Been driving a year, tonight was the first time I've hit an animal in a commercial vehicle.

Had zero reaction time. Coyote. I was in the right lane, and with it being night, I couldn't even see lil dude in the left lane. He was probably only 5 ft from the front of the truck when he became visible

it's particularly hard because one of the cons in my pro/con list of getting my CDL was hitting animals. I'm a huge animal lover and my girlfriend is going to school to get into wildlife conservation. Both of us plan on animal rescue and rehab eventually. Always wanted pet ravens, snakes and skunks (you can de-stinkify them and it's harmless).

Retirement plan is to just have a shit ton of animals and teach anthropology and conservation at a university.

So yeah. I knew it would eventually happen but it doesn't make it suck any less. I just hope it was painless and instant.