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Would you stop for a frog?
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From: Kansas
I nailed a doe a couple of weeks ago with my Mark VIII. It took out the whole front end. That will probably be it for the car as replacement parts are expensive!
On a different note, a local town of Marysville, Kansas proclaims itself to be black squirrel town. Official town stats say about 1/5 of the squirrels are pure black. (Probably closer to about a 1/3rd) Anyway, if you run over one and harm it or kill it it is a $25 fine.
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Good to see your smiling antlers around these parts again.
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I nailed a doe a couple of weeks ago with my Mark VIII. It took out the whole front end. That will probably be it for the car as replacement parts are expensive!
On a different note, a local town of Marysville, Kansas proclaims itself to be black squirrel town. Official town stats say about 1/5 of the squirrels are pure black. (Probably closer to about a 1/3rd) Anyway, if you run over one and harm it or kill it it is a $25 fine.
On a different note, a local town of Marysville, Kansas proclaims itself to be black squirrel town. Official town stats say about 1/5 of the squirrels are pure black. (Probably closer to about a 1/3rd) Anyway, if you run over one and harm it or kill it it is a $25 fine.
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From: Isanti, MN
My wife has had to go to Stanford Hospital several times over the years, and they have quite afew black squirrels running around. I've never seen one before, but they're unique. Anyway, about the $25 fine. Deer are a major problem here, and lots and lots of people (typically people from the city) wad up their cars trying to AVOID deer and other animals. They yank the wheel, run off the road, even injure their family and wreck their car for what? To avoid bending a fender and killing something? Kind of like burning down your house to keep it from catching on fire if you ask me. I've hit a couple of deer in the past few years and while it truly does suck, it beats hitting that friggin' redwood tree alongside the road! Same for the black squirrels in your area. What's more costly? The $25 fine or the front end of your car? Sorry Rocky, you'd lose on this one...
In MI a couple years ago I saw this on a light-up highway sign: "Fall is here, don't veer for deer!"
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From: The Shenandoah Valley
I spose I would if there was a sign like that. I did not read the article but I betr it has something to do with a certain species' migration route. I am sure it only lasts for a few days or something. With no sign? I would not stop.
Same as the signs warning of deer or bear or roadrunner or prairi dog or etc. It just puts you on alert. If the sign warns of children playing, it's just putting you on notice that a lot of children play there.
It's not the yellow sign that causes you to brake when a child runs out in front of you, it's your own desire not to kill a child that does so first. Later ... much later ... you may recall a state law that maybe requires you to attempt to brake or take other safe evasive action ... as even then, nothing would require you to swerve into an oncoming lane in which there was an oncoming vehicle to miss said child.
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From: The Shenandoah Valley
a local town of Marysville, Kansas proclaims itself to be black squirrel town. Official town stats say about 1/5 of the squirrels are pure black. (Probably closer to about a 1/3rd) Anyway, if you run over one and harm it or kill it it is a $25 fine.
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From: Gambrills
The sign just warns you that many frogs cross there, it is just a warning sign which is why it's yellow. It is not an enforcement sign (they are white) and as such, it requires no special action from the driver. No swerving, no braking, no speeding up .... it's just a FIO sign.
Same as the signs warning of deer or bear or roadrunner or prairi dog or etc. It just puts you on alert. If the sign warns of children playing, it's just putting you on notice that a lot of children play there.
It's not the yellow sign that causes you to brake when a child runs out in front of you, it's your own desire not to kill a child that does so first. Later ... much later ... you may recall a state law that maybe requires you to attempt to brake or take other safe evasive action ... as even then, nothing would require you to swerve into an oncoming lane in which there was an oncoming vehicle to miss said child.
Same as the signs warning of deer or bear or roadrunner or prairi dog or etc. It just puts you on alert. If the sign warns of children playing, it's just putting you on notice that a lot of children play there.
It's not the yellow sign that causes you to brake when a child runs out in front of you, it's your own desire not to kill a child that does so first. Later ... much later ... you may recall a state law that maybe requires you to attempt to brake or take other safe evasive action ... as even then, nothing would require you to swerve into an oncoming lane in which there was an oncoming vehicle to miss said child.
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