Juuuust missed hitting a Deer! Great brakes on these things!

[CopperSpyder]

Live to Ride, Ride to Live!! Glad you saw them and were able to react!!

[Revalden]

Do those stick-on Deer Whistles actually work?

[UtahPete]

Do those stick-on Deer Whistles actually work?

They do a good job of lightening your wallet is all.

[canamjhb]

Do those stick-on Deer Whistles actually work?

Years ago I had them on my Goldwing. Heading out of Flagstaff in the early morning I spotted deer on the side of the road grazing. Thought to myself that this is a good test of my investment. Passed by them at highway speeds at about 50 yards. They didn't even look up or acknowledge my existence. I kept going and they continued on with their breakfast. A Lead Zeplin tune at decent volume from the fairing speakers probably does a better job..... Jim

[SSBN617]

Years ago I had them on my Goldwing. Heading out of Flagstaff in the early morning I spotted deer on the side of the road grazing. Thought to myself that this is a good test of my investment. Passed by them at highway speeds at about 50 yards. They didn't even look up or acknowledge my existence. I kept going and they continued on with their breakfast. A Lead Zeplin tune at decent volume from the fairing speakers probably does a better job..... Jim

I don't believe that we have any real idea as to how their hearing works. I find it incredulous that an animal that responds instantaneously to a twig snap at 100 yards doesn't seem to notice a semi traveling at 105 feet per second. As far as those whistles, if they really had any effect it would be at a specific air velocity...and that would depend more on vehicle shape and mounting than on speed. Great idea for the 'inventor', though. Kinda like pet rocks. Love to see his research.

[Garf]

Deer...Sore subject
Two years ago, returning from a northern Michigan trip and traveling on I-75 @73mph with my BMW R1200RT on cruise control.
2 deer suddenly exploded from the trees in the medium and onto the roadway. I hit the second one. The next thing I remember is sliding down the pavement
to a rolling stop. For some unexplained reason , not injured thanks in part to ATGATT .The bike and deer...not so much.
This all happened in an instant with no time to react because the cruise control never disengaged and the bike continued down the road for another 300 yards.

I guess if anything good came from this, at least it got me on a Spyder!