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- From: thearn@nmsu.edu (Tom Hearn)
- Subject: Re: Deer Whistles
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.162035.19862@nmsu.edu>
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- Organization: New Mexico State University
- References: <QfN31pG00WB3Mhtkhf@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:20:35 GMT
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- In article <QfN31pG00WB3Mhtkhf@andrew.cmu.edu> ez03+@andrew.cmu.edu (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 :-)
-
- After I totaled my car by hitting a four point buck at 70mph in NY state
- I got deer whistles for my next car.
- What the hell, for $5 its cheap insurance. I have noticed on occasion some
- animals (possum, racoon) running away from my car after starting out into
- the road.
-
- Do they really work? I don't know but I haven't hit any deer or
- other animals in the four years I've had them.
-
- -Tom
-