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Somebody Else's Car, Thank Goodness
Mar. 19th, 2006 12:31 amI regularly drive Routes 19 and 20 here in Massachusetts. That's US 20, the road I drove home tonight following a lovely afternoon and dinner with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kipw, malibrarian, and their delightfully engaging daughter, Sarah. And it's State Road 19, which runs through the middle of Wales.
Tonight I'm very grateful I don't drive Route 12. The pertinent piece of it is 50-some miles away. But I would have been shocked by the CNN teaser headline no matter how close or far away the location:
"The moose is loose! And it's in my car!"
The video was even more shocking. I don't know how long CNN keeps video up, and also feel like I should warn LJ friends --they don't show this part, but the moose didn't make it. Me, I'm amazed that the moose survived long enough to be rescued from the car it came to be stuck in. And I'm amazed by just how composed the terrified moose looked as it more-or-less sat in the front passenger seat with its head sticking out from where the windshield used to be. The windshield itself had shattered on impact with the moose just moments before.
The car's driver escaped with minor cuts and scratches on her face. Only one of them required a couple of stitches. Heck, I ended up with 4 stitches after my face didn't stop as suddenly as my sled did.And a sled is nothing compared to a moose.
(Yes, I know, just because I don't drive Route 12 doesn't mean I'm safe from moose and other wildlife collisions.)
Color me croggled. And sad for the moose. And for the driver, too. Sometimes the story isn't worth the trauma, no matter how amazing the story itself is. Even if you have the pictures to prove it.
kipw, malibrarian, and their delightfully engaging daughter, Sarah. And it's State Road 19, which runs through the middle of Wales. Tonight I'm very grateful I don't drive Route 12. The pertinent piece of it is 50-some miles away. But I would have been shocked by the CNN teaser headline no matter how close or far away the location:
"The moose is loose! And it's in my car!"
The video was even more shocking. I don't know how long CNN keeps video up, and also feel like I should warn LJ friends --they don't show this part, but the moose didn't make it. Me, I'm amazed that the moose survived long enough to be rescued from the car it came to be stuck in. And I'm amazed by just how composed the terrified moose looked as it more-or-less sat in the front passenger seat with its head sticking out from where the windshield used to be. The windshield itself had shattered on impact with the moose just moments before.
The car's driver escaped with minor cuts and scratches on her face. Only one of them required a couple of stitches. Heck, I ended up with 4 stitches after my face didn't stop as suddenly as my sled did.And a sled is nothing compared to a moose.
(Yes, I know, just because I don't drive Route 12 doesn't mean I'm safe from moose and other wildlife collisions.)
Color me croggled. And sad for the moose. And for the driver, too. Sometimes the story isn't worth the trauma, no matter how amazing the story itself is. Even if you have the pictures to prove it.
