Originally Posted by OneBadGMC
Ya know it's illegal to swerve and avoid an animal in IL...
If a cop had been called, you woulda been ticketed.
As MissDD said, drive through them... Possums aren't endangered by any means.
I didn't and wouldn't swerve for a possum. I was already in a turn when I jabbed the brakes. Not hard enough to lock up the tires under normal conditions. If the rear tires weren't almost to the wear bars, they wouldn't have hydroplaned and come around on me. The nearly new fronts stayed planted.
I planned on running him over. He was in the middle of my lane and I was going to straddle him. I just tried so slow a little to keep him from splattering in my airdam / radiator.