For years now I've kept the small inexpensive 'deer whistles' from the hardware store, affixed to my car. I still get deer wandering through the garden (tip: lean the fencing around the plants *outwards* and they won't try to leap it - looks odd but it works) but I seldom see animals on the road while driving. Bear, cougar, dogs, and cats, raccoons - haven't seen many, and if so, usually the tail end, since my discovery of the 'whistles'. The high pitched noise that scares the animal out of sight is in effect at about 60 kmph (40 mph?) or better. Slower than that, they don't work, but you usually have plenty of time to stop or avoid them. I did not like the risk of hitting an animal and disabling my car on a dark lonely rural road.
bye for now Bev in Shirley BC near Sooke on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
