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3 ducks were run over by a car, sparking controversy over ‘give way to animals’

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A flock of ducks cross the road – Photo: GETTY IMAGES

Staffordshire Police (UK) is investigating the case of 3 ducklings being run over by a car while crossing the road, causing a “boiling” online community.

According to some witnesses, while other cars actively gave way to the ducks, the car that caused the accident did not slow down. The license plate of the car was taken by people and posted on Twitter and Facebook. The online community immediately launched a “hunt” for the driver’s identity.

The local police are currently verifying if there have been any violations under the “Wildlife and Rural Affairs Act”. On this occasion, some animal rights activists in the UK voiced the need to soon have strict regulations with drivers when seeing animals crossing the road. No matter how large or small, animals should give way, which means vehicles that see them from a distance should slow down.

Others believe that in some situations where the animal suddenly jumps into the road, if you suddenly steer or brake the car, it will be very dangerous to other people on the road.

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An animal crosses the road on an overpass in the US – Photo: NPR

In many countries with well-developed transport networks, there are millions of collisions between vehicles and animals on the road each year. The animals that are often in trouble are squirrels, deer, foxes, chickens, ducks…

Even endangered animals such as desert turtles often crash on highways in the south of the country, according to the US Department of Transportation, according to the US Department of Transportation.

To reduce accidents, the US federal government is expected to invest $ 350 million in building overpasses for animals to cross the road in high traffic areas or highways.

This is one of the solutions to make animals safer, avoiding accidents between animals and vehicles, especially when the urbanization process is constantly happening.

However, intersections often cost a lot of construction costs. In many countries with thick traffic networks such as the US, UK, Germany… the number of overpasses usually accounts for a very small part of the demand.

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Bridge for animals to cross the road in the US – Photo: GETTY IMAGES

Some also argue that adding fences along the roads can both solve the problem and be cheaper. However, if so, the animal is restricted in movement and must be quarantined.

Some community activists also demanded clarification of the responsibility of drivers when causing accidents with animals. Currently, regulations are different in many countries. As for small animals like ducks, there are almost no requirements for the driver after the accident.

In Northern Ireland (UK), the road traffic regulations in this country provide that any accident involving certain animals such as horse, cattle, mule, sheep, pig, goat or dog is must be reported to the police.

However, Inspector Rosie Leech of Northern Ireland said drivers can take the injured animal to the vet if interested, otherwise can wait until the police arrive. The legal liability of drivers when causing accidents with animals on the road is still very limited.

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