2 Degrees Out West
2 Degrees Out West
Western Resource Advocates
How We Can Make Driving Safer for Humans and Wildlife
20 minutes Posted Jul 30, 2026 at 3:00 pm.
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This podcast is available in a video format. Find that here: Cars have gotten safer in the last 50 years. Auto manufacturers and government regulators have spent a lot of time working on making it safer to drive. But the best way to be safe in a car is to not crash in the first place. In Colorado, there are thousands of vehicle collisions with wildlife every year. Roads fragment habitat and migration patterns, forcing wildlife to try to get across busy highways — often resulting in tr...