[at-l] Look out for moose in the road!

[spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com (Jim and/or Ginny Owen)]

skeeter wrote:

>Guy at work here was telling a story. He was driving in remote Quebec years
>ago with a friend. Arrow straight dirt roads, speed limit something like 60
>mph, dropping to 30 mph every 20 miles or so where another dirt road
>crosses. Not another car to be seen, so they're driving 90 when they get
>pulled over by a Mountie. The Mountie tells them he doesn't give a damn if
>they drive 90, but they're in big moose country, the scrub grows right up
>to the side of the road, and the first warning they're going to get is when
>the moose comes through the windshield. The Mounties job would be to clean
>up the mess, and he'd REALLY appreciate it if they'd slow down. They slowed
>down...


Can't speak to Quebec (haven't been there for a few years), but in British 
Columbia and Alberta the roadsides are cleared back for about 30 yards - 
lots of warning (at least during daylight).  In two weeks we saw exactly one 
roadkill - a squirrel on a blind curve.  OTOH - we saw LOTS of wildlife 
grazing the roadsides.

A lot of Alaskan roads are cleared the same way.

Walk softly,
Jim