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Cats on the road

In the UK town of Dartford a driver’s dashcam caught footage of a clever cat using a pedestrian crossing. The driver saw the animal waiting to cross and stopped, with an oncoming vehicle doing the same. With the feline safely across, both cars were then able to proceed. Meanwhile elsewhere in the UK, a cat had a very lucky escape after being rescued from a van’s engine bay. The driver had been at the wheel for around three hours when he heard a curious noise emanating from the engine compartment. He stopp
January 27, 2017 Read time: 2 mins
In the UK town of Dartford a driver’s dashcam caught footage of a clever cat using a pedestrian crossing. The driver saw the animal waiting to cross and stopped, with an oncoming vehicle doing the same. With the feline safely across, both cars were then able to proceed.

Meanwhile elsewhere in the UK, a cat had a very lucky escape after being rescued from a van’s engine bay. The driver had been at the wheel for around three hours when he heard a curious noise emanating from the engine compartment. He stopped to investigate only to find a very distraught cat squeezed into a small space behind the air filter. The man was able to persuade the cat into his arms and commented that its paws were very hot and he then gave it some water before proceeding on with his journey, and with the animal in the cab. A few phonecalls were made to a contact at his point of departure and it was soon established who the owner of the cat was, with the animal later being returned unharmed.

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