[at-l] Look out for moose in the road!

[jmmiele at optonline.net (joe miele)]

The following page explains how Strieter-Lite reflectors successfully deter
animals from crossing the road when a vehicle is passing.  They have been
shown to have been shown to reduce overall animal-vehicle collision rates by
60 to 90 percent. Evidence suggests reflectors systems are effective for
deer, elk, moose, fox, coyote, raccoon, opossum, and cougar.

http://www.usroads.com/journals/rmj/9708/rm970801.htm







----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Bullard" <jbullar1@twcny.rr.com>
To: "Linda Benschop" <athummingbird@dnet.net>; <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Look out for moose in the road!


> At 04:55 AM 11/15/2004 -0500, Linda Benschop wrote:
> >Don't they make something you can put on the front of your vehicle that a
> >deer (maybe moose?) can be warned than you are approaching?  I know I
read
> >about that somewhere.
> >
> >Hummingbird
>
> The most common devices are the air activated type that require you to be
> driving fast enough to create sufficient air flow to make the sound,
> generally 45-50mph. The sound they generate is high-frequency like a dog
> whistle. Unfortunately there is some evidence that deer hearing is closer
> to human frequencies than to dog frequencies and there is little if any
> hard evidence that they work. They were big money makers though.
>
> There is at least one other device <http://www.xp3hornet.com/> which
> electronically generates a warning sound. It's problems are expense ($60
to
> $230 depending on the model) and it is audible to humans so they recommend
> turning it off in populated areas. Around where I live the deer are as apt
> to be in populated areas as not so I question how useful that is. They
> claim effectiveness of 70%. I'm not sure how they come up with that
figure.
> Only 30% of owners have hit deer while the unit was turned on?
>
> I see deer frequently while driving, mostly on the outskirts of town. They
> get out of the way or stop going toward the road far more than 70% of the
> time. Due mostly to being watchful (I'm sure luck has played a part too)
> I've yet to hit one though my wife hit one once. It leapt unexpectedly
from
> the culvert on the right side of the road just as she was passing. To her
> utter amazement, although it landed on the hood of her Subaru and then
slid
> across the windshield, it got up and ran to the woods. Although I checked
> the car over carefully I could never find any mark to indicate the
> collision. There was a single hair caught under the driver's side
> windshield wiper.
>
>
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