09/16/2019
Are you aware deer are responsible for more vehicle damage, personal injury and death than any other animal in the US.? In certain areas of some states, your odds of having a deer/vehicle accident may be less than 1 in 3 within a year, with average vehicle damage costing thousands, plus risk of personal injury, and downtime. For trucks, this damage figure is many times greater, outright threatening the business’ bottom-line through productivity loss due to downtime for repairs. In fact, as a professional driver, you cannot afford to not have the Hornet Electronic Deer Avoidance System.
Every year there are more than 1.7 million reports of automobile collision with deer. This staggering number accounts for more than $1.5 billion in insurance claims annually. The Hornet Electronic Deer Avoidance System, used with driver awareness, will reduce your risk of hazardous animal/vehicle collision by more than 70%. The Hornet is your best protection against costly and deadly animal-related accidents.
Using the latest military technology from the field of high pitched, directional sonic bombardment, the Hornet Deer Avoidance Device is a precision-tuned sonic generator that produces a high pitched, directional sonic wave. When this wave is reflected from the road surface of a moving vehicle, a virtual sonic echo effect is produced. The sonic wave variance tuning enables the sonic impulse to carry long distances that has proven its ability to alert deer and most other animals, long before they can see or hear your vehicle, with sufficient warning to avoid costly accidents.
Most animals (mammals), including people, hear within the same basic frequency range, although there is a vast range of how various animals will react to the Hornet. The reason that the Hornet works so well on deer is they have acute hearing and are very skittish animals with a strong sense of survival. When you are approaching deer with your vehicle, they will react to the Hornet by lifting their head to determine if they are being threatened. As your vehicle is moving towards the deer, they will normally run for safety.
With my truck's 12,500 steer axle rating, mounting a deer guard or moose bumper was not a viable option. At a mere one pound, this Intestate model Hornet sonic deer alert provides all of the proactive frontal protection that preempted the need for a several hundred pound, reactive front-end guard, at a small fraction of the installed price. In effect, this is high-value, inexpensive business protection insurance. I personally have one on every truck!
It is important to install the Hornet in a location where it has an unobstructed view of the road surface in a forward direction at a 45° angle to the road surface with a height of 8 inches to a maximum of 3 feet from the road to achieve maximum effectiveness.
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Important: The Hornet must have an unobstructed view of the road surface and be mounted in a forward direction at a 45° angle to the road surface, within a height of 6 inches to 3 feet to achieve maximum effectiveness. And that’s why we incorporated a mounting fl**ge in our light pedestal (sold separately) to properly mount the Hornet.
Specifications:
Sound Pressure Level: 135dB (A.S.)
Operating Base Frequency: 4.8 ± 0.5 kHz
WV Ultrasonic Wave: 18,000 to 24,000 Hz
Wave Carrying Length: ~2,000 Ft.
Effective Range: 1,000 Ft.
Operating Voltage Range: 8-16 VDC
Current Consumption: 20mA (max.) at 12 VDC
Recommended for interstate travel only.
