A skilled driver can maneuver away from many accidents. I have avoided several via a lane change, or taking the shoulder. Once, a head on at 65 mph with a car in my lane which would have likely killed me, my wife, and our three little kids in the back seat of the 77 Volare.
Though your advice is the same as I would give my daughters. My son or wife? No, they can drive.
Trucks and deer are one thing. But deer will come right through the windshield of many compact cars. A horse or elk will come through the windshield of many trucks.
I would much prefer to avoid the deer than have it in the car with me, and possibly take my head off.
I draw the line at cats and dogs. I will not swerve to miss them.
That gets a bunch of "drivers" killed every year.
