Development and evaluation of devices designed to minimize deer-vehicle collisions.
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2007-07-02
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Edition:Final project report.
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Abstract:This project was funded by Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) through the
Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The study was a collaborative research project initiated in 2004 and directed by Drs. Robert J.
Warren and Karl V. Miller of University of Georgia (UGA) and Dr. George R. Gallagher of
Berry College. The study was designed to: 1) provide a comprehensive literature review of all
pertinent aspects related to deer-vehicle collisions, 2) evaluate the effectiveness of Strieter-Lite
wildlife warning reflectors for altering the behavior of white-tailed deer along roadways, 3)
generate basic information on the visual capabilities of white-tailed deer, 4) determine the
hearing range of white-tailed deer, 5) improve on existing technologies or develop new strategies
for reducing the incidence of deer-vehicle collisions. This final report is a compilation of the
literature review, the Ph.D.dissertation of Gino D’Angelo (D’Angelo 2007), and the Master of
Science Thesis of Sharon Valitzski (Valitzski 2007). The dissertation and thesis are presented in
individual chapters including an introductory and conclusion chapter, and scientific manuscript
chapters. Each scientific manuscript chapter includes an abstract, introduction, methods, results,
discussion of results, and conclusions. Our findings will be described briefly in the following
paragraphs.
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