Well, that escalated quickly...

We're used to them here in Ireland. I keep a compilation of the songs they feature in my car.

This reminds me of those old highway safety films.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzr7CHX_0b0

*Celtic

Adding video to channels (Celtic) - requested by Barseps.

My father tried to drill into me pretty early that should some small animal run out into the road, reckless swerving is way more dangerous than just hitting it. Cruel, but on a scale, what's a this dogs life compared to everything else? By all appearances he was passing legally, unless the other car was going way way over the limit as well.

That's a good point that people will tend to forget.

But the unexpected event could just as easily be the driver's tire popping, or a kid running out in the street, or another driver doing something unexpected.

So the lesson is still to err on the safe side.