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Originally Posted by Rich Sandor
I know Porsches/Ferraris/BMWs *will* stop faster than most other cars, even at breakneck speeds, but if an animal jumps out 20' in front of you when you're doing 160+kph - you're fucked!
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When I was growing up, in the Interior, a neighbor of ours left his driveway in his K-car... turned onto the highway... was up to a whopping 30 or 40km/h when a moose jumped out of the bushes directly in front of him.
Now, your average moose weighs in the vicinity of 1000 pounds and has long spindly legs that hold it a good three feet off the ground... so even just nudging this thing, it basically landed in his lap.
Dude lived... but he didn't walk for two months. Still doesn't have the use of one hand to this day, 20+ years later. His face was incredibly messed up from the glass that was embedded in it - even windshield safety glass can piece out when it has a several-hundred-pound chunk of flesh going through it. His jaw was wired shut for a good four weeks and he couldn't eat normally for almost a year.
So yeah... hitting a big animal is not something you want to do in your pasta or sauerkraut rocket.
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I'd argue it's safer to do those speeds on highways like the coquihalla that are designed for it. (even if it is illegal)
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Not just that, but using Seymour or Cypress, you're trapped - once you get to the top, there's nowhere to go.