>Has anyone on the list observed such a decline in windshield bugs
>independent of the loss of host flora in the surrounding area?

I have not noticed any change in the BSV (Bug Splat Value) since I moved to New Hampshire in 1995, and I have driven trucks all of that time, mostly F-150s.

However, in accordance with the Precautionary Principle, I have stopped driving, since I have determined that the splat of a bug on my windshield could result in the end of the world.  Furthermore, I have stopped moving entirely, since even stepping on a microbe on a stone underfoot could result in the end of the world.  Now, I just stand in place, surviving on the pollen that floats in the breeze and settles on my tongue and the rain that falls from the sky into my mouth.  Of course, those actions might also result in the end of the world, but at least I am minimizing my NTLIV (Newtonian Third Law Impact Value) on the world around me.

Motionless Bill

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