left...I managed to get stopped in time for it to cross in front of me and out of view. 2 seconds later it crosses back in front of me again...I gues as soon as it hit the shoulder it did a 180...Bastards.

And I spent 16 days in hunting for a moose this fall and never laid eyes on one. Thats how it always goes.

 

[12cents]

Are you sure it wasn't trying to get back at you for attempting to hunt one, LOL. Twice is a couple of times too many. Not many signs of any around here these days but they are here somewhere.

 

[Rruuff Day]

I was thinking of just how fast things can happen sometimes and low and behold....
One morning this past July as I was on my way to work I happened to have just such an encounter.

About 15 minutes into my 1 hr and 10 minute daily commute it was a bit foggy at about 5:30 am.
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Just crusing along at a buck ten, thinking about the days work task assignments for my crew.
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Travelling at 110km/hr we cover ground at a rate of about 100' per second
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As I caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of my eye
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What decision will it make? Go or no Go?
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So go it was...one more second...this isn't going to end well... I hit the brakes...
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... and prepared for impact, just at that moment in time, it stumbled...now what? will I go airborne?
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As the moose fell, I was able to swerve just enough to get around it without running it over it. As I looked in my rearview, it was trotting back across the road.
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Here it is in real time.
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You were extremely lucky Don. As I'm sure you are well aware, moose and vehicle rarely result in a happy ending. I have had a couple close ones as well.

 

[Dave91TM]

It sure makes you think. i.e. at 100FPS it only takes 1/10 of a second to cross fully onto the oncoming lane.
in less than the blink of an eye any drive can go from enjoyable to a disaster... and yet we have all sorts of things
that some people to do while driving. Not sayin you were doing anything wrong Don, glad you missed him. Just
carpin about some of the younger drivers we see texting ,phoning, no turn signals, improper turns and lane changes.
I find it simply stupid that new car reviews often spend more time fawning over the gizmos and gadgets than the actual performance characteristics of a vehicle..... There I've vented.

 

[Paul C7 to C8]

Bet that the old "Ticker" was thumping pretty good after that close call... glad that everything went well for both parties

 

[Trixie*]

Well done!

 

[Somebuddy]

Glad you both missed each other! I'll bet the ticker in that moose was at redline as well.
Here at Ponoka we've taught the wildlife to look both ways and use the cross walks

 

[Rruuff Day]

Glad you both missed each other! I'll bet the ticker in that moose was at redline as well.
Here at Ponoka we've taught the wildlife to look both ways and use the cross walks View attachment 75760

And on that note Bruce....

 

[Dave91TM]

And on that note Bruce....

I guess its true...you can't cure stupid.

 

[YFCvii]

... this kinda stuff is an experience to say the least ...

Here's a throw-back I posted on CCF from my Corvette while
at the 2018 Ponoka Meet & Greet ...
I had the PDR running for our Run to Gull Lake ...
it'll happen at about the 22 second mark.
I attribute my initial reaction of letting off the accelerator
being only 6 weeks back from Spring Mountain after being shown
how the Engine can slow the Corvette down a tad without braking.
I could'a swore I hit the damn thing though.
Click link below, enjoy and don't blink

SN3-waldo 2018 throw-back link

 

[OL Yeller]

Wow, that was fast as well.