I hit a black bear on I 64 last night about 9:30 PM. I drive slow, at 55 mph, as it gets me much better gas mileage and reaction time. I saw it with enough time to slow to maybe 30 mph before impact. My car still runs, I drove it home, but I'll need a new hood and bumper cover. It's 13 years old so I am fearful of insurance totaling it out. (Honda Accord).
Had I been driving my 1972 Chevy truck, with stock bumper, Luverne grill guard, and 1/2 ton height, would it have shrugged that 200 pound bear off, assuming I had slowed to the 30 mph I did in my Honda?
What do you guys think?
*A lady in an SUV hit it after I did, totaling her Chevy Traverse and killing the bear.
The bear, after the hit by the SUV and one round from a deputy's AR 15.
My car. Insurance paid for it all but I did pay the difference on an OEM hood.
