No Crossing Sign for Bambi on Milky Way Road
Alderwoman Kathleen Cummings fight for a deer crossing sign on Milky Way Road shot down by Common Council.
Should Waukesha put a deer crossing sign on Milky Way Road? The discussion Thursday night’s Common Council meeting took a surprising controversial turn as the majority of the council felt the sign was unnecessary. Alderwoman Kathleen Cummings was one of the few advocating for a deer crossing sign, stating that Milky Way Road is dangerous with limited areas for drivers to pull over for deer. Because the road has ditches on both sides, there are no shoulders for drivers to swerve to miss a deer. “If you have ever hit a deer with a car, which I have, it is a serious nature,” Cummings said. Alderman Roger Patton agreed, adding a graphic description of a deer dying on a passenger seat of a car. “They jump and end up on the hood,” Patton said. …
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8:44 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
I do believe I said the signs are probably not effective. Oh! Sure! There it is! Right around the fourth and fifth sentence of my post! So I guess I won't be worrying about 'unicorns'. Whew! I do worry about hitting deer. Hitting them is a reality that drivers deal with every time they drive. Which, I do believe, makes it an actual issue that adults deal with. It's why insurance companies, the … more ›