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Modern cars are much better with moose crashes. A couple of years ago I was in driving back from grocery store, just south of Sodankylä in northern Finland, dur
by deliciousturkey 4y ago
Modern cars are much better with moose crashes. A couple of years ago I was in driving back from grocery store, just south of Sodankylä in northern Finland, during the darkest times of winter, when the car in front of me crashed into a moose. The moose bounced multiple meters into the air from the windshield of the car in front of me, and I needed to do the typical evasive maneuver (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_test) to avoid the flying moose. I'd estimate that the crash happened with speed of around 40-50 km/h.
The person driving the car in front of me survived unscathed, without any injury. The car (2010's VW Passat) very likely was a loss though. This just tells how good modern cars are with these kinds of crashes.
In Finland there are about 1000-2000 moose crashes every year, but only around 1-4 people die from them.