Indeed. And who takes a “detour” (across an international border, no less) when an animal ventures on to the road in front of their car? Simply honking the horn, even at a large bear, would get it to move along. There is far more to this than the WAPO is telling us.
Don't try that with a bull moose.
A few years ago a train engineer blew his horns at a moose in Crawford Notch, NH.
The moose put its' head down and charged the train.
A bull moose could easily destroy a car.