I did hit a pheasant not so long ago. They are particularly suicidal - rather like the pedestrians in Barkingside High Street...
When I was learning to drive (which I did when I was in my forties), my instructor told me with glee that he, "Liked teaching [me] because [I] understood the points system from Death Race 2000 - none of these kids do." Hence the comments he used to make, like, "Hey, you just missed that woman on the zebra. Let's go round again and see if we can pick up the points this time..."
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When I was learning to drive (which I did when I was in my forties), my instructor told me with glee that he, "Liked teaching [me] because [I] understood the points system from Death Race 2000 - none of these kids do." Hence the comments he used to make, like, "Hey, you just missed that woman on the zebra. Let's go round again and see if we can pick up the points this time..."