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Farmer John lived along a quiet rural highway. 

But, as time went by, the traffic slowly built up at an alarming rate.
The traffic got so heavy and so fast that his chickens were being run 
over at a rate of three to six a day.

So one day Farmer John called the sheriff's office and said, 
"You have to do something about all of these people driving so fast 
and killing all of my chickens."

"What do you want me to do?" asked the sheriff.

"I don't care, just do something about those crazy drivers!" 

So the next day he had the county workers go out and erected a sign 
that said:


                                 SLOW:

                           SCHOOL CROSSING


Three days later Farmer John called the sheriff again and said, 
"You've got to do something about these drivers. The 'school crossing' 
sign seems to make them go even faster."

So the sheriff sends out the county workers and they put up a new sign:


                                SLOW:

                          CHILDREN AT PLAY


That really sped them up. So Farmer John called and called and called 
every day for three weeks. Finally, he asked the sheriff, "Your signs 
are doing no good. Can I put up my own sign?"

The sheriff told him, "Sure thing, go ahead. Put up your own sign."

He was going to let Farmer John do just about anything in order to get
him to stop calling every day. The calls from Farmer John stopped.

Three weeks later curiosity got the best of the sheriff and he decided 
to give Farmer John a call.

"How's the problem with those drivers. Did you put up your sign?"

"Oh yes, I sure did. And not one chicken has been killed since then. 
But I've got to go now, I'm very busy."

He hung up the phone.

The sheriff was really curious now and thought to himself, "I'd better 
go out there and take a look at that sign... it might be something that 
WE could use to slow down drivers..."

So the sheriff drove out to Farmer John's house, and his jaw dropped the
moment he saw the sign. It was spray-painted on a sheet of wood:


                           NUDIST COLONY

               Go slow and watch out for the chicks!


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[Contributed by Peter]

A collision happens when two motorists go after the same pedestrian.