Originally Posted by
HooKooDooKu
This woman passed literally within inches of not one but TWO signs located at the intersection with the parking lot. The only way to do that is to have your eyes diverted in a different direction as you pass the signs. So even if they had had reflectors on them, she still would not have seen the signs.
And as you can see from the images shown earlier in this thread, the signs are NOT camouflaged. Sure, because they are wood, they weather to take on the same color as other dead wood in the forest. But these signs are NOT hidden. They stand out from the surrounding because they are not tucked up against trees.
I personally don't have an objection if the NPS wanted to add reflectors to their signs... they would help people who might be night hiking and trying to use a headlamp looking for them.
But I just don't think they would have made a difference in this case.