On Monday 30th October, we reported that motorists on the M66 were watching out for stray horses after a foal named Suki was seen wandering across the carriageway.
Luckily Suki was safely recaptured by police before she could blunder into the oncoming traffic, so no claims against car insurance for young drivers were necessary.
Well in Devon, they have a similar problem - only this time it's with cattle, not horses.
Fearful motorists were reaching for their car insurance policy documents after noticing an enormous bull apparently charging at passing cars on the A30 near Okehampton.
As in the case of Suki, police intervened to try and calm the animal down and tempt him over to the hard shoulder. But the bull responded with more charging, coming to within an inch of mowing down one unfortunate officer.
After an hour of fruitless herding - during which time both sides of the dual carriageway had to be closed - and under increasing pressure from waiting motorists to clear the obstruction, police regretfully abandoned the rescue and shot him.
Nobody knows how the bull made it onto the road.
"What a week for unusual roadkill," said Hoot spokesman Mike Page, an expert on car insurance for young drivers. "First we had two tonnes of pigs' heads dumped in the road, and now this.
"Still, at least nobody besides the bull was hurt," he added. "It's a small miracle that none of these stories have ended with a costly motor insurance claim."