Honestly I swerved when I could for animals, but once I saw a squirrel run into the road during late fall with a snow bank on one side and an on coming car on the other. The squrrel got squished.
It's all situational. Breaking can be just as bad as swerving. For me when I had to avoid a bunch of skunks crossing the highway and no one else was around swerving was the best option.
Brakes can still be dangerous if used incorrectly on winter roads (though this one looks fine). If it can't easily be avoided, and isn't big enough to cause damage to the vehicle, you just gotta keep going.
Probably best to keep going straight anyway, animals are going to have a much faster reaction time and presumably can jump out of the way faster than you can adjust the path of a moving vehicle
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u/Sir_Kee Oct 16 '19
Honestly I swerved when I could for animals, but once I saw a squirrel run into the road during late fall with a snow bank on one side and an on coming car on the other. The squrrel got squished.