Driving down Route 93 tonight at about 8:05-pm, which was about sunset or so, and still light out, a large black, young adult moose was walking fast down the middle of the highway for a hundred yards before exiting. Heading south, just south of Exit 27, I was alone on the road with no other vehicles nearby so I slowed to a crawl and turned on my 4-way flashers and kept an eye on the moose just up ahead and the rear view mirror as well, watching for drivers unaware and a possible rear ender into me. A Chevy Suburban slows to a stop in the left hand lane just next to me, gets very close like 20' from the moose, and someone on the passenger side sticks his head out the window and starts yelling at the big moose. By the way, he looked a lot like former Governor John Sununu. Moose soon runs off into the woods, probably annoyed or scared of the person yelling at it to move along or whatever. Traffic resumes....no problems...end of story.
My question: Had someone hit me from behind while I am moving forward at about 5-mph following the moose for one hundred yards, w/ 4-way flashers on and waiting for it to be safe to pass the moose, would that be covered by my comprehensive coverage, or by the car striking me from behind? Is a moose an extenuating circumstance?
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