SPLATOMETER

[Bailey and Bjorklund]

> And of course, since the license plates are longer in Europe than in North
> America, the "problem" would be aggravated there...Here (in N.A.), we
might
> expect one bug for every 7.5 miles or so...to be splattered...Still a
> humongous amount of splattered bugs......


Unfortunately, I am just relating a clip on BBC news.  I do not know the
actual size of the grid put on the license plates.

Martin

p.s. The study is organized by the Royal Society for Bird...(sic.)


 
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