Originally posted by normhead Personally, I drive much slower after dark,
I am with you on that one 100%.
On my last Boston to Vegas trip, I decided to go north and go through Denver. The last portion of the trip goes through Utah. I ended up driving at night with an allowed speed limit of 80mph in parts of Utah. Plenty of cars zoomed by me at 80 or even 90mph but I slowed down to 60-65 because of the deer signs on the road. I have never seen so many watch out for deer signs in my entire life. It was pitch dark and all I could see was a deer crossing sign every few mile with plenty of blood stains on the road in between the signs. I got the message. They have been a lot of hits. Once I saw the first of the blood marks on the road, I slowed down. I knew I could not react fast enough if a deer jumped out of the woods and that my little Honda Fit was going to be destroyed if it hit anything at 80mph.
Since we are on the subject, another quick story. One of our gym instructors in Boston area did not show up to work for a few days. I was curious as to what had happened to him. He ended up coming in a week or so later with a neck brace. Given that the guy is a former special forces member with a neck twice as thick as my thighs!, I was curious what could have put him in a neck brace. Come to find out on a trip to Canada, going through northern Maine, he had hit a moose head on. The car was totaled sending him and his wife to the hospital. They were lucky they came out of it alive.
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Originally posted by Paul the Sunman Landscape Photographer Dale Sharpe killed in freak accident
Sad. What a senseless way to go.