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A local fella here is the fleet supervisor for mthe local police force which is a regional force, the equivalent of a county sheriff's office. They cover a huge area, rural and suburban. He claims that deer strikes with cruisers decreased 75% after adding deer whistles to the fleet. At first they weren't working but the manufacturer came in and explained they were mounted wrong. Apparently incorrect mounting will render them absolutely useless.
They must be mounted in such a way as to get full exposure to the oncoming air, ifthey are in an eddy current or low spot where there is a vacuum instead of a jet of air they do nothing. The bigger the vehicle the worse the problem to find a suitable mounting location is, big trucks make big air turbulence.
Generally he said the best place they found was the top of the light bar. They have a few Yukons and Expeditions they use for special units like the K-9's and rural patrols and he said they use the top of the side mirrors for the whistle mounts.
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Commercial snowplows work REALLY well as 'deer catchers', they even fire the body into the ditch instead of leaving it in the road if the blade is angled correctly.
One of my guys got one last week on his way out with the spray rig, it was dark and he didn't see it until it was too late. Luckily the spray tank was full, the back end tends to get kind of light with the wieght of the blade up in the air, a big hit like that might have spun him around, or at least made it unstable. Mind you with 1,000 gallons sloshing around evasive maneuvers or sudden stops aren't going to happen even if he HAD seen it coming.
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Many years back when airbags were first out I was at the local Ford store getting some touchups done on one of my trucks.
When I went into the body shop office there was a lady standing at the counter REALLY chewing out the manager, a super nice guy, and all he could say was "I'm soory ma'am, it's the LAW, I HAVE to put a new airbag back into your car!".
Undeterred she said if it had an airbag in it she didn't want it back, PERIOD.
When she turned around I almost lost control of my bladder!
She had two black eyes and a huge bruise on her forehead which was in the form of an absolutely PERFECT impression of the Lincoln logo.
She had bumped another car in the course of parking hers at the mall and the airbag had deployed.
After she left I suggested to the body shop manager that no matter WHAT vehicle she drove there would be a "bad airbag" in it..... it was then his turn to nearly lose control of his bladder.
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