Interesting idea, no doubt.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/transportation/4279505.html
But potential problems? The cost, the lasers (as mentioned in the article), the upkeep. (Crews would be needed to keep these things up and running.)
Maybe just too unpractical all together?
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The fact that most cars these days are pretty much made of plastic doesn't help. Hit a deer with a 2-ton 70s-vintage Cadillac and you may have to get out and pick up some molding and clip it back on.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
Or, you know, they could install street lights for 1/10th the cost.
Seems like a waste of time.
Deer are incredibly stupid animals. They will run straight into your parked car. You don't have to be moving to hit them.
Sure, this will alert motorists of deer around them, but so do the flashes of brown and white and the beady red eyes on the side of the road. In other words, the driver still has to be paying attention. The ones that pay attention already are aware of the deer. The ones that aren't paying attention won't listen to a sign either.
Deer are incredibly stupid animals. They will run straight into your parked car. You don't have to be moving to hit them.
Sure, this will alert motorists of deer around them, but so do the flashes of brown and white and the beady red eyes on the side of the road. In other words, the driver still has to be paying attention. The ones that pay attention already are aware of the deer. The ones that aren't paying attention won't listen to a sign either.
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In a car with one of my rednecky Montana cousins, he kept pointing outside and going "There's a deer. There's a deer. Over there's an elk." Etc.
I wish I had his mad skillz.
I wish I had his mad skillz.
It seems kinda crazy because you cant have these signs every 10 ft thats just stupid. But if you add only a couple then why have them at all? its unpractical and overall useless anyway deer are overpopulated atm.
Well, technically, *we're* the ones who are overpopulated. We're encroaching on their territory. In that light, I'm all for ultralight, superfast cars that explode into fiery death if a deer happens to be standing on the side of a highway.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
Debalic wrote:
Well, technically, *we're* the ones who are overpopulated. We're encroaching on their territory. In that light, I'm all for ultralight, superfast cars that explode into fiery death if a deer happens to be standing on the side of a highway.
The deer are very over populated. At least here in Michigan. And there is lots of wooded area in western michigan.
In the last few years, their population density and deer baiting piles have lead to an increase in bovine tuberculosis. This lead to a dramatic decrease in the allowed size of deer bait piles to try and limit the deer all coming to one point and spreading the disease
And these past few months, there was a local case of what they called "chronic wasting disease" which has caused a large scare, and the DNR has issued a no bait pile rule.
So it's not just us encroaching on them. They are just breeding like crazy, especially in the absense of any natural predators (Mostly our fault, no more wolves, etc.) They have been issueing a lot of Doe permits in the past years to try and control the population.
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catwho, pet mage of Jabober wrote:
In a car with one of my rednecky Montana cousins, he kept pointing outside and going "There's a deer. There's a deer. Over there's an elk." Etc.
I wish I had his mad skillz.
I wish I had his mad skillz.
Hey, I live in Montana. -_-; And I don't have those skills.
Don't get out enough.
On the point, I must agree. Drivers could do it on their own, too expensive, unpractical, etc.
A guy at work today was telling me about his friend who had just hit a deer with his car.
He was driving down the road, and struck a deer. So he stopped, and was sitting there getting ready to get out of the car.
About 1 minute after the first hit, a Doe ran straight into the side of his car and popped its head through the drivers side window. He got out of his car, and looked around but both deer had gotten up and ran off.
He was really angry about it all, climbed into his car, and slammed the door, and the whole window fell out into his lap. I guess you had to be there, but that is just hillarios to me.
He was driving down the road, and struck a deer. So he stopped, and was sitting there getting ready to get out of the car.
About 1 minute after the first hit, a Doe ran straight into the side of his car and popped its head through the drivers side window. He got out of his car, and looked around but both deer had gotten up and ran off.
He was really angry about it all, climbed into his car, and slammed the door, and the whole window fell out into his lap. I guess you had to be there, but that is just hillarios to me.
Can't sleep, clown will eat me.
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