We call them road turtles, in my neck of the woods. Back in the '80s the mini truck would go "turtling", mean remove them from the road.
Yah you don't want to hit them, I clipped one at 126mph. It was minor damage but it put an end to the day. I was looking at the dead squirrel and not the...
Nice build!
We call them Road Turtles here and they are on every road, even ones without stripes. Those roads have blue ones to indicate fire hydrants. Needless to say I've collected a few of them and they usually win.