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Old 11-24-2015, 05:45 PM   #1
In The Ten Ring
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I with I had been driving my truck last night.

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.


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