roadkill
Goodbye, Bambi, we hardly knew ye
In the latest installment of Overdrive’s Worst Case Trucking Scenarios series, we take a look at how to avoid hitting a deer.
Read MoreRoadkill diaries: Armadillo zombies
"I stop bothering with variety in roadkill during the stretch between San Antonio and Laredo. Everything is shriveled up and blows away about an hour after it's hit. The only thing that remains intact enough to recognize is – you guessed it – armadillos."
Read MoreHawk to DOT: “Point me to the nearest roadkill?”
What happens when a bird of prey tries to communicate with a DOT traffic camera? It makes for good humor on Twitter.
Read MoreDangerous roads — for animals — cataloged in California, Maine
The last time Truckers News addressed the subject of dangerous roads, you might forgive us for having focused on the obvious, the treacherous mountain passes, cold and snowy winter roads and congested urban centers that make the job of the nation's truck drivers a sometimes harrowing adventure. Researchers and other users of the California and Maine Roadkill Observation Systems, though, are pinpointing the most dangerous roads for, as their organizations' titles suggests, animals. The main ...
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