To be appalled by the

[MummyBerryJuice]

blatant disregard for life shown by a blooming tourist to our village?

We live in a beautiful rural village that is over run by tourists in the summer as a popular soap used to be filmed here. I was stuck behind one of these tourists doing about 10mph while driving home from our local 'metropolis' when a pheasant ran out into the road.

The idiot slowed and then proceeded to just drive right over the pheasant.I it would probably have been killed anyway come hunting season but I couldn't help but feel a little sick.

So AIBU?

yes please, parsnip if poss

I nearly caused an accident at 5.30am this morning swerving to miss a rabbit. It hopped hapilly back into the bush afterwards and I realised how stupid I'd been to risk causing an accident.

I'm afraid insticts just take over with me though, I couldn't just mow over an animal as if it was a bit of rubbish in the road.

It makes me sick in a morning when I see all the roadkill.

i generally try and avoid wildlife in the road, and do brake to avoid unnecessary killing - so long as nothing is close behind me.

but if the tourist was doing 10 mph - surely they'd have expected the dappy bird to bloody move?

pheasants don't stick around in the road in these parts.

I nearly went into the back of a taxi last year who braked suddenly to avoid hitting a pheasant.
I was bloody furious.
There were loads of cars behind me coz he was driving so bloody slow.

I didn't know it was against the law to swerve!

Live and learn.

We have had quite a few deer suddenly plunge out in front of us where we live. It's horrible and we've had to slam on the brakes and hope for the best while the poor thing panics and blunders about and eventually gets off the road. One was only a baby - think Bambi - it must have lost its mum.

The thing is... he was ALREADY driving at a snail's pace so it really wouldn't have been a great inconvenience for him to just stop and wait for the bird to move out of the road. It would have been a different matter all together if he'd have to slam on brakes to save it.

I once saw a deer that was hit and the foetus was knocked out of it. Won't ever forget it, it was sickening

Oh my god occludo,that is absolutely horrific. How upsetting

BeerTricks - I hope you reversed over it?