Context: En route to work tonight , I spotted three or four raccoons in the middle of the road ahead of me . I mashed on the brakes and turned as far away as I could but still had n't slowed enough . Two or three of them had darted off to my left but the last was running straight forward along the road away from me and I was literally running it down .
Question: What caused the speaker to slam on their breaks in an attempt to avoid hitting the raccoons ?
Option 0: There is a local law against running over raccoons with one 's car
Option 1: They do not want to be responsible for killing or harming the animals
Option 2: None of the above choices .
Option 3: They get a lower insurance rate for avoiding hurting animals
Answer: 1