Elk/Moose Crash Test

When I was in Montana this past summer we had a few near misses with mule deer darting onto the road. Even driving below the speed limit and paying attention to your surroundings, animals have a spontaneity to their movements and are unpredictable.

Here is a video simulation of a composite dummy showing what could happen if a car broadsides a moose.

https://youtu.be/98ZK_kknP9U

Also, notice in the simulation the airbag does not deploy due to the strike being too high to trigger a deployment since the hood of the car only hits the legs and tends to flip the animal's center mass up onto the hood and through the windshield.

I stumbled onto this YouTube video doing research for my next novel which will have an animal strike scene.

Please slow down on the roads. Even today I had to swerve onto the shoulder because an oncoming car crossed over the center-line. There is too much at risk to be speeding, running red lights, texting, or talking on the phone.

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