Chapter 5: Dad’s Difficult Driving Situations

If you know me well, then you already know that I grew up and learned to drive in a very rural area. My father tried to teach me to drive, but quickly gave up on that idea. Even so, in the short weeks we spent side-by-side in Mom’s blue Plymouth Sundance, Dad taught me the MOST important driving lesson EVER:

How to NOT run over roadkill while maintaining my lane.

In my opinion, there is almost nothing worse than driving over an already-very-dead animal. Dad taught me to fight my swerve instinct. He said to aim the car so that the roadkill travels directly under my feet (ew!), thereby avoiding the carcass and further smushing and smearing without having to make an emergency lane change and creating a potentially dangerous situation.

This tip may not be in the most recent defensive driving guide, but I bet AAA would approve of Dad’s strategy. Thanks Dad!