Animal Vehicle Crash Mitigation Using Advanced Technology

Year of publication2006
Author(s)Marcel P. Huijser
Co-authorsPatrick T. McGowen, Whisper Camel, Amanda Hardy, Patrick Wright, and Anthony P. Clevenger
Place of publicationBozeman
Languageen
Pricefree
Purchasehttp://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TP_RES/docs/Reports
Ref.Montana State University
Western Transportation Institute
US
Website: http://www.montana.edu/
Page(s)292
Publication typeOther

The report identifies existing animal detection system technologies and their vendors; describes the selection of two experimental detection systems and their installation at two field sites; documents the experiences with planning and design, installation, operation and maintenance; documents test results on the reliability of the two systems; documents system acceptance; and provides advice for the future development and application of animal detection systems.