Her in The Netherlands (and I have seen them too in Germany) we have
'wildspiegels' or wildlife mirrors along the roads in areas where deer
and other wild animals might cross.
Have a look at this Dutch Wikipedia page,
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildspiegel
and for those not knowledgeable in Dutch here is the English
translation (automated, hence very poor)
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildspiegel&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dwildspiegel%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3Dwwg
These mirrors are very cheap, and you see them everywhere along the
roads. They have some effect, but the animals tend to get used to the
mirrors too, so some them keep crossing the roads nevertheless.
Frank.
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:31:29 -0500, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>I got my first deer last year right here in the neighborhood. It was
>about 9 or 10 pm and dark. I was about 1/4 mile from home. I stopped
>at an intersection, turned the corner and had gotten the car up only to
>about 20mph. Suddenly there was a huge bang (from where I couldn't
>tell) and the car seemed to leap into the air. I thought I had hit a
>big stone or log in the road. When I got the car turned around and went
>back I was startled to find a doe laying in the road. She was
>apparently running at high speed from between two houses and out into
>the street. She crossed the opposite side of the road and hit the
>fender of my car just ahead of the driver's door and put a dent into it.
> Her momentum threw her hind quarters under the rear wheel. Running
>over her is what caused the car to leap into the air. It also paralyzed
>her from the waist down. She was desperately trying to crawl out of the
>road but only the front feet were working. I had to call the local
>sheriff who reluctantly (due to it being a populated area) dispatched
>her with a shot to the head.
>
>I was astounded that she had not seen me or been able to change course
>in time. If I'd have been on a motorcycle it might have been me getting
>dispatched.
>
>Chuck Norcutt
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