Rabbit road block

In the UK, we often have to put up with road closures and works, but fortunately, most of the time, we are warned about them and can plan to divert our car journeys accordingly.

However, drivers trying to pass through State Route 51 in the US would not have had any warnings about the road closure in Phoenix during rush hour one morning.

A cleverly captured video shows drivers waiting patiently in their cars while two Department of Public Safety officers attempted to persuade a lone rabbit to move out of the road and onto a grass verge.

The officers arrived at the scene after hearing reports of several drivers having to swerve to avoid turning the creature into road-kill. One officer busied himself with manning a barrier while the other tried to chase the stubborn creature off the road.

The southbound motorists were eventually let through once the cottontail rabbit had been rescued from his bold post and had been safely settled into a less dare-devil spot.

The rabbit was unavailable for comment.

Labels: car journeys, drivers, motorists, rabbit, road closures, US