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A quick word on deer whistles
- Subject: A quick word on deer whistles
- From: ats@vwmail.net (ATS - Patrick Bureau)
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:23:34 -0700 (PDT)
maybe its time to slow down 5 ,ph slow than speeed limit in them country roads... I drive the rocco without whistles in the hill country of Texas (plenty a deer to be seen ) and 5mph and 460w of high beams seems to prevent any of them from "suprising me" on the roads.
food for though.
ATS - Patrick Bureau
1985 8v Euro GTX 3A/JH Project
1985 8v Euro GT Project (Daily Drive)
http://www.longcoeur.com/scirocco/
http://www.texassciroccoteam.org/
--- Jorel Jackson <jorel140@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Where I'm from I live in mortal terror of hitting a
>deer while driving at night. You see their dead bodies
>along side the road almost on a daily basis. I've had
>several close encounters with deer in my 16V. I always
>knew of those cone shaped whistles that are supposed
>to scare off animals. For aesthetic reasons, I've
>never used them. They just don't seem to go with
>Sciroccos. Anyways, I got a pair for my new truck.
>They don't look so bad on the truck, and they also
>don't seem to work. Right after I put those things on
>two deer jump out right in front of me. I hit the ABS,
>swerved and got off with a soft, damage free thump.
>Moments later, another critter of unknown genus
>scampers across the road with glowing eyes. I missed
>him too. I paid a buck and a half for those whistles...
>
>=====
>Jorel Jackson
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>2000 Neon ES
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