ROOD: Unpacking the Design and the Making of a RoadKill Alert System

The rapid growth of peri-urbanization has contributed to an increase in road traffic near wildlife, contributing to collisions, injuries and potential deaths of wildlife as well as commuters. This is a significant problem for both animal welfare as well as human roadside safety and limited work has been done to tackle this problem using technology. ROOD is an innovative roadkill alert system, which aims to mitigate the wild animal-vehicle collision by alerting drivers of high-risk areas well in advance. (see Figure 1) This pictorial describes the design and the making of ROOD. We illustrate the challenges encountered in our design process and how they informed our design decisions. Ultimately, our aim is to contribute to safe co-habitation of wildlife.