{"id":148,"date":"2009-04-16T16:24:29","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T16:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noyeshallallen.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/16\/watch-for-moose\/"},"modified":"2017-11-09T08:53:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T14:53:17","slug":"watch-for-moose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/watch-for-moose\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch for Moose!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Maine Department of Transportation<\/a> recently issued a reminder to motorists<\/a> to watch for moose on the road. Out-of-state visitors often chuckle when they see “moose crossing” signs, but colliding with a moose is no laughing matter.<\/p>\n

Maine averages more than 600 crashes a year between moose and vehicles, killing 22 drivers over the past decade. Nearly 90% of crashes occur between dusk and dawn, with about 80% in darkness. <\/p>\n

Moose are dark brown, and therefore difficult to see at night. They are so tall that their eyes do not reflect oncoming headlights. They tend to move in groups; if you see one, they may well be another. Because of their height, the animal is often thrown into the windshield when struck, causing injury and significant vehicle damage. <\/p>\n

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While many Mainers know that deeer are on the move during November breeding season, many don’t know that moose are more active during their summer mating season.<\/p>\n

The DOT has produced a helpful brochure with safety hints<\/a>, offering advice ranging from driving safely in known moose-crossing areas (operating “within your headlights”) to what to do if you see a moose in the roadway (stay in your vehicle, and don’t try to drive around it), to what to do if a crash is unavoidable (let up on the brakes just before impact).<\/p>\n

<\/a>Southern Maine drivers, especially in urban and suburban areas, tend to think that they’re out of the danger zone. But moose collisions have occurred<\/a> in heavily populated neighborhoods in Portland, Lewiston-Auburn and Bangor. <\/p>\n

Buckle up, slow down, drive carefully and live!<\/p>\n


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The Maine Department of Transportation recently issued a reminder to motorists to watch for moose on the road. Out-of-state visitors often chuckle when they see “moose crossing” signs, but colliding with a moose is no laughing matter. Maine averages more than 600 crashes a year between moose and vehicles, killing 22 drivers over the past […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,16,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-insurance","category-safety","category-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4795,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/4795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}