Iowa DOT clarifies: 'Deer can't read signs'

upi ^ | Oct. 27, 2017 | Ben Hooper

[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."

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

They obviously need to up their game on the deer literacy project.

[Responsibility2nd]

Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

[Crucial]

Wait. What?’

[SaveFerris]

And yet most stations cut out the guitar-drums into to the song on the radio.....

[pa_dweller]

What these people are missing is; if the signs were meant for the deer they’d have turned them ninety degrees so they could be read from the sides of the road. Duh.

[Da Coyote]

And the “benefits” of public schools shine on and on.

[JoeProBono]

[SaveFerris]

There ya go!

You are a great scientist!

Now, if the deer weighs more than a duck....;)

[fishtank]

[real saxophonist]

There are a lot of ‘Deer Crossing’ signs around Ft. Stewart. There are also a lot of ‘Tank Crossing’ signs.

[FourtySeven]

Deer can’t read? Since when!?

Thus should be in breaking news.

[Pontiac]

I would love to spend the day calling local govt offices and asking dumb questions.

Have you got Prince Albert in the can?

[ifinnegan]

“”Q. Why don’t you put these signs where it is safer for the deer to cross?”

That question doesn’t necessarily imply the asker thinks the deer can read.

People may think there is some type of control on where the deer are allowed to cross and signs reflect that.

[bunkerhill7]

U.S. Dept. of Transportation wants all deer to wear reflective collars.

“Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Reduction Study: Report To Congress”

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/08034/05.cfm

[JoeProBono]

deer vs harley

[Larry Lucido]

How will they know when it's deer season?

[smokingfrog]

They can't read AND they have mental problems

[JoeProBono]

[bk1000]

I figure that is why they changed the sign to that of a picture of a deer crossing. The deer can’t read.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Can I save that photo? Rare to see one without bullet holes in it.