Dangerous place to be, even if you have your own armour!

The BBC have reported that a tortoise with a taste for life in the fast lane has been rescued after he was found wandering across a slip road off the M25 in Surrey.

He was plucked to safety by a passer-by, who pulled over on the hard shoulder after spotting him on the M23 slip road at junction seven of the M25.

On later inspection vets discovered he was micro-chipped in the USA, and have named him Freeway.

The driver recalled how he feared the tortoise could cause an accident with people trying to avoid it.

“By the time I’d run back, it had got into the slow lane. I ran out picked it up and put it into the foot well of my car.”

Rumours that Freeway was wearing a hi-vis jacket are unsubstantiated…

More on this story can be found here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8264541.stm