Those dangerous deer-crossing signs A woman named Donna recently
called Fargo, N.D., radio station Y94 to air a problem so
bizarre, the station's hosts were almost speechless. Her
complaint? Deer-crossing signs placed along busy highways were
"irresponsible" because they simply encouraged the animals to
cross there, and that was why she'd smacked her car into deer
not once, not twice, but three times. "You'd think they'd put
deer-crossing signs at school crossings where it would be
safer," she said indignantly. "Why place the signs on busy
interstates?" When told the signs were warnings to motorists to
drive carefully, Donna just couldn't accept it. The government
could move signs wherever it wanted, she insisted, and it should
stop erecting signs at dangerous places on roads where they
"attracted" deer. It took several minutes before Donna -
reluctantly - saw the light, though she never admitted that she
believed deer could read. Forget denouncing wind turbines as
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