As much as I appreciate the sentiment
(and believe me, having spent almost thirty years from birth as a vegetarian, I do) I'd highly suggest not swerving for wildlife. If you can slow down without getting crashed into from behind or spinning off the road, do that.

I had a work colleague who was driving along a windy road locally, who swerved to avoid a pheasant, lost control and stacked his car upside-down into a verge on the other side of the road. He was lucky not to kill himself or hit oncoming traffic. He wrote his car off, had to claim on his insurance and pay his excess, and lose his no claims bonus because he swerved to avoid killing something he'd happily nom on a sunday afternoon.

Just a point of view. I've had to fight the urge to swerve before, but I really do fight it.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 22 Oct 2008, 7:49, Reply)