Re: Deer-proofing an Audi

[Soren Juelsgaard <juels@bdti.com>]

On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Wolff wrote:

> Horch, August wrote:
> > 
> > Coming home from Fort Collins on Friday night, enjoying some spirited
> > driving on one of the few twisty roads in Colorado, I came up over a
> > hill doing about 60 & find a poor Doe standing right in the middle of
> > the road.  I hit the brakes and dove for the ditch.  The doe, of course,
> > ran straight for the car; I hit the doe & the ditch at about the same
> > time.  I'll save you the gorry details, but there isnt' much left of
> > Audi or deer (altho the Audi made it home afterwards...)  :-(  Anyone
> > out there with experience with those deer whistle's I've seen?  Do they
> > really work?  Any favorite brands?  I really don't want to be
> > responsible for the loss of anymore animal life.  Many thanks.
> > 
> > -August
> 
> Deer whistles do work to a degree. Not failsafe, but worth the $10 or
> so.  If you aren't sure about the brand, get two sets. Deer use 3 senses
> to detect danger:sight, smell and sound. They confirm one sense with at
> least another. Since they aren't likely to smell you at speed, this
> leaves sight and sound. They see you, but often too late. The whistles
> get them to look sooner and once they do look, this is the confirmation
> to get going, hopefully.
> HTH,
> Wolff
> 
I have been wondering why my uncles Volvo made these whistle sounds when
driving. But the deer theory explains why Volvo had these boxy cars with
sharp edges that whistles at medium to high speed :)

/Soren