Something I noticed while on vacation
We all see road signs, most of us every day. I noticed something when we went to Colorado that struck me as odd.
Pretty simple sign. It means deer might be crossing the road, right? We saw this one quite a bit.
Saw this one more as we got into Colorado. Elk were pretty common where we were at, as evidenced by this picture.
Now, these signs are a little less common, though I grew up with them.
Cattle crossing. We had one of these on either side of our house growing up. Dad used to move cattle from one side of the road to the other.
Tractor crossing signs aren't as common in Kansas. If you don't know there is a tractor around when you live in a farm community, you're probably dense enough the sign wouldn't help anyway.
In Estes Park the equestrian crossing signs were everywhere. A lot of people riding horses around the area. Inside RMNP they had signs where the rider had the Park Ranger hat on, but I couldn't find one of those.
All of this leads me to my final sign. I don't understand this one.
All the other signs made sense to me, but this one stands out. Why? Look at the other signs. The deer, elk, and cattle signs are all animals. They show quite simply what might be coming across the road. The tractor and equestrian signs show things that people are riding. So, what is it about the bicycle sign that messes me up?
THERE IS NOBODY RIDING THE STUPID BIKE!
I'm anticipating rounding a corner only to see bicycles careening down the side of the mountain, riderless and free. Or else a herd of free-range mountain bikes will come wheeling across the road in front of me. Why doesn't the bicycle sign have a rider on it? It's not consistent with the others.
Then again, I could just be a...
