October 15, 2008


road kill prevention

Colorado is developing a road kill prevention system.

The system uses an underground cable that senses large animals, then triggers electronic signs that give drivers a heads-up to the upcoming danger. Colorado will be testing the system on US-160, and the state has deployed radar detectors to see if drivers slow down when they receive the warning. If the system works, you can expect that it will proliferate in areas with high amounts of collisions between automobile and animal.

posted by Deron Bauman in animals, technology 

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2 Responses to “road kill prevention”

  1. Michael Smith on October 15th, 2008 at 11:15 am

    Friends of mine tell a story about how, when driving up Highway 50 to South Lake Tahoe, they came around a bend in the road to find a small car (I always picture an early ’90’s Civic) with a crushed front end and a large bear attempting to pull itself off the roadway.

    Of course, I always want to know more about the injured parties, but my friends were on their way to some casino and only slowed down enough to avoid the scene then speed off to Nevada.

  2. Mike Dresser on October 15th, 2008 at 7:28 pm

    So this is like a “Bears Next 20 Miles” sign that is sometimes off. Hmm.

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