NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/misc/consumer/22572

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From: [e-mail] (Joan Stout)
Subject: Re: Deer Whistles
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Eric C. Zinner) writes:
|> After totalling two cars in two years by hitting two deer I am ready to
|> try anything to keep my new car from suffering the same fate.  A friend
|> suggested that I spend $5 and buy "deer whistles", small plastic devices
|> that mount to the front of a car.  Supposedly, when the car is driven at
|> more than 35MPH the whistle emits a frequency of 16,000-20,000 Hertz, in
|> a deer's audible range, and that scares them away from the car.  Of
|> course, since it is relatively rare to hit deer (unless you're me), it
|> is difficult to test the effectiveness of such a device unless a large
|> sample of people is surveyed.  Does anyone know of such a study or have
|> any knowledge of the usefulness of this gizmo?
|>
|> With my luck I'll put them on backwards and deer will be attracted to my
|> car :-)

This isn't scientific, but I know a realtor who works mostly in a
rural and semi-rural area. Collisions with deer happen quite frequently
in this area. The realtor has the whistles on her vehicle, and she says
she hasn't seen a deer near her car since she got them. She's convinced
that they work.

Joan
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