Colorado developing road kill prevention system

It sounds like another entitlement program. Let's spend more tax dollars to keep us safe from another hazard. Please don't use the argument "if it saves one life...".

Follow the money, not the entrails.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but did it ever occur that the purpose for the "roadkill prevention system" is not only pertaining to human lives, but also to the animals involved? I live only 5 minutes away from my work and I passed "6" dead animals on the side of the road this morning. That to me is a PROBLEM! If the roadkill prevention system works then I will gladly pay to help save a life of a person and/or an animal. Why not try to make a difference and save a life?

To a Smart Car driver, a rabbit is a large animal.

Scoff if you must, but my relatives in southwest Iowa/southeast Nebraska tell me there are more deer killed by highway traffic than hunters each year - and that is some prime hunting country! And Bambi can kill you at highway speed. Problem is, most deer-vs-car accidents happen when the deer jumps out of a roadside ditch or treeline in the path of oncoming traffic. There's usually not enough time to send signals to drivers down the road.

Excellent point, the last deer I hit (4-5 months ago) I never even saw until it landed right in front of my car. It jumped from behind some bushes on the side of the road and didn't even get all four legs on the ground before I hit it. The warning system they are suggesting would not really work like they hope.