Would you swerve?

[beanbag]

I live in Spain where you get a lot of stray cats. They're all over the place and I live in the country so you get even more.

This morning a sodding stray cat decided to perform a leap of death in front of my car. Luckily I swerved in time but it meant I hit the kerb damaging my alloy and also knocking the wheel out of alignment. Alloy refurb is quoted at about €50-€60 and I'm getting the alignment sorted out tonight for a further €50. Total damage is about €110 so I'm pretty pissed off about it.

I'm beginning to regret swerving in the first place although I would have felt terrible hitting the cat too.

I'm just wondering how many other people would have swerved or rather just hit the cat? (That would probably damage the car too mind).

[beanbag]

Regarding the natural reaction, you're probably spot on. I'm just pissed off as the alloys are brand new and have been on the car for less than a couple of months...

The kerbing goes around half the entire wheel as I had to swerve and then steer heavily to the left as the road went around that way. I guess I'll just be sure to set my dogs on the sodding thing when I go out for a walk next time.