Development and evaluation of devices designed to minimize deer-vehicle collisions.

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• Creators:
  D’Angelo, Gino J. ; Warren, Robert J. ; Miller, Karl V. ; Gallagher, George R. ; Valitzski, Sharon A.
• Corporate Creators:
  Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic safety
  • Wildlife
  • Deer
  • Traffic crashes
  • Collisions
  • Crashes
  • Traffic safety and wildlife--United States--Bibliography
  • Traffic safety and wildlife--United States
  • Deer--United States
  • Traffic accidents--United States
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Georgia
• Edition:
  Final project report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Georgia. Dept. of Transportation
• 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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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23422/dot_23422_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.72 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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