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Iowa DOT clarifies: 'Deer can't read signs'
upi ^ | Oct. 27, 2017 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 10/27/2017 12:14:20 PM PDT by JoeProBono

The Iowa Department of Transportation issued an important clarification for drivers confused by deer crossing signs: "Deer can't read signs."

The department said in a Facebook post that officials field an unusual question "on a pretty regular basis" from drivers who apparently seem to believe deer crossing signs are placed to tell the animals where they should cross.

"Q. Why don't you put these signs where it is safer for the deer to cross?

A. Deer can't read signs. Drivers can. This sign isn't intended to tell deer where to cross, it's for drivers to be alert that deer have been in this area in the past."


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: deer; iowa; iowans
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1 posted on 10/27/2017 12:14:20 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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I would love to spend the day calling local govt offices and asking dumb questions. At least by the end of the day, I’d feel like I got my money’s worth!


2 posted on 10/27/2017 12:15:58 PM PDT by Professional
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[ Iowa DOT clarifies: ‘Deer can’t read signs’ ]

I guess that explains the deer listening to audio books by the side of the road the other day. I thought maybe they didn’t have glasses or contact lens.


3 posted on 10/27/2017 12:17:25 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: JoeProBono

More evidence that some people are so stupid they need to be watered twice a day.


4 posted on 10/27/2017 12:18:21 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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5 posted on 10/27/2017 12:19:04 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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I’d love to post “Here’s your sign” but I’m afraid it would require clarification and an explanation.


6 posted on 10/27/2017 12:19:37 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error)
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"If dogs sweat through their tongues
why do they still have armpits?"

7 posted on 10/27/2017 12:19:46 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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Idiots
Out
Wandering
Around


8 posted on 10/27/2017 12:20:40 PM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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9 posted on 10/27/2017 12:22:08 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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Actually, deer are probably better at reading signs than lots of drivers.


10 posted on 10/27/2017 12:22:29 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: fungoking
Please Move The Deer Crossing - YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI8UPHMzZm8
11 posted on 10/27/2017 12:23:04 PM PDT by IWontSubmit (2)
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Why did the deer cross the road? In remembrance of its baptism.


12 posted on 10/27/2017 12:23:05 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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“Slow Children at Play” used to drive my wife nuts.


13 posted on 10/27/2017 12:24:01 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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Should have been Hwy 69, but this will do.


14 posted on 10/27/2017 12:25:06 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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> 'Deer can't read signs' <

That is just more fake news. It is easily proven false.


15 posted on 10/27/2017 12:25:52 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: shibumi

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16 posted on 10/27/2017 12:26:22 PM PDT by Professional
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It’s an allusion to a story a few years ago about a actual supposed complaint to the Iowa DOT that deer should be made to cross highways in safer places than those marked by signs.


17 posted on 10/27/2017 12:27:03 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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HEH...HEH...HEH..................


18 posted on 10/27/2017 12:27:38 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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19 posted on 10/27/2017 12:28:21 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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20 posted on 10/27/2017 12:29:51 PM PDT by red-dawg (I want a statue of TRUMP in my city.)
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