Re: meek cars and commuting
I often see deer, badgers, etc at the side of the road but one thing I've noticed recently is a distinct lack of live animals when driving (with the exception of one roundabout that seems to be home to the entire rabbit population of the UK). Anecdotally this would suggest that the British wildlife population is in severe decline (we still get the odd hedgehog in the garden, but still nowhere near as many as a few years ago).