There's good news for Rudolph and his friends—an app is helping officials reduce the number of reindeer killed in traffic accidents in Finland. Some 300,000 reindeer freely wander the wilds of Lapland in Arctic Finland. An estimated 4,000 are killed every year through road accidents, officials say, and compensation to reindeer herders can be expensive.
[...] A simple, one-button interface allows drivers to tap their smartphone screens to register any reindeer spotted near roads. Using GPS technology, it creates a 1.5-kilometer (1-mile) warning zone that lasts for an hour and warns other app users approaching the area. "If there are reindeer, (drivers) reduce speed," Ylinampa said. "When they have passed the warning place, then they can get back to the normal speed again."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 28 2016, @01:56PM
Because everybody know reindeer will stay in the warning place...
I got a better idea. Some coal heated radiator grills... you catch a reindeer on it, you have your dinner ready by the time you get home. You may even connect those grilles onto the IoT and make them communicate with the driveless car embedded device driver - others\ may want to set their car in "hunting mode" and have the grille preheated in advance of reaching the warning place. (grin)
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday December 28 2016, @02:01PM
Spikes on the front for a fresh kill, robotic lifting mechanism to flip the deer over the top and into the back.
We know it's you!
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