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I agree that most people who take the time to read signs, let alone digest the info on them, are not the ones that are the problem,
We have a 15 mile stretch of 2 lane East of town where herds (~150) of bighorn sheep routinely spend the fall-winter-spring grazing on roadside greenery. Fish and Game recently put up a set of those portable electronic reader signs warning motorists of the hazard & numbers killed in 2006. A couple weeks ago a trucker struck and killed 6-7 sheep, adjacent to the first sign in one big old mess. That caused a bit of a stir. He proceeded on into town and wanted to file a damage complaint regarding the "state's wildlife" being on the roadway. That caused a bit more of a local stir and warranted a front page story. 
Now this isn't a condemnation of big rig drivers, who for the most part are excellent. But it does go to individual responsibility. It's not only reading, but comprehension 
I generally concede the right-of-way to wildlife, especially while on two wheels. It's been my experience that they are generally illiterate and the rare ones that actually stop to read, ignore the the signs anyway. In fact, I tend to lump wildlife and cage drivers in the same camp, in a defiant act of self preservation 
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Last edited by freedom; 11/28/2007 9:00 AM.
