Please be careful driving at night!
 

Just a friendly reminder to everyone, last night driving home on RT 104 in Meredith I had a run in with a very large moose! Everyone in the car is ok but shaken up a little. I got some cuts from all the broken glass from the windshield and drivers side door. I can say the moose did not fear so well.

I would like to thank the many that stopped to see if we were ok and also the Meredith police and fire rescue. You guys are the best!!
Sorry to anyone that got stuck in traffic because of this accident but as the officer said at least it wasn't a Friday or Sunday night.

So again PLEASE keep an eye out for these animals that need to cross the road and most of all be a little patient with anyone driving the dark roads with high beams on. Being able to see a little further ahead might have prevented this for me.

Thanks for reading, David

Wow... Scary

Very glad all of the folks in your car are OK. Great advice on the high beams and frankly way too many people drive way too fast at night.

I've only seen 1 moose in all my years of driving in NH, I sure don't want to see one in my headlights!

Steve:

The problem is you usually don't see the moose in your headlights since the body is above the beams balancing on spindly legs. After you take out the legs the body of the moose comes crashing down on your car. You can see what often happens from the pictures above. David, did you see the moose before you hit him? I am glad to hear you are okay.

Probably no use buying any more lottery tickets.

Omg!
 

Wow!!
Glad to hear everybody is OK. That must have been so scary...

Secondcurve, not until I hit him. All I remember seeing was his knees hit the hood and then hitting the windshield.

Glad to hear you're all OK, definately a scary thing to have happen for sure.

I'll tell ya those moose are really hard to see at night, thier fur is so dark it's hard to see them against a dark night backdrop. I had a close call out snowmobiling a few years back, had I not have my high beams going I never would have seen the pair that were out on a late night stroll down the trail.

Hope the moose didn't go to waste, they are great eating!

Many people have been killed hitting moose. As was the case here, because of the long legs the torso goes right to the windshield and quite often through it. I know somebody that had one end up in the drivers compartment and the legs were thrashing about injuring him. Glad your ok.

High Beams on..
 

When I was stationed at Eielson AFB AK, in our incoming safety briefing, one of the topics was driving at night and vehicle interactions with Moose. I am so glad you and your passengers are ok.

The instructor said he cannnot stress enough the need to use high beams whenever possible when driving at night, and for the same reasons stated here already. Moose are so tall that low beams only light up their legs. High beams will give a better look at the whole animal, and if he is looking at you may allow you to see his eyes. He also said to be aware of the reflectors along the side of the road appearing and then disappearing. Good chance that something blocked the reflectors.

The pictures are amazing and again thankful for no serious injuries.

Glad all are ok! I had to drive from Gloucester, Mass very late last night and I was watching the sides of the road the whole way......I also kept my high beams on as much as possible (trying not to annoy the other drivers). I drive a Toyota Highlander so am a bit higher up than a regular car but still very vigilant!

Looks exactly how my car did back on July 4th 1999 when a moose came running out and hit me heading back from the Merideth fireworks. Was just past Ipellido's Furnichure.
Was amazed because I was in almost back to back traffic and it just ran out and hit me.

I'm glad to hear the same results of my accident..... no one hurt!!

Glad to hear that everyone came out OK! Been there, done that, don't care to go on that ride again!

Mine was on I-93 South at exit 3 in Windham, going 60-65 mph, at about 10:45 p.m. on my way to work. All I saw was the lower half of the legs at the very last moment, and my last thought before impact was, "My, that's a mighty big deer!" Moose strikes at that time were rare in the far southern part of the state.

Besides having my face beaten up by the airbag and wearing some windshield and t-top glass, I came out relatively unscathed. The moose and the car? Not so well.

At the time, I had been thinking about buying a new car. However, that was not the way that I wanted my decision to be made about it! Be careful how you wish for something, it might appear in a very unexpected manner! :laugh:

More mosee out then in past years.
 

We have seen much more moose out on the roads this past winter through now. We have not seen this many in the last 6-8 years.
This summer alone we have had 3-4 really close calls with moose, most at night but one about mid morning.
Heading north for the 4th towing a trailer I had the closest call ever. Funny thing is I had just said to my wife I need to crank up on the electric brake controller. Thankfully I did because the trailer braked harder then the truck did and we missed the moose by just a few feet. Jack Russell’s were flying everywhere inside the truck.
I run two 100watt aircraft lights which give me about ¼ mile visibility down the road at night. Many of the logging truckers also run these lights up in North Country.
Glad everyone was ok; many times the outcome is not so good when moose are involved.

Alaska comparison again:
 

Many pickups and almost all commercial vehicles had landing lights hooked into the high beam switch (remember that thingee sticking up out of the floor to the left of the clutch pedal). Click on the high beams, and you went from night to day, at least in front of you for several hundred yards. :)