  Growth economies continue to be more reliant on roadways than ever before.
Over 30,000 miles of road are added yearly to the already enormous road system
that exists in the United States. As roads segment habitats, animals have no
option but to walk across them for food, water and companionship. In this
process they end up becoming roadkill. Wherever wildlife habitat and roadways
overlap, death and destruction seem impossible to control. These animal deaths
have a direct impact on the biodiversity and dynamics of an ecosystem and
roadkill poses a threat to many species that are fighting extinction. Vehicles
colliding with animals results in human fatalities, life changing injuries and
extensive property damage. Current methods of handling roadkill are primarily
passive and do not utilize the animal's natural instincts. This paper presents
an alternative approach by actively involving the animal, warning them of an
oncoming vehicle and triggering their survival instincts. Making the animal an
integral part of the solution, augmenting their sensory perception with science
and technology and utilizing their heightened reflexes and survival instincts
provides a better chance at mitigating the problem of roadkill. The results
show that this solution is able to provide animals a warning of an oncoming
vehicle, consistently, reliably and in a wide range of testing conditions.
