On Bruny, roadkill is very common, with macropods, possums, native hens and quolls all regularly seen dead on or beside the road.
A commercial roadkill Virtual Fence (VF) mitigation device (iPTE Traffic Solutions) was used in a field trial to test its effectiveness along a 4.9-km segment of road on Cloudy Bay Rd, Bruny Island.
Unfortunately, the study confirms results from a similar field trial that the devices are ineffective.
Th Virtual Fence is likely to give – if anything – only a minor reduction in roadkill for a commonly killed species.
