Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Vehicle-Deer Collisions Occurring Early
KENTUCKY....
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is asking drivers to watch out for deer on the state's roadways. Cabinet officials say dry weather has prompted an early fall harvest, increasing deer activity, resulting in vehicle-deer collisions occurring about two weeks earlier than normal this year. Transportation Cabinet engineer Jim LeFevre says the increase in deer kills on highways usually happens in the first few weeks of October, while half of all collisions with deer occur in October, November and December. There were 3,031 vehicle collisions with deer in 2009, up slightly from 2,926 the year before.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:10 PM 
