Anyone use deer whistles on their car?

[Murpheeee]

You know....the ones that give a high pitch whistle as you drive....supposed to scare away any animals planning to jump in front of your car.

do they work?
can you hear them at all ?
where do you get them?

 

[vi edit]

You'll have as much luck hanging a rabbits foot from your rear view mirror.

 

[Viper GTS]

Here you go

Viper GTS

 

[Zenmervolt]

The kind that one sees on the cars of people over 70? My thought is that a car typically generates more than 80 dB of noise as it drives by, so the whistles would have to be awfully loud to be heard over the general noise of the vehicle. Besides, if a 3,000 lb car doesn't scare a deer away, how will a whistle?

ZV

 

[MajesticMoose]

I don't know how well they work, but i know that i can hear them, despite what they claim. I don't know if they'd actually help me or not. I can see them coming pretty well, and if not, I'd probably hit them whistles or not

 

[ElFenix]

a guy i know has some on his truck. still hits deer.

 

[lowtech1]

A friend of mine had one on his campry & still hit a deer. I was in the front passenger side when it happen. It did a $3000.00 damage to the car & it was only a glancing blow.

 

[vi edit]

My theory on deer is this - if you are going to hit a deer, then you are going to hit a deer. There are two, maybe three type of deer.

1. The oblivious deer. These are the ones that are just standing in the middle of the road without a care in the world. Easily avoided using safe driving techniques.
2. The daredevil(AKA the "wait for me guys!" deer). These are the deer on the edge of the road that run out onto it, usually following the lead of a couple deer in front of it. Once again, usually avoidable when being a cautious and observant driver.
3. The kamikaze, or suicide deer. These are the bad ones. They come flying out of now where unexpectadly. No time to stop. No time to swerve. Just BAM! And your airbags go off. This is the one that you really can't avoid and no amount of whistle, sirens, other assorted deer repelants are going to prevent.

 

[eplebnista]

Anyone use deer whistles on their car?

No.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

I have my wife trained to come when I whistle, now if ONLY i could get her to stop wondering off....

 

[roncarter]

ummm no

 

[stonecold3169]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
My theory on deer is this - if you are going to hit a deer, then you are going to hit a deer. There are two, maybe three type of deer.

1. The oblivious deer. These are the ones that are just standing in the middle of the road without a care in the world. Easily avoided using safe driving techniques.
2. The daredevil(AKA the "wait for me guys!" deer). These are the deer on the edge of the road that run out onto it, usually following the lead of a couple deer in front of it. Once again, usually avoidable when being a cautious and observant driver.
3. The kamikaze, or suicide deer. These are the bad ones. They come flying out of now where unexpectadly. No time to stop. No time to swerve. Just BAM! And your airbags go off. This is the one that you really can't avoid and no amount of whistle, sirens, other assorted deer repelants are going to prevent.

The worst type of Kamikaze deer: The one that runs out so you don't hit it, but it rams into the side of your car... because there is literally nothing in the world you could have done to stop that damn thing

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: stonecold3169

Originally posted by: vi_edit
My theory on deer is this - if you are going to hit a deer, then you are going to hit a deer. There are two, maybe three type of deer.

1. The oblivious deer. These are the ones that are just standing in the middle of the road without a care in the world. Easily avoided using safe driving techniques.
2. The daredevil(AKA the "wait for me guys!" deer). These are the deer on the edge of the road that run out onto it, usually following the lead of a couple deer in front of it. Once again, usually avoidable when being a cautious and observant driver.
3. The kamikaze, or suicide deer. These are the bad ones. They come flying out of now where unexpectadly. No time to stop. No time to swerve. Just BAM! And your airbags go off. This is the one that you really can't avoid and no amount of whistle, sirens, other assorted deer repelants are going to prevent.

The worst type of Kamikaze deer: The one that runs out so you don't hit it, but it rams into the side of your car... because there is literally nothing in the world you could have done to stop that damn thing

I've only seen type 4: The "that was a DEER?!" deer. Those are the ones where you see a large red spot on the road, and maybe a hoof. A hundred yards down maybe some entrails. And so on for a half mile. Generally found on interstates traveled by semis going 90+ mph.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: amnesiac 2.0

I've only seen type 4: The "that was a DEER?!" deer. Those are the ones where you see a large red spot on the road, and maybe a hoof. A hundred yards down maybe some entrails. And so on for a half mile. Generally found on interstates traveled by semis going 90+ mph.

we saw one of those. at first my grandmother thought a person had been run over. then we passed and saw it was a deer and she went on about the deer overpopulation in ohio and that they need hunters but the permits don't allow and then something about democrats being crooks.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: amnesiac 2.0

I've only seen type 4: The "that was a DEER?!" deer. Those are the ones where you see a large red spot on the road, and maybe a hoof. A hundred yards down maybe some entrails. And so on for a half mile. Generally found on interstates traveled by semis going 90+ mph.

we saw one of those. at first my grandmother thought a person had been run over. then we passed and saw it was a deer and she went on about the deer overpopulation in ohio and that they need hunters but the permits don't allow and then something about democrats being crooks.

Hahaha... I love your grandma.

 

[Spoooon]

I used one on my old car. I couldn't hear it and I've not hit a deer yet. My mom has hit two of them. One did a good job of totaling the Jeep. The other did a number on the side of her car. She didn't use a deer whistle.

However, I don't use one on my new car because they aren't exactly sporty looking.

 

[Jzero]

I think if they really worked, they'd either be standard equipment on new cars (or at least an option), or they'd have them mounted all along the interstates...

 

[McPhreak]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
a guy i know has some on his truck. still hits deer.

I live up in the hills where there are a lot of deer, so we had them installed on our car. They seem to attract more deer than disperse. Yes, it frightens the deer into moving, but from my experience, they tend to instinctively jump in front of the car rather than away..