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Tag: roadkill

Overdrive Extra

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.

July 7, 2015

An adult deer or buck weighs about 150 to 200 pounds. A bear can weigh up to 600 pounds, and a full-grown elk or moose can surpass 1,200 pounds – more than half a ton. (Art by Rob Smith Jr.)

Roadkill 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.”

August 29, 2014

Hawk 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.

November 6, 2012

Hawk On Wa Dot Camera

Dangerous 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 […]

September 29, 2010

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