I almost died on the way to work this morning. Well, actually I can say for certain if I would have died, but I likely would have been dead or serious injured. I was driving on the interstate cruising at a comfortable 72 mph. Traffic was a little heavy but we were all moving at a good pace. My exit was coming up in about a mile and the truck in front of me was moving slow so I decide to merge over into the right lane, which was wide open. I just started my merge when a big ass deer carcass becomes visible. It is laying right on the dotted line between the lane I'm in and the lane I'm merging into (I could not previously see said deer carcass before I attempted the merge as there was the large truck in front of me).
I realize I have two options, plow into the deer carcass at 70+ mph, or attempt to quickly merge back into the lane I was coming out of. I chose option two. As I swerved back into my original lane, I overcompensated a bit and my car hopped and it literally felt like my right wheels came off the ground. The car, out of control at this point, and I shot through the original lane I was in and went halfway into the lane on my left. I jerked the car back to the right and thought for sure I was a goner, as it was totally out of control. When the right wheels made contact with the pavement again, they squealed and jerked the car to the right, hard, and I went halfway into the right lane. I pulled it back to the left at which point I was able to regain control of the vehicle. I honestly thought I was done.