Drivers test GPS to reduce car-wildlife collisions
From: Globe, British Columbia
Prince George -- Researchers at the University of Northern British Columbia have helped develop a new high-tech tool aimed at figuring out how to cut down on vehicle collisions with wildlife.
Ten Prince George drivers are being given mobile GPS units equipped with buttons that allow them to log when and where they see moose or deer -- either dead or alive -- along roads.
The information is then downloaded into a computer for analysis and mapping in the research program, which continues until next summer.
ICBC says there are 10,000 animal-related collisions a year. CP
Prince George -- Researchers at the University of Northern British Columbia have helped develop a new high-tech tool aimed at figuring out how to cut down on vehicle collisions with wildlife.
Ten Prince George drivers are being given mobile GPS units equipped with buttons that allow them to log when and where they see moose or deer -- either dead or alive -- along roads.
The information is then downloaded into a computer for analysis and mapping in the research program, which continues until next summer.
ICBC says there are 10,000 animal-related collisions a year. CP
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