SPLATOMETER

[Stanley A. Gorodenski]

It seems like there are a number of factors that could affect 
comparisons of Splatometer counts with the US - Driving speed of 
Europeans, general airflow dynamics of European vehicles compared to 
those in the US, time of the day of peak driving, elevational placement 
of the license plate, plate size as you mentioned, and etc.  :-)
Stan

Grkovich, Alex wrote:

>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......
>
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>>-----Original Message-----
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>>Sent:	Friday, September 03, 2004 10:21 AM
>>To:	LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu
>>Subject:	SPLATOMETER
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>>A recent study with the participation of 40,000 motorists in Britain found
>>that on average one bug for five miles was splatting on a square grid
>>attached to their front license plate.  Since this the first year of the
>>study it is only tentatively being assumed that bug populations are down
>>in
>>Great Britain.
>>
>>
>>Martin Bailey.
>>
>>Greetings from:
>>Weyburn, SK.
>>49.39 N 103.51W
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