What weighs 544kg, is 2m high, 3m long and can run beside your car at 60km/h and kill you if it hits you?
As a recent report from the American College of Surgeons said: "When the front of a vehicle strikes a moose, it tends to impact its long legs, sending the bulk of the animal to collide into the windshield and roof." Obviously, this is not good for you, your car or the moose. My rally instructor said to aim for the animal's butt because they rarely reverse before a collision.
I am now the world expert on animals you may hit in a rally car in northern New Hampshire after spending the past week at Team O'Neil Rally School, which is in the middle of 240ha of heavily forested mountains.
Anyway, I paid about $8.5k for five days of intensive slippery driving coaching in Scubbys, Ford Fiestas and Beemers. Despite this and extensive on track, road and drift pan experience, my success in any form of the sport has been limited to a sensational second last years ago.
However, the Team O'Neil course is based on serious learning theory and about six hours a day seat time in rear, front and all-wheel drive cars. This means by the end of the five days you drive away with some serious skills.