MUST WATCH: Cars swerve to avoid ducks crossing busy interstate
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MOUNDS VIEW, Minn. – The Minnesota State Patrol is asking motorists not to stop for ducks, or any animal, regardless of how the situation may end. This after a video, showing a family of ducks narrowly escaping injury, went viral.
“Unfortunately these little ducks are on a freeway where they’re not supposed to be,” Lt. Tiffani Nielson of Minnesota State Patrol told KARE 11 TV. “People should not stop on a freeway.”
The video shows the duck trying to cross Interstate 35 at Highway 10 in Mounds View on Wednesday. More than a dozen cars swerved to avoid hitting the ducks. Amazingly, there was not a crash.
Nielson suggests drivers follow two rules:
– Scan down the highway, 5-10 seconds ahead and process the information. If you see something ahead, reduce speed and move to the side. Do not stop or swerve.
– Use the three-second rule. If you have three seconds between you and the person in front of you, you will likely be able to avoid a crash.
“When we have anything restricting the lane – animals or even tire shred — we handle it as an emergency response. We need to get it removed quickly,” Nielson said.