AUTUMN CLASS HEAVY CRUISER INSTALL

The risk of hitting a deer varies by time of day, day of the week, the monthly lunar cycle and seasons of the year. HereвЂ™s what our research and other studies show about timing and risk. My former students Victor Colino-Rabanal, Nimanthi Abeyrathna and I have analyzed over 86,000deer-vehicle collisions involving white-tailed deer in New York state using police records over a three-year period. Just as important is knowing when these accidents occur.

AUTUMN CLASS HEAVY CRUISER INSTALL

Transportation agencies, working with scientists, have been developing ways to predict where deer and other ungulates enter roads so they can post warning signs or install fencing or wildlife passages under or over the roadway. While avoiding deer вЂ“ as well as moose, elk and other hoofed animals, known as ungulates вЂ“ can seem impossible if youвЂ™re driving in rural areas, there are certain times and places that are most hazardous, and so warrant extra caution. Property damage insurance claims average around $2,600 per accident, and the overall average cost, including severe injuries or death, is over $6,000. each year, resulting in more than US$1 billion in property damage, about 200 human deaths and 29,000 serious injuries. Deer cause over 1 million motor vehicle accidents in the U.S.

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