What are your criteria for clinching a highway?

[hbelkins]

I worry more about deer on interstates and freeways than rural two-lane roads, especially in this area, because the two-lanes require driving at slower speeds.

[1995hoo]

I worry more about deer on interstates and freeways than rural two-lane roads, especially in this area, because the two-lanes require driving at slower speeds.

I wouldn't be surprised if one's outlook on that sort of thing is also a locally-specific issue, as around here I don't worry much about deer on Interstates or freeways because said roads are generally large enough, and often (certainly not always) coupled with sound walls, such that there aren't a lot of deer crossing them. That's not to say it never happens, of course; last May on a relatively rural segment of I-66 (between Broad Run and the exit for The Plains, for those who know the road) I saw a deer on the shoulder seemingly waiting for a break in traffic to cross the highway. I worry about them a lot more on the two-lane roads because the trees generally come up a lot closer to the highway and thus often make it harder to see the deer until the last second.

I'm very glad there are no moose around here. We had a near-miss with a huge moose in northern Ontario (near Cochrane) in August 1986 (riding in a 1982 Honda Accord on a gravel road late at night after returning from Moosonee and Moose Factory). I'd be quite happy never to see another moose out a car window.